When you open a map link on your iPhone, it will open in Apple Maps by default, even if you have Google Maps installed. Honestly, I always use Google Maps on my iPhone and I just don't like it when a location defaults to Apple Maps. If you also prefer Google Maps to Apple Maps, you will surely be curious to know how to make Google Maps the default on an iPhone. Well, let me tell you – there is no direct way to do it. That said, there are a few workarounds for setting Google Maps as the primary navigation choice on an iPhone.

Starting with iOS 14, Apple somewhat opened up its long-standing closed ecosystem by allowing its users to change the default browser and email app on their devices. Unfortunately, Apple doesn't offer a direct way to change the primary navigation app on your iOS. If you have to do that, you have to jailbreak your iPhone, and this is not a viable solution.

Before you get discouraged, let me tell you that there is a solution to turn things in your favor. Since Apple allows you to change the default browser and email app on your iPhone, you can use this freedom to set Google Maps as your default app.

For this, you need to set Chrome as the default browser and Gmail as the default email app on your iPhone. Because the Google ecosystem will always prefer Google apps, Chrome and Gmail will always open the map links in Google Maps (by default).