Apple will soon let Siri pick your default messaging and phone apps for you<article>
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<p>While Apple has slowly been allowing Siri to integrate with third-party apps—most recently it
allowed Spotify to tap into the voice assistant’s vast knowledge for playing music—the experience still pales in comparison to what you get when you use Apple’s own apps. That’s might change soon. Or it might not. It all depends on Siri.</p><p>In response to a <a href="
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-02/iphone-ios-users-can-t-change-default-apps-safari-mail-music" rel="nofollow">Bloomberg News story[/url] about the iPhone maker’s preferential treatment for its own apps, <a href="
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-02/apple-to-loosen-reins-on-outside-messaging-phone-apps-via-siri" rel="nofollow">Apple told the publication[/url] that an iOS update later this year will allow Siri to “default to the apps that people use frequently to communicate with their contacts.” If you generally use WhatsApp to contact your friends more than Messages, Siri will eventually switch to WhatsApp when asked to send a text. Apple said the new system will be applied on a per-contact basis and apply to phone calls as well.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3442744/apple-iphone-siri-default-messages-phone-apps.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple will soon let Siri pick your default messaging and phone apps for you
