Owners of Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco smartphones often face the need to zoom in on-screen images.Small interface elements, tiny text in apps or photo detailing can be poorly discernible without additional customization. This is especially true for visually impaired users or those who simply prefer large controls.
The modern MIUI shell and the new HyperOS offer a lot of customization options for visual display, you can resize your font, enlarge your application icons, or even activate the magnifier mode to view any area of the display in detail, and setting these parameters correctly greatly improves the user experience of the device.
In this article, we will go into detail all the ways to zoom in, and we will look at standard system settings, hidden features for developers, and specialized accessibility tools. Combining font enlargement and image size allows you to achieve maximum comfort without losing readability.
Setting font size and image
The easiest and safest way to make the interface bigger is to use the built-in sliders in the settings menu, which allows you to independently adjust the size of text characters and the overall scaling of interface elements, including icons and indentations.
To access these parameters, you need to go to Settings → Screen → Text and Image Size. Here you will see two main regulators: the first one is responsible for lettering, the second one is responsible for graphic elements, changes are applied instantly, which allows you to find the optimal balance.
Don’t immediately twist the sliders to the maximum, as this can cause some buttons to stop fitting on the screen or text will be cropped. It is better to zoom in gradually, checking the display in different applications, such as the browser or messengers.
- 📱 Open the settings menu and find the "Screen" item».
- 🔤 Select the option “Text and Image Size».
- 🔍 Move the sliders by watching the changes in real time.
- ✅ Click “Ready” or just exit the menu to save.
It's worth noting that zooming in on your contact lists affects how many lines you see on your contact lists or messages. If you want to have a compact information, you'd better limit yourself to just zooming in on the font, but for older people, a complex zoom is the most effective solution.
Use of accessibility functions for the visually impaired
The Android operating system that powers Xiaomi smartphones has a powerful arsenal of tools for people with disabilities, useful not only for visual impairments, but also in situations where you need to temporarily consider small details.
One of the most useful features is zoom in, and it's activated by triple tapping the screen or through a button in the accessibility menu, and unlike static font size change, it works like a digital magnifier, allowing you to zoom in on any part of the display.
⚠️ Attention: When activated, the "Increase" feature, navigation on the smartphone may change. Triple tap will now buzz the screen, rather than trigger other actions.
To enable this mode, go to Settings → Additional settings → Special features → Vision → Enlarge. Here you can choose the activation method: by button on the screen or gesture. Gesture control is often more convenient, since it does not require constant activation of the floating button.
The Big Pointer feature can also be useful, replacing the standard mouse cursor (if connected) or touchpoint with a more visible circle, which helps to get more accurately through small controls at a larger scale.
- 👁️ Activate the “Sight” section in the special features menu.
- 🖱️ Turn on the "Increase" switch».
- 👆 Set up the activation method (by gesture or button).
- 🔎 Use triple touch for quick zoom at any time.
It's important to understand the difference between static magnification and dynamic zoom: the first changes the layout of applications forever, the second is a temporary tool, for constant use, better to customize the fonts, and leave the magnifier for rare occasions.
Developer mode and DPI scale
For advanced users, it is possible to change the system parameter DPI (dots per inch) that determines the pixel density and affects how the operating system calculates the size of interface elements, and changing the DPI allows you to zoom in where standard sliders no longer help.
To access these settings, you need to activate the developer menu. Make seven quick taps by build number in Settings → About Phone. Once you have a successful activation message, a new option will appear in the settings menu called “Additional” or “Extended settings” → “Developers”.
What is the minimum width (DPI)?
Be extremely careful when changing the DPI values. Too low a value can cause some interface elements to “go” off the screen and you can’t press the OK or Back button.
☑️ Safe change DPI
If the screen is black or non-working after changing the settings, try restarting the device. In some cases, the safe mode that can be triggered by holding the off button on the lock screen helps. If this does not help, a complete data reset may be required.
Scaling in Gallery and Browser
Often users need to zoom in on specific applications, such as when viewing photos or reading articles, in which case the system settings of fonts may be redundant, and better use the built-in application tools.
In the standard Xiaomi and Google Photo Gallery, zooming is done by double touching or mixing fingers. However, to constantly view a large-scale photo, you can change the display settings. In some versions of the shell, the option “View one photo” is available, which eliminates the need to scroll in the grid.
In Chrome or MI Browser, you can force web page zooming, especially for sites that don't have a mobile version and display too small, go to your browser settings, look for the "Special Features" section, and turn on "Forced Scaling."
| Annex | Zuma method | Continuous increase |
|---|---|---|
| gallery | Double touch. | One Photo mode |
| browser | Tick your fingers. | Scaling up text |
| Telegram | Chat settings | Type size in the annex |
| YouTube | Screen rotation | Video quality (HD/4K) |
Telegram, which is very popular with Xiaomi users, has its own font size settings that are independent of the system. Go to Settings → Chats → Font size. This allows you to make correspondence convenient without increasing the rest of the phone interface.
Display problems after increasing
Aggressive zoom can lead to visual artifacts: text can be superimposed on pictures, buttons can be cropped, and input fields become too short, because many applications are designed to fit standard element sizes.
The most common problems are in banking applications and government services, and their interfaces are often hard-fixed, so if you find yourself unable to press the Continue button because it has gone over the edge of the screen, zoom in temporarily in on your system settings.
⚠️ Warning: If the interface becomes completely unreadable after the developer changes its settings, don't panic. Try blindly (remembering the approximate location) to get into the settings menu and reset the settings. DPI, Or reset to factory settings.
Another common problem is the “go” layout in the widgets on the desktop, the clock can block the weather, and the calendar can go beyond the widget, in which case it helps to remove the problematic widget and add it again after adjusting the system scale.
You can use Safe Mode to diagnose problems, which disables all third-party launchers and themes, and if Safe Mode displays the interface correctly even with a larger font, then the problem is in the installed theme or third-party launcher.
Resetting and Restore Standards
If the scale experiments have caused inconvenience, the system can always be returned to its original state, and the easiest way is to manually return the sliders in the Text and Image Size menu to the middle position.
If you change the DPI settings through the developer menu, there's a reset button, which is usually located at the bottom of the developer settings list, and clicking on it will return the pixel density to the factory values recommended by Xiaomi engineers.
A radical but effective method is to reset all settings. Note that this does not delete your photos and contacts, but returns all system settings, including alarm clocks, Wi-Fi settings and designs, to factory settings. → The phone. → Resetting settings → Reset all settings.
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Always write down the initial parameters before changing them to the developer menu so you can quickly go back.
Once the settings are reset, it is recommended that you restart the device, allowing the system to recalculate all resources and apply standard display configurations, which usually solves 99% of the problems associated with the "got" interface.