Visual assistance

Adjust colors if you’re color blind

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Touch Color correction and turn Use color correction on .
  3. Choose an option.

    How you see colorsOption to choose
    It’s difficult to tell violet from blue. Yellow and green appear redder. Deuteranomaly (red-green)
    Colors aren’t bright. Red, orange, and yellow appear greener. Red-green (Red weak, protanomaly) Protanomaly (red-green)
    It’s difficult to tell yellow and red from pink. Blue appears greener.Tritanomaly (blue-yellow)

Color correction is an experimental feature and might not work correctly everywhere on your phone.

If colors don't appear as you expect, troubleshoot the issue.

Magnify the screen

You can magnify the screen by triple tapping it or by touching by the navigation buttons.

Set it up

To set up the way to start (zoom in) and stop (zoom out) magnification:

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Magnification.
  2. Select an option and turn it on :

    • To touch the screen three times, choose Magnify with triple-tap.
    • To add to the buttons, choose Magnify with button.

Use magnification

To zoom in/out:

  1. Start magnification using the method you selected: triple tap, or touch .
  2. Touch the area of the screen to magnify, then:

    • Drag two or more fingers to scroll.
    • Pinch two or more fingers to adjust zoom.

To zoom temporarily:

  1. Touch .
  2. Touch & hold anywhere on the screen, then:

    • Drag to move around the screen.
    • Lift your finger to zoom out.

You can't zoom in on the keyboard or the buttons.

TipYou can also adjust font and display size.

Use TalkBack to read screens

Hear descriptions of everything you touch.

Enable TalkBack
  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Touch TalkBack and turn Use service on .
  3. Touch Settings and set the options you want.

When TalkBack is on
  • Touch an item. Your phone speaks the name.
  • Start typing. Your phone speaks each number or letter.
  • Drag status bar down. Your phone speaks all of the notifications.
  • Open a message, file, or book. Your phone reads the text out loud.
Change readout volume
  • Press a Volume button to open volume settings, then use the slider to adjust the level.
  • Or, during voice readout, repeatedly press a Volume button.
Stop readout

To pause or resume readout, press & hold both the Volume Up and Down buttons at the same time for three seconds, until you hear confirmation that TalkBack is on or off. You can change the accessibility feature associated with this shortcut.

Or, turn TalkBack off:

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Touch TalkBack and turn Use service off .

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