All the Ways You Can Make Reading on Your Phone Easier

Phone screens are more than ever, bigger, better, and better – but they don’t always offer the best shows for long-term reading. If you have a lot of text messages to get through, you may find yourself alone turning to Kindle insteador even a good old fashioned physical book.

There are several ways to change the appearance of your screen iPhone or An Android phonehowever, to make it worth reading. These changes reduce the chance of causing eye strain while minimizing distractions to make for a more enjoyable read. You can’t turn your phone into something that rivals an e-reader or a printed page, but you can come pretty close.

Change Display Settings

You have more control over the font sizes, styles, and colors your phone uses than you might think – you can create easy-to-read text and create a Kindle-like interface with just a few clicks through the main Settings section.

If you’re on Android, the menu text varies from model to model, but on Pixel phones it goes Development and documentation. The next screen allows you to change the default font size and other things on the screen to make the text sound bold, there is also Black head the way you can find it reduces the strain on the eyes.

Changing font size on Android.Courtesy of David Nield

On iOS, open it Display & Light from Settings: Here you will find a The Development of the Scriptures slider you can change, as well as a Strong Words change change. As on Android, there is a black option here via the header selector at the top of the screen – select it Black to reduce all colors on the iOS screen.

Both Android and iOS also have a night reading option that reduces blue light from your phone and keeps the entire display warm—which should make for a fun reading experience. For Android Pixel phones, select it Display and touch > Night light from Settings, and on the iOS option Display & Brightness > Night Shift. In both cases you can turn on the feature manually or via a schedule.

Use the Browser’s Reading Mode

Most of the reading you’ll be doing on your phone will be through its browser, and most modern browsers come with a dedicated reading option that you can use. These colors will reduce computer clutter, simplify color, and bring the main story to the fore.

If you are using Google Chrome as your default browser on Android, click the three dots (top right), then Show Reading to change the view of the article you are currently reading. Swipe up on the panel at the bottom of the screen to change fonts and colors. Click the reading view icon (to the right of the address bar) to return to the normal browser view.