iOS 14 feels like a bigger software update and visual refresh than most of Apple’s yearly iterations, thanks to the addition of improved, highly customizable widgets, an App Library, and refined UIs for various functions that have given Apple’s iPhones a much-needed facelift. It’s also given device owners a solid reason to upgrade, a quarter of whom have transitioned to iOS 14 just five days after its release.
While it’s looking like a smooth ride so far, iOS 14 did come with a few bugs to go along with its many new features. One of the nice new features of iOS 14 was the ability to set your own default mail and browser apps. However, users who tried this out were finding that, after they restarted their device, the default would reset to Mail or Safari. Today, Apple has taken care of that with its first updates for the iPhone and iPad, bringing them up to 14.0.1. The Apple Watch will also update to 7.0.1.
Now, when you set your preferred browser defaults to Google Chrome, Firefox, or Microsoft Edge, or your mail defaults to Gmail, Outlook, or Spark, they should stay that way, even after a restart.
Other fixes in the release notes include problems that could keep camera previews from displaying on iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, keep iPhones from connecting via Wi-Fi, and could keep images from appearing in the News widget, among others.
If your phone hasn’t notified you about the update yet, you can find it by going to Settings > General > Software Update. You can find listings of Apple’s security updates on its support site.
