Samsung now lets you choose an app as default or use it "just once"

One of the reasons we all love Android is because it lets us choose an app as default for particular actions or file types, just like desktop operating systems. Starting with the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+, Samsung modified this behavior by automatically setting an app as default after the first selection. This was a rather user-friendly move for the regular consumer but not so much for the Android purists and advanced users, and Samsung is now giving us an option to choose how the default app selection system works.

After some recent update, a new option has emerged under Settings » Applications » Default Applications » Default app selection on the Note 5 and later flagships. Users can now select the ‘Ask before setting default apps' option if they want their Galaxy device not to set an app by default automatically. After setting this option, the device will ask the user whether they want to use an app “just once” for an action or use it as default “always.”

Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

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Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S21 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.

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