If you’re having trouble reading text on your iPhone, you can enlarge the text in a second and even make everything a little bigger if it helps you use your iPhone. This is perfect for older iPhone users or people with visual impairments.
iPhone text is larger, so it’s easier to see and select. With the second option, you can make the icons and buttons larger so they are easier to read and touch.
If you’re having trouble seeing text or touching icons on your iPhone, there are two key changes you need to make. This works on older iPhones and newer iPhones, so no matter what iPhone you have, this will make the text larger. You can also do this on iPad. You cannot use the Zoom feature that we talked about in the second part of this guide on iPad.
How to Make iPhone Text Larger
You can enlarge iPhone text in settings and make it bold if you want the text to be easier to read. This setting takes about 10 seconds to turn on. If you turn on the Bold option, it will take a little longer as the iPhone needs to reboot.
Enlarge iPhone text in settings.
- Go to settings.
- Tap on Display & Brightness.
- Tap on Text Size.
- Drag the slider to the right to enlarge the text.
- Tap Back to save your changes.
On the Image and Brightness screen, you can also choose to make your text bold. If you turn on the Bold setting, it will restart your iPhone before it is applied.
When you change the text size on iPhone, you will enlarge all the text on iPhone. If you need to make it even bigger, you have to go to the Accessibility options where you have more control.
You can make the text larger in the accessibility settings.
- Go to settings.
- Tap on General.
- Tap on Accessibility.
- Tap Larger Text.
- Use the slider to make the text larger.
This will enlarge some of the menu options, making some of them easier to tap, but you can zoom in on the screen to make everything bigger.
How to Zoom iPhone Screen
Zoom the iPhone screen to make everything bigger.
Many users will want to zoom in on the iPhone screen in addition to or in conjunction with magnifying the text. This enlarges apps and makes it easier to use iPhone if you have trouble touching small parts of the screen.
This will make everything a little bigger and easier to read. This will restart your iPhone when you turn it on. When you’re done, it will be easier to see everything on your iPhone.
