Make your phone easier to see and hear

If the text is too small or the sound too quiet, you don’t have to squint or strain — a few settings fix it. Here’s how to make the phone comfortable for your eyes and ears.

Bigger text — iPhone

1. Settings → Display & Brightness → Text Size, and drag the slider right.
2. Want it even bigger? Settings → Accessibility → Display & Text Size → Larger Text, turn on Larger Accessibility Sizes, and drag further.
3. In the same place, Bold Text makes everything easier to read.

Bigger text — Android

1. Settings → Display → Font size and style (drag to make it bigger).
2. Display size in the same area makes everything — buttons and icons — larger, not just text.
3. (Search “font size” in Settings if the menu looks different on your phone.)

A brighter, clearer screen

• Swipe into the Control Center / Quick Settings and drag the brightness slider up.
• Turning off Auto-Brightness (iPhone: Accessibility → Display & Text Size) keeps it from dimming on you.

Louder and clearer sound

• Turn it up: press the volume buttons on the side while a video or call is playing.
• Ringer too quiet to hear? iPhone: Settings → Sounds & Haptics and raise the Ringtone slider. Android: Settings → Sound → Volume, raise Ring and Media.
• One ear better than the other? iPhone: Settings → Accessibility → Audio & Visual lets you balance left/right and turn on Mono Audio so you hear everything in both ears.

Tip

Using hearing aids or wireless earbuds? They often pair straight to the phone for much clearer sound — text Stephen to help you set that up the first time.

If it still isn’t comfortable

1. Changes didn’t stick? Some need you to leave Settings to take effect, or a quick restart (how to restart).
2. Still too small or too quiet? Text Stephen — he can crank the accessibility settings up further with you.