The Magnifier accessibility app is ready for download to Pixel phones

Google has released its Magnifier app for Pixel phones that’s designed to make small, dimly lit, or distant text easier to read. The new accessibility app debuted on the Pixel 8 series introduced at Google’s Pixel event, and allows users to “magnify small text, see object details, or zoom in on faraway text like street signs or restaurant menus behind a service counter,” according to the Magnifier app Play Store listing. Magnifier is currently supported on Pixel 5 phones or later, though that doesn’t include the Pixel Fold or Pixel Tablet devices according to 9to5Google. The app itself features a fairly simple user interface. The default screen includes large + and - buttons used to control the zoom function, located on either side of the round shutter/freeze button, in addition to smaller buttons for enabling/disabling the camera flashlight and switching between the device’s front and rear cameras. Additional features like adjustments for contrast and brightness, and colour filters for improving text legibility can also be found by selecting the settings button on the lower left of the app.

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