Apple update to allow iPhone users to choose default apps
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#54XRE)
Move in autumn will let users set Gmail as default email app and Firefox as main web browser
iPhone users will be able to set Gmail as their default email app, Firefox as their main web browser, and listen to Spotify on their HomePod speakers, after Apple announced concessions to competitors who argue the company is abusing its monopoly.
The new openness will arrive with a wave of software updates in the autumn, Apple said, alongside the other new features the company promised at its Worldwide Developers Conference, held remotely from Cupertino, California, on Monday.
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