Using Samsung phone as a magnifying glass

Perhaps not the first function that comes to mind when you think of a mobile phone, but the Samsung smartphone can also be used as a magnifying glass. Handy when reading small labels in the store or to get a better look at a bug in the garden.

Place magnifying glass on Start screen

First place the widget (the program) on the Home screen:

• Press an empty spot on the Start screen with your finger until four options appear at the bottom.
• Remove the finger from the screen and tap Widgets.
• Scroll to the ‘Magnifying Glass’ widget.
• Press Magnifying glass and keep your finger pressed on the screen.
• The Start screen will appear. Drag the icon to an empty spot and release the finger.

Using magnifying glass

• Tap the icon Magnifying glass to open it.
• If necessary, tap To allow to allow the program to access the camera.
• Point the phone’s camera at something you want to get a closer look at.
• Tap the plus sign to enlarge the image and the minus sign to make it smaller.
• Tap the icon of a Flashlight for extra light.
• Tap again Flashlight to turn the light off again.
• The ‘Color’ option is especially useful when reading texts.
  • Tap the icon of three overlapping circles to change the colors. On Android 8 and below, this is the button Colour.
  • The white background becomes black and the black letters become white. Tap the or icon again Colour to return to the starting position.
  • Tap the or icon again Colour in front of a black background with yellow letters.
  • Tap the or icon again Colour to return to the starting position.
• If necessary, take a picture of what you see on the screen. This can be useful if you want to get a good look at something without the screen moving.
  • Tap the white button or Recording (Android 8 or lower).
  • Tap the square icon with an arrow or Save (Android 8 or lower) to save. Or tap Back or the left arrow to return to the magnifying glass.