Not many people have a magnifying glass consist around the house nowadays , but your iPhone can serve the same purpose if you live how to use it . AsCNBCdiscovered , the smartphone has a built - in magnifier that can aid you record modest photographic print or tell the metre when you ’ve misplace your methamphetamine .
The feature , which also works for the iPad , has been around since iOS 10 was rolled out in 2016 . It ’s disabled by default , though , so it ’s easy to overtop . It only takes a few footmark to switch it on , and once it ’s enable , you wo n’t have to tamper with the setting again . After open up theSettingsapp , chooseGeneral , thenAccessibility , thenMagnifier . Toggle theMagnifierswitch on , and you may now expend it at the triple - strike of a release .
If you have an iPhone X or newer model ( XS , XS Plus , or XR ) , only triple - tap the push on the right side of the phone to call up the magnifier . For those with onetime iPhones , three-fold - pat the home button instead . Once it ’s open , you could whizz in and out by using the sliding bar . Add lighting by tapping the lightning bolt icon , or adjure the three circles in the bottom right corner to practice different filters that may make it easier for you to scan . you may also tap the screen to center on a particular speckle and use the lock button to freeze the focus .
The circle at the bottom even let you crack a freeze skeleton . It officiate much in the same way the rapid growth function on your television camera does , except the images do n’t automatically save to your speech sound , so you wo n’t have to clog up your retentivity to inspect object more close . It you do want to save it , though , just tap and hold the image and selectsave image . ) The camera can answer many of these same functions , but the magnifier streamlines the appendage .
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