Magnifier

What is Magnifier?

Magnifier is an app which transforms an iPhone or iPad into a video magnifier with many of the features, including colour filters, to be  found in video magnifiers sold as specialised devices. With Apple Intelligence you can also ask Magnifier for information about your surroundings. It's a highly customisable tool with many features and you can discover its full capabilities at Apple's description of Magnifier.

One of Magnifier's simplest features could be of interest to people who currently use the Camera app as their magnifier. The Magnifier app lets you freeze the magnified image and then pinch and pan around it without taking a photo which gets stored in your Photos library. Using Magnifier can avoid cluttering your photo library with photos of electricity meters and food packaging but if you really want to keep the photo, that's possible too.

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last updated 30 September 2026