How To Enable Android Phone Accessibility Features
Google designed Accessibility featureson Android to be inclusive of people with disabilities. When activated, these features provide an enhanced user experience as it makes phones more comfortable and convenient to navigate. Some of the Accessibility features you can find on your Android device include zooming in on your screen, using an external keyboard to control the phone, and selecting text on the screen for your phone to read aloud.
While Accessibility features are primarily designed for people with disabilities, they are also useful tools for anyone to customize their phones to fit their specific needs and preferences. For instance, you can use it to enable captions for supported apps, change your phone’s color and font size, and use your power button to end calls. If you’re looking to maximize your user experience and make your phone work for you, here’s how you can turn on the Accessibility features on yourAndroid device.
How to enable the Accessibility menu
One of the simplest, yet most helpful accessibility features is the aptly-named Accessibility Menu. It’s a larger, easy-to-see menu where you can lock your device, adjust the volume and brightness, take a screenshot, and more. It’s typically not turned on by default, but you can easily enable it from your Settings app (viaGoogle Support):
You should now be able to see the Accessibility Menu button. By default, it’s a floating icon attached to the right side of the screen, but you can drag it around if you’d like it to appear elsewhere. If you find the controls too small, you can change their size in the Accessibility Menu Settings. From your Settings app, go to Accessibility > Accessibility Menu > Settings. Then, turn on “Large buttons” to increase the size of the Accessibility Menu buttons.
Other accessibility features to enable
There are other Accessibility features available in the Settings app that you can turn on depending on your needs. Here are a few:
When turned on, you can easily access many of these features from the Accessibility Menu.
