If you’re like most people, you probably use your iPhone’s screen a lot. But did you know that you can enlarge it using Display Zoom? This handy feature is available on most iPhones, and it lets you enlarge the screen so that you can see more information at once. Here’s how to do it:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone and tap on Display.
- Under “Screen Size,” tap on “Display Zoom.”
- If necessary, adjust the slider to make the screen larger or smaller. You can also choose to have the phone automatically enlarge text and images when they’re displayed onscreen.
- When you’re done, tap on “OK.” ..
Display Zoom vs. Text Size
Increasing the text size on your iPhone or making the text bold is the usual go-to when a user is having difficulty viewing content on the iPhone. But the problem is that this solution doesn’t scale well.
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Increasing the font size after a couple of notches messes up some UI elements (and looks rather ugly). A classic example is the button’s text size increases, but the button itself stays the same size. (Notice the “1” button in the following right screenshot).
Display Zoom solves this problem. This feature essentially emulates a lower resolution screen on your iPhone (as you can see in the following screenshot.) For example, on an iPhone 11 Pro Max, you’ll see the resolution of an iPhone 11 instead.
This means that all the UI elements are bigger on your iPhone, including the text and the buttons. And this feature works natively, across the entire operating system.
The Display Zoom feature works on all iPhones released after the iPhone 6s (including the second-Generation iPhone SE and the iPhones with Face ID). Note that Display Zoom is also different from Accessibility Zoom, which allows you to magnify either part of your screen or all of your screen.
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How to Enable Display Zoom on iPhone
Enabling Display Zoom on the iPhone is quite easy. First, open the “Settings” app on your iPhone.
Next, go to the “Display & Brightness” section.
Here, from the “Display Zoom” section, tap the “View” button.
Choose the “Zoomed” option.
From the top, tap the “Set” button.
From the pop-up, select the “Use Zoomed” option.
Your iPhone will restart in a couple of seconds.
Now, when you unlock your iPhone, you’ll see that the interface and the text are now bigger.
If you want to switch to the default mode, go back to the “Display Zoom” settings menu and switch to the “Standard” mode.
Want to make the text even more legible? Try using the bold text feature on your iPhone!
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