Android P's new Magnifier tool will take the guessing out of selecting text

Android P's new Magnifier tool will take the guessing out of selecting text

5 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/news/android-p-new-magnifier-tool-will-take-the-guessing-out-of-selecting-text/

Picture this. You're reading through a wall of text and come across a sentence you want to copy and paste. On Android, highlighting a line of text (and not overshooting or cutting off words) can be a pain even if you have the skinniest and nimblest fingers. iOS comes with a text-magnifying feature to make this easier, and it seems like the next version of Android is taking a page from the Apple playbook.

Android P will come with Google's new Magnifier feature. Google initially called out Magnifier when Android P was announced in May, but the feature was highlighted in detail in an Android developers blog post on July 4. Watch how the magic works below: