Enlarge text, hear articles read aloud and more

Designed for anyone who wants to enhance their reading experience, reading mode lets you customise your screen reading experience on Android.

Choose the contrast, colour, font size and font type that best fits your vision needs, learning style and preferences, while preserving the content that you’re viewing. You can even have text read aloud for you.

Adding the reading mode shortcut to your phone’s home screen lets you quickly use the tool across websites and apps. After installing reading mode, open the app or tap 'Reading mode' in your settings for a quick tutorial on creating an easy-to-access shortcut which will live in the bottom-right corner of your screen. To open the tool, tap the floating button or just say, 'Hey Google, open Reading mode'.

You can also open Reading mode using your phone’s assistant. On Samsung devices, just press and hold your phone’s side button to activate Bixby, its built-in assistant, then say 'Open Reading mode' into the microphone. On a Pixel? Press and hold the Power button to open the Assistant, then say 'Hey Google, open Reading mode'.

In reading mode settings, you can toggle between various font styles, text sizes, colour themes and more. Reading mode is compatible with TalkBack, your Android device’s screen reader, so you can also choose to have text on your phone read aloud to you.

When using text-to-speech, tap the speedometer icon to adjust playback speed.

Using reading mode is just one way to personalise your Android experience. Head to your phone settings and tap 'Accessibility' to adjust elements like text size, type and contrast.