Customize your phone’s display settings

You can adjust your Android phone settings to better suit your visual needs. Here’s how to make reading text and viewing media on your screen a breeze.

Note: Instructions and settings may vary by manufacturer and model.

Go easy on your eyes and make text stand out by customizing your font size, boldness, and color contrast. On a Samsung device, go to Settings > Accessibility > Vision enhancements. If you’re on a Pixel, you’ll find your device’s font and display size settings in Settings > Accessibility > Display size and text.

Whether you’re reading or typing, view text more easily by magnifying it. Just open your settings and tap Accessibility > Vision Enhancements > Magnification (or Accessibility > Magnification if you’re on a Pixel), then toggle on “Magnification shortcut.”

You can adjust the other options – like full or partial screen magnification, and whether to keep magnifying when you switch between apps – according to your preferences. Be sure to read the instructions at the bottom of the Magnification menu to learn more about how to zoom in.

Tap "Magnification shortcut" to change your shortcut from the accessibility button to volume keys or a triple-tap.

If you struggle seeing certain colors, or want to remove them to enhance your focus, try color correction. Just go to your Accessibility settings and tap “Vision enhancements” (or “Color and motion” on a Pixel) then “Color correction.” From there, you can preview color schemes – including Grayscale – and choose the one that’s right for you.

Turn on the shortcut so you can quickly switch color correction on and off by tapping the accessibility button.

Adjust your phone’s brightness by swiping down from the top of your screen (swipe down twice on a Pixel), then using the slider to brighten or darken it. You can also toggle on “Extra dim” in your Accessibility settings to automatically dim your screen to a more comfortable level; tap “Extra dim” to manually alter its intensity.

Want to automatically dim your screen without needing to swipe through your settings? Just toggle on the Extra dim shortcut.

If ever you struggle to see text, icons, and other items on your phone, you can select areas of your screen to be read aloud using TalkBack.

Enable it by tapping Accessibility > TalkBack, then toggling it on (or by toggling on “Use TalkBack” on Pixels). When prompted, allow TalkBack to have full control of your phone, then follow the short tutorial to learn how to use it.