Those that use third-party services like Spotify are sure to be pleased with this news, just like those that use apps like Chrome, Edge, Outlook, and more were happy when Apple opened up iOS to third-party browsers and email clients. If you live in the Apple ecosystem of hardware but not of services, this is one of the oldest pain points in the book. Of course, iOS 14.5 is only in its first beta, so you can expect that the experience will be refined (or removed completely, for all we know). For example, asking to play a song goes with the default selection, while just saying to play music still launches Apple Music. Some commenters have said that it doesn't work all the time, and that only certain phrases work. With the former method, shown in the screenshot, the only way to set the default would be the very first time that you ask Siri to play a song.

On your Android phone or tablet, touch and hold the Home. In the bottom right, tap Explore & Your stuff and then More.1 answer Top answer: Hi Ian,You can only set default music services that are shown in the assistant settings. It makes sense for the default to be decided that way, because as of right now, there doesn't appear to be anything about a default music service in the Settings app. On your Android phone or tablet, touch and hold the Home button or say OK Google. In our testing, the experience was the latter. Naturally, the app does have to support Siri. To make RealPlayer your universal media player after installation: 1. If you install another media program after installing RealPlayer, some of these file types may be associated with the new program. For them, they asked Siri to play a song via Spotify, and then Siri simply remembered that choice for future interactions. RealPlayer becomes the default media player for the file types you choose to associate with it. Others that commented on the post said that they got a different experience but to the same effect. After installing the beta, the first time you ask Siri to play a song, it will present a menu of installed music services, and it will remember your choice. With the iOS 14.5 beta, things apparently work a bit differently. As it stands right now, if you want Siri to play a song in Spotify, you have to specify that the song must be played in Spotify. The idea is that if you ask Siri to play a song, it will automatically do so in the service of your choosing. As spotted by some savvy Reddit users, Apple might be expanding that to include the default music app. Just this year with iOS 14, users finally got the ability to change their default browser and email app. One of the issues with Apple's mobile ecosystem has always been the lack of an ability to set default applications.

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