How to use the Google Magnifier app
Use the Magnifier app to see things better up close.
![Looking at things far away](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Tristan%2082.png?itok=TsOxDO1y)
Magnifier is an app for people who find it hard to see things far away.
![Person holding their phone with the magnifier app](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Magnifier.png?itok=xGXNfj_r)
You can use the Magnifier app on your mobile phone.
![Google Pixel phone](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Pixel%20phone.png?itok=5gtpe75U)
You can only use Magnifier on Google Pixel phones right now.
![Person looking at a sign far away](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Sign%20far.png?itok=PHVCD7nr)
Magnifier helps people see things that are far away.
![Enlarged text](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Text%20bigger.png?itok=BrxQHuSd)
It makes small text bigger so it is easier to read.
![Magnifier app on the Play store](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Magnifiier3.png?itok=tQUt6Ne7)
You need to download the ‘Magnifier’ app from the Google Play Store.
![Magnifier app by Google LLC](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Magnifier4.png?itok=9nqqYnvw)
It is called ‘Magnifier’ by Google LLC.
![Google Play store](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Play%20store.png?itok=RWelHaJC)
The Play Store is an app already on your Pixel phone.
![Bigger text](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Text%20bigger_0.png?itok=joa3jQOm)
You can use Magnifier to make text bigger.
![Person reading a book](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Read%20book1%20%281%29.png?itok=855p0xty)
This might be a book or a menu in a restaurant.
![Magnifier app on a phone](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Magnifier3.png?itok=OANNjAo_)
Open the Magnifier app on your phone.
![Pointing the phone at a book using the Magnifier app](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Phone1.png?itok=fFdJOCfV)
Point your phone at the text you want to make bigger.
![Magnifier buttons circled](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Phone2.png?itok=UqDAQiQc)
You can make the text bigger using the buttons.
![Plus button circled in the bottom right](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/phone3.png?itok=jnqRa7bN)
Press the plus button to make the text bigger.
![Minus button circled in the bottom left](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/phone5.png?itok=Ln_M8l8y)
Press the minus button to make the text smaller.
![A person reading a book with a torch](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Bright.png?itok=k5lD_jZe)
If it is dark you can make the text brighter by using the light on your phone.
![The torch button circled on the right side](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Torch3.png?itok=LuOTlh_2)
Press the button that looks like a torch to make the light turn on.
![Dragging the torch button up](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Phone7.png?itok=rt8xgXdV)
You can drag the torch button up to make it even brighter.
![Person taking a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Photo2.png?itok=sHom29uW)
You can take a picture of the text to look at it later.
![The white button circled](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Button.png?itok=O-pWv2b8)
Press the white button in the middle of your phone.
![The save button circled](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Save.png?itok=LoqJqKoL)
You can save it by pressing the button with a down arrow at the top of the screen.
![The X button circled](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Save2_0.png?itok=o-CIkjzR)
When you are finished with that picture press the X button to close it.
![Person looking at a far away sign](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Sign%20far_0.png?itok=BTQoPkWk)
You can use Magnifier to look at things far away.
![Person looking at something close up](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Inspect%202.png?itok=Y9Dpz67o)
It will make them look bigger and closer.
![People looking at a train sign](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Tube%20Journey%2011.png?itok=yhfuv0w9)
This could be a sign on the street or at a train station.
![Magnifier app on a phone](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Magnifier3_0.png?itok=hF41LfCk)
Open the Magnifier app on your phone.
![Pointing the phone at a sign](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Sign.png?itok=phKLh25J)
Point your phone at the thing you want to see more closely.
![The plus button in the bottom right](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Button3.png?itok=HSSC3dZK)
Press the plus button to see it closer.
![Pressing the plus button](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Button2.png?itok=6N-rq7GT)
You can press it more than once to make it look closer.
![The minus button circled](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/zoom.png?itok=Z4E9-png)
Press the minus button if you want to make it look further away.
![White round button circled](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/button4.png?itok=rOBlExYE)
Press the white round button if you want to take a picture.
![Yellow filter on the phone](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Colours2.png?itok=53-Cfkv8)
You can use filters to change the colours.
![Person using a yellow filter](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Filter.png?itok=UU4C98I4)
This can help some people see more clearly.
![The filter button circled](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Filter2.png?itok=7KJqGMO2)
To choose a colour filter press the button in the bottom left of the screen.
![Choosing a different colour filter](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Filters.png?itok=C3NlT9Wr)
Press on the different colours to choose a filter.
![Light and dark text](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Contrast2.png?itok=wT351M0M)
You can change the contrast to make things look clearer.
![Contrast button circled](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Contrast.png?itok=0rl-qXuy)
Contrast is the button with a half-full circle.
![Brightness](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Light%20%281%29.png?itok=gy8KJmWU)
You can make things brighter using the brightness button.
![Brightness button circled](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Brightness.png?itok=wbnJj98B)
Brightness is the button that looks like half of a sun.
![Person using the magnifier app](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_tile/public/2023-11/Magnifier%20done.png?itok=lGVPGiIE)
You can play with these tools to get the clearest picture for you.