Nevertheless, it is better than nothing at all. In a rather bizarre move, Apple with the release of iOS 13 decided to quietly remove this very useful feature. Since then, text selection was a chore and often our thumb blocked the whole text we were trying to select.

Apple has listed the magnifying glass feature in the feature list for iOS 15 on their website.

iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are now currently in their early stages of release. The first Developer Beta was out to developers right after the WWDC21 event. However, you can still download and install iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 Developer Beta even without a developer account.

The Public Beta will release in July. Anyways, do keep in mind that Apple may or may not include this feature in future builds. However, since users will definitely appreciate the feature comeback, we find no reason for Apple to not include it in the final version of iOS 15 this fall.

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Anyways, with all that said, today we have 7 Accessibility tips for iPhone users out there. Let’s begin…

Also: WWDC 2021 has been announced, starts on June 7

To start off: Head over to Settings > Accessibility to explore the features. In this article, however, we’ll focus on seven of the many accessibility options available.

1. Magnifier

Go to Magnifier within Accessibility to access this setting.

Make use of the iPhone camera to magnify things around quickly. Enable this option and go to your home screen and check for the Magnifier app. You can also search for the same via the Spotlight search field.

Magnifier app

2. Sound Recognition

In the Accessibility menu, locate and tap Sound Recognition.

This allows the device to listen to sounds in your surroundings. Tap Sounds to toggle recognition for a doorbell, an animal, running water, and more. Upon recognizing a sound, you’ll receive a notification. Please note that the Hey Siri command is unavailable when Sound Recognition is enabled.

Although this is a very beneficial feature to help increase awareness, Apple advises against relying on this function for high-risk or emergency situations. Use with caution.

Display & Text Size

Tap Display & Text Size in the Accessibility menu to access the following:

3. Bold text

This option will help a lot of users out there with varying visions helping them to see written content and descriptions legibly. Also, there may be users who prefer bold rich fonts as opposed to thin fonts for a visual appeal.

4. Increase Contrast

This option helps increase the contrast of an app’s background in comparison with the rest of its user interface easy navigation.

5.  Larger Text

Increase the size of the texts on display through the slider. Apps that support Dynamic Type make use of this feature. Toggle Larger Accessibility Sizes to access more sizes.

6. Button Shapes

Buttons throughout iOS get underlined to help users distinguish between an action and a normal text.

7. On/Off Labels

1 and 0 labels are added to all of the toggle switches. 1 means a switch is ON and 0 represents the OFF position.

Thank you for reading!

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