iOS 14: how to change the default music app |igeneration

27/09/2022 By gifsauce 618 Views

From iOS 14.5, Apple allows you to define a different default music player/music service from Apple Music.In the spirit of what was done previously for safari and for mail.Currently, if you ask for a song from Siri, by default he will try to play it with music.Otherwise, you have to specify each time with which other app you want to listen to it, which becomes annoying by force

With iOS 14.5, Siri asks you which app to use by default.This done it will automatically fall back on this app for the following requests.However, beta obliges, everything is not yet square in this operation ...

How to define the default app

Tell Siri "Play Xxxx", a panel will open and list the apps installed on your iPhone (or iPad).Touch the app or say its name and Siri will memorize this choice for the other times.

iOS 14 : comment changer l'app de musique par défaut | iGeneration

In this list of suggestions are also the books and podcasts for their audio content.On the other hand, no trace of Tidal, Amazon Music or Quobuz which have not yet opened up to Siri.We nevertheless have Spotify, Deezer and YouTube Music.

And that's it, there is nothing else to do.It is the list of gaps and dysfunctions that is longer at this stage of the development of this function.First, there is no adjustment to make this change manually, as is the case to replace mail and safari, or to modify it later.

Then Siri sometimes loses the memory of this choice and offers you the list again.Or, after appointing the app, he will send you download it on the App Store while it is already on your device and you are perfectly identified on it.

We will have the opportunity to update this article over the evolution in the beta of 14.5, until its final version.

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