Vision Accessibility – How To Invert Colors on Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus
The good thing about smartphones today is that they have been accessible to almost everyone even to those who have vision impairments. Smartphones’ main display is a screen which requires the eyes to see, but thanks to all the developers who considered that not everyone is able to see normally. Samsung has been working hard on getting the best and more advanced accessibility features and now, they have released the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus with very amazing features.
The two of the most used and popular on the Samsung’s accessibility features are the inverted colors and magnification. There are many smartphone users who aren’t able to distinguish the differences of an entire color spectrum and most especially, our older people who really need a larger font size to be able to expand their smartphone experience.
So for this article, we’re going to show you the three most popular options that are available on your Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ accessibility features. Check it out below.
Inverting Colors on Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus
If you like to invert the colors of your Galaxy S9 display, there are things that can actually happen to your screen. First, all the white spaces you can see will turn black. Second, The blue shade on the top part of the menu will turn orange. Lastly, all the text on the display will turn white. Those are the things that you need to ready yourself before you decide to Invert Colors on your Samsung Galaxy S9.
If you want to try the actual look of this accessibility feature or you want to get back to the normal screen, follow the steps written below to get you on this particular accessibility feature:
- Switch on your Samsung Galaxy S9
- Launch the Settings app on either on the Home Screen, App Drawer or Notification Shade
- Choose the Accessibility tab from the options
- Then tap on Vision
- Select Negative Colors feature
- Then tap on the toggle switch to switch it ON or if you had it activated before, tap on the switch again to deactivate the feature
Grayscale Conversion on Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus
If you want your screen to go black and white or simply what we called ‘Grayscale’, here’s how you can do this. Whether you want to activate it, or had it activated before and you like to switch it off, the same process is applicable. Follow this:
- Switch on your Samsung Galaxy S9
- Launch the Settings app on either on the Home Screen, App Drawer or Notification Shade
- Choose the Accessibility tab from the options
- Then tap on Vision
- Select Grayscale feature
- Then tap on the toggle switch to switch it ON or if you had it activated before, tap on the switch again to deactivate the feature
Magnifying Windows on Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus
Activating the magnifying windows feature on the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus have the same process with the features presented above. It can be switched ON with just one tap, too. Once you decided to switch this feature on, you should be able to see a magnified window on the screen. This window can be dragged all around the screen if you want to magnify a text or an icon.
This accessibility feature also gives the users an option to set the size of a magnifier. It can be used when you like to adjust the surface that you want to get magnified. If you’re done using the magnifier, you can see a small “X” symbol right on the top right corner of the window – just tap on it to close the magnifying window. Follow the steps below on how to enable or disable the magnifier window of your Samsung Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus.
- Switch on your Samsung Galaxy S9
- Launch the Settings app on either on the Home Screen, App Drawer or Notification Shade
- Choose the Accessibility tab from the options
- Then tap on Vision
- Select Magnifier Window feature
- Then tap on the toggle switch to switch it ON or if you had it activated before, tap on the switch again to deactivate the feature
To sum everything up, this vision accessibility features of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ are very reliable: Color Inversion, Grayscale, and Magnifying Windows. These three are the most used for people who have a hard time with seeing a screen normally.
If you have tried using these features and you have a question or anything you can share, please feel free to comment it down below.