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OnePlus: Switch the Default Phone App

If the stock Phone app on your OnePlus feels limited or the call screen does not match the rest of your setup, you do not have to keep using it. Third-party dialer apps from the Google Play Store can take over outgoing calls, contact lookup and the call screen instead.

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VersionAndroid 10 · Oxygenos 10

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Change Default Dialer App – Oxygenos 10: step 1 – Open the Settings
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Change Default Dialer App auf OnePlus

OnePlus lets you assign any installed calling app as the handler for outgoing calls, contact search and the incoming call screen. This matters if a third-party dialer offers better spam detection, a cleaner call log or reverse number lookup that the stock app lacks.

Android only shows one active default at a time. If you install a new dialer app but calls still open in the old interface, the system has not switched the assignment yet - it does not happen automatically for every app.

To set a new default, go to Open the SettingsTap on Apps & notificationsTap on Default appsTap on Phone appChoose the default Phone app. Only apps built to handle calls appear in that list.

Switching the default dialer can reset call-related permissions such as contact access or call log access for the newly chosen app. Grant those permissions again if calls fail to connect or contacts do not show up.

If the new app still does not receive calls after this change, check whether it is also excluded from battery optimization, since background restrictions can block incoming call notifications independently of the default dialer setting.

Frequently asked questions

No. The Default apps menu on OnePlus separates the Phone app assignment from the SMS app assignment. Changing one does not change the other.

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