
However, if you wish to change from the default Safari to any other you wish, for example, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox, then you can do it with a simple setting on your iPhone, all you need to do is change the default browser app to any third-party browsing app installed on your iPhone/iPad. At the moment users only get to choose setting a default browser or email app, but it is possible that further down the road that Apple will open it up to more apps.Whenever you click a link on a website, in an app, or a link you receive inside an email, the default web browser will open on your iPhone or iPad. That being said, unlike Android, iOS is still quite limited in terms of default apps that one can set. Now whenever you open links sent in emails or chat apps, it should open in Chrome, unless the app uses its own built-in browser.

You could choose to open it in a different browser, but it was additional steps that you’d have to take which didn’t really make it worth the time and effort. This means that while you can download third-party browsers like Chrome or Firefox, apps that opened links in a browser would automatically default to Safari.


Prior to iOS 14, Apple did not allow users to change the default browser on their devices. On a computer, it’s easy to change the default browser that you’re using, but if you’re using an iPhone or an iPad, then it might get a bit tricky, or at least it used to. Some might prefer Google Chrome, some might prefer Firefox, some might prefer Safari.
