Unlike other smartphone operating systems (ahem fruit-flavored ones), Android and TouchWiz lets you change the apps that your phone uses by default for certain applications. For example, when you tap on a link, you have the option to change the app that opens that link, whether it’s a built-in browser, or one you downloaded from the Play Store. Here’s how to change the default apps on your Samsung Galaxy S6:
- To reset and change the default apps, open the Applications menu in the Device page of the Settings app.
- Tap on Default Applications. Here you will see the current default apps.
- Here you can change the default applications for the home screen launcher and Messages app.
- For other default apps, you can tap Reset to reset the defaults for various actions that app is currently responsible for.
- When performing an action that doesn’t yet have an action, you will see a popup at the bottom of the screen giving you a list of apps that can handle the action and asks you to pick an app to either use just this once or to be the default app for this action.
For even more Galaxy S6 articles, check out our Samsung Galaxy S6 Tips & Tricks Roundup
