Magnifier

Zoom in, brighten, and find words to aid your vision when you need it.

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Use your camera to magnify small text, see object details, or zoom in on faraway text like street signs or restaurant menus behind a service counter. Search for words before or after you take a picture to find what you need on a menu, a departure board, or anything containing text. Apply visual effects to make low contrast text more visible. In low light environments brightness is automatically adjusted. You can also take photos and zoom in as much as you need. Get started: 1. Download Magnifier from the Play Store. 2. (Optional) Set up Magnifier to easily open via Quick tap: a. Open your phone's Settings app. b. Go to System > Gestures > Quick tap. c. Turn on Use Quick tap. d. Choose open app. Next to "Open app," tap Settings. Then select Magnifier. e. To open Magnifier, tap twice on the back of your phone. Magnifier requires Pixel 5 or later model.

Info

  • Genre

    Tools

  • Rating

    PEGI 3

  • Release

    Oct 4, 2023

  • Last Update

    <b>Foldable device expansion:</b><br>You can now take advantage of the bigger unfolded screen to view the world around you in even more detail.

Reviews

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    Sylvain Dubrofsky

    stopped working in quick settings

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    Terry King

    Works great for what I need it for.

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    David Becker

    This app's find word feature is something I've always wanted to do with my phone's camera. 100 out of 10 stars!

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    koipireisimies

    With the Magnifier app, at zoom=1, at manual lens selection, at fixed shooting distance of about 143 mm: The short side of display covers 21 mm at UW lens, and 19 mm at W lens! So, almost the same! With the stock camera, in the same setup these are, respectively, 291 mm 137 mm. Also, on the Magnifier app, at W lens, at the same setup as above, that is physically sturdy, the short side of the image is tottering about 0.3 mm at about 0.5 sec frequency. Very useful app still. /GP10XL

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    Gaurav Lasaria

    Must have!!

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    John “Johnnie” Harris

    I'm finding this more and more useful as I get older. I like the quick tile, but need something easier to get to, going to attach it to tap the back gesture

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    Dennis DeVenuto Jr.

    Awesome, thoughtfully designed app. Can we please get a full-screen toggle to temporarily remove all controls? Thanks for listening to our feedback.

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    Jerry Giudice

    it's a great little magnifier app. the only problem I have with it is that the color hue on the screen keeps oscillating between pink and blue. you never get a clear vision of what you're magnifying. it just keeps going back and forth strobing between pink and blue at a very slow rate. incredibly annoying!

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    Marla (Bankie)

    Wow finally a useful, straightforward, GOOD app that wasn't forced upon me, but suggested. Incredible. Please google, more interactions like this. You simply capture what you want to see clearer, and the app enhances it to near crystal clear legibility.

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    Thomas Wilson

    learning process. ✓ later

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    Isaac Wright

    Good app but I wish you would make this available for all Android devices, not just Pixel devices. Why can't you allow this app to be used on non Pixel devices?

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