Magnifier

Google LLC

About this app

Use your camera to magnify small text, see object details, or zoom in on faraway text like street signs or restaurant menus behind a service counter. Search for words within pictures you take in order to find what you need on a menu, a departure board, or anything containing text. Apply visual effects to make low contrast text more visible. In low light environments brightness is automatically adjusted. You can also take photos and zoom in as much as you need.
Get started:
1. Download Magnifier from the Play Store.
2. (Optional) Set up Magnifier to easily open via Quick tap:
a. Open your phone's Settings app.
b. Go to System > Gestures > Quick tap.
c. Turn on Use Quick tap.
d. Choose open app. Next to "Open app," tap Settings. Then select Magnifier.
e. To open Magnifier, tap twice on the back of your phone.



Magnifier requires Pixel 5 or later model.

Ratings and reviews

I would give five stars if the option to enable geolocation data was available. Occasionally close up images will not focus accurately. Also a few times the color of an object on the screen was significantly different than the actual color of the object with my eyes. Otherwise a great app.

Great visual aid. It 'clearly' serves its purpose - to bring things to greater visual clarity by magnification and/or by making things brighter. There is also image stabilization - VERY helpful. (But for the reviewer thinking about using this to help walk at night, this app probably won't help. Great idea though! 😃👍) This app will remain close at hand on my main screen! NOTE: There is a little icon at the bottom-left. This control has lots of useful additional settings (brightness, etc.).

Nice clean app with just the controls you need. Manual lighting control works great. The only problem I have, and it's pretty big(FIXED....see update below), is at certain zoom levels the app switches back and forth between different lenses and near impossible to get a clear image. The app NEEDS an option to lock the lens or pick the lens to prevent this! This is on P8Pro, likely affects others. Update!! Since the August 13 app update, Manual Lens control works great! Thank you coders!

What’s new

Quickly find words in a picture
Take a picture and use the keyboard or microphone to highlight words or phrases within and quickly zoom in.

Manual lens control
Control which camera lens is used for your specific need.

October 2024 fix
Reduce maximum flashlight intensity to prevent overheating.