Use the Accessibility menu

Important:

• Some of these steps only work on Android 12 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
• Some of these steps require you to touch the screen.

The Accessibility menu is a big menu on your Android device. It helps you control your Android phone more easily. With this menu, you can do many things. You can control how you:

• Touch your screen
• Use your phone's buttons
• Navigate

From the menu, you can:

• Take pictures of your screen (screenshots)
• Lock your screen
• Open Google Assistant
• Open Quick Settings and Notifications
• Make the volume louder or quieter
• Make the screen brighter or darker

Learn how to turn on the Accessibility Menu on your Pixel phone with our step-by-step tutorial.

Step 1: Turn on the Accessibility menu

1. On your device, open the Settings app.
2. Tap Accessibility Accessibility menu.
3. Turn on Accessibility menu shortcut.
4. To give permissions on your device, tap OK.
   • If you want to change the way that you open the Accessibility menu, tap the Accessibility menu shortcut. Learn about accessibility shortcuts.

Step 2: Work with the Accessibility menu

To open the Accessibility menu, use your Accessibility menu shortcut:

1. Swipe up with two fingers. If you use TalkBack, you must swipe up with three fingers.
2. Tap Accessibility or the floating accessibility button.
3. On the menu, choose an option that you want.
4. To find more menu options, go to the next screen or previous screen.

Make Accessibility menu buttons bigger

1. On your device, open the Settings app.
2. Tap Accessibility Accessibility menu Settings Large buttons.

Get more help

For more Accessibility help, contact the Disability Support team.