Visual assistance

Adjust colors if you’re color blind

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

Turn it on

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Tap 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)

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

Add a shortcut

To use an accessibility shortcut for quickly turning Color correction on/off:

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Color correction.
  2. Turn Color correction shortcut on .

  3. Tap Color correction shortcut and choose one or more shortcuts:

    • For a shortcut on your home screen, select Tap accessibility button.
    • To press & hold both Volume buttons simultaneously, select Hold volume keys.

Use color inversion

Color inversion flips all colors on your screen, turning light screens dark and dark screens light. This affects everything on screen, including media and images. While it can make reading text easier (light text on a dark background), it can also make it harder to understand images and videos.

If you're using Dark theme to reduce eye strain when reading, you might encounter specific apps that don’t support it and still have a light background. Turn Color inversion on to use those apps with a dark background. You can use quick settings or a shortcut to easily turn Color inversion on and off.

Turn it on

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Tap Color inversion.

  3. Turn Use color inversion on .

    Color inversion is added to your quick settings so you can easily turn it off/on.

Add a shortcut

To use an accessibility shortcut as an alternate to the Color inversion quick setting:

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Color inversion.
  2. Turn Color inversion shortcut on .

  3. Tap Color inversion shortcut and choose one or more shortcuts:

    • For a shortcut on your home screen, select Tap accessibility button.
    • To press & hold both Volume buttons simultaneously, select Hold volume keys.

Use it

Open quick settings and tap Color inversion to turn it on/off.

Or, if you set up accessibility shortcuts, tap or press & hold both Volume buttons.

Magnify the screen

You can magnify the screen by triple tapping it or by swiping up from the bottom of the screen with two fingers. If you're using 3-button navigation, you can add to magnify.

Turn it on

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

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Magnification.

  2. Turn Magnification shortcut on .

    The Magnification icon shortcut is added to your screen.

When magnification is on, you’ll see an orange border around the screen.

Add a shortcut

To use gestures in addition to the shortcut:

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Magnification.

  2. Tap Magnification shortcut and:

    • To press & hold both Volume buttons simultaneously, select Hold volume keys.

    • To quickly tap the screen three times, select Triple-tap screen.

      Turning this on might make your phone feel slower. After you turn on magnification, single taps take slightly longer. This short delay lets your phone find out if your tap is part of a triple tap.

Use magnification

  1. Start magnification: swipe up from bottom of screen with two fingers, or tap .

  2. Tap 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. Start magnification: swipe up from bottom of screen with two fingers, or tap .

  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.

Fix an issue

If you open or close an app when zoomed in, your phone automatically zooms out. To zoom in again, use Magnification icon.

Use TalkBack to read screens

Hear descriptions of everything you touch.

Set it up

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Tap TalkBack and turn Use TalkBack on .

  3. Tap Settings and set the options you want.

Add a shortcut

To add an accessibility shortcut for quickly turning TalkBack on/off:

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack.
  2. Turn TalkBack shortcut on .

  3. Tap TalkBack shortcut and choose one or more shortcuts:

    • For a shortcut on your home screen, select Tap accessibility button.
    • To press & hold both Volume buttons simultaneously, select Hold volume keys.

When TalkBack is on

To hear descriptions:

  • Tap 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.

To 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

If you added the shortcut, tap or press & hold both Volume buttons.

Or, turn TalkBack off:

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

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