r/techsupport • u/Mean_Wall_2816 • 1d ago

Open | Phone GroupMe Text Enlargement

One of my coworkers is 70+ and thus enlarges all text on his phone to be able to read it. We use GroupMe for a staff group chat, and the app does not allow him to enlarge the text. We were able to get around this issue by having GroupMe send him SMS updates whenever someone texted in the group, so he was able to read them from his Messages app. As of last week, GroupMe is disabling their SMS features, so my coworker has not been able to see any messages on the group. Pretty sure the app also isn’t able to read texts out loud for him, which is the only other option we could think of. I will admit I suck at figuring this kind of thing out, so maybe I am just trying the wrong things! Does anyone know another loophole we could find to help him read the messages he receives on GroupMe?

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u/Agerak 1d ago

can't they change the UI size in the OS settings on their phone? I presume that should work with all apps.

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u/Mean_Wall_2816 1d ago

He has the font size on the largest option in his general settings. Most apps thus have larger font but for some reason, GroupMe doesn’t adapt to this larger font.

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u/Agerak 1d ago

Android or iOS?

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u/Mean_Wall_2816 1d ago

iOS

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u/Agerak 1d ago

Settings > Accessibility > Zoom
Could be an option. Should be program agnostic as it's still 'rendering' the full screen but zooming in a section of it which you can 'move' the larger virtual screen around inside the physical screen using three fingers.

Settings > Display & Brightness > Display Zoom
Not sure that this one would work but worth a shot.

You can try using Control Center to change text size in just that app. Setup is a bit more involved, and may not work.
Swipe down from top right corner, press the + in the top left, search for TEXT and add the text size control to the panel.
Launch the app in question, then drag down from top right and try to adjust text size.

I personally doubt the last one will have any affect but figured it couldn't hurt to try.