Both Android and iOS offer easy ways to change the overall font size of the UI. But you may want to change the font size for text messages only. Thankfully, you can make the text bigger or smaller in the Messages app leaving the rest of the UI as it is. Here’s how.
Change Text Messages Font Size on Android
Open any chat in the Message app of your phone. Then, use the pinch gesture to change the font size. That is, pinch in using two fingers to decrease the font size and pinch out on the screen to increase the font size.
A few things to note:
- The selected font size will apply to all chats in the Messages app and will stay like that until you change the font size again.
- This method works for both Google and Samsung Messages apps.
- If you can’t use the gesture in the Google Messages app, tap on the profile picture > Messages Settings. Enable the toggle next to Pinch to zoom conversation text.
- If the font size isn’t changing as per your requirement, you should try changing the device font first.
Change Text Messages Font Size on iPhone
On iPhone, you can change the font size of any supported app from the Control Center using the text tile as shown below.
1. Open the Messages app on your iPhone.
2. Now, open Control Center and tap on the aA icon. If it’s not there, go to iPhone Settings > Control Center and tap the green plus icon next to Text size to add it to Control Center. Once added, tap on it from the Control Center.
3. Tap on Messages Only and slide up or down on the slider to increase or decrease the font size in the Messages app. Then, tap anywhere on the empty space and return to the Messages app. You will see the text size has changed in the iPhone Messages app only.
A few things to note:
- To revert to the original font size, repeat the above steps and select the original font size.
- Select All Apps from the Text size screen if you want to change the font size in all apps quickly.
