Reading mode

3.3
5.19K reviews
1M+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Designed for and with people with low vision, blindness and dyslexia, Reading mode helps improve your screen reading experience with a focus on customizable contrast, text size, text-to-speech, page clutter, and font types. Once downloaded, the app integrates into your quick settings and can be easily accessed across apps and web pages.

Instructions:

To get started:

1. Download and install Reading mode via Play Store
2. Find Reading mode on your home screen and tap to open it
3. Read the tutorial and it will redirect you to the settings at the end
4. In the settings, tap “Reading mode” and toggle on “Reading mode shortcut” to allow Reading mode to access your device
5. Please refer to https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/7650693 to set up different Reading mode entry points

Key Features:

Focused reading view: Reading mode provides a customizable reading environment without clutter to make it easier to access content and focus
Text-to-speech: Hear written content read out loud to you at the touch of a button. Choose from a selection of high quality long-form voices. Easily accessible audio control options to rewind, fast forward, and change reading speed on the go
Adjust font type and size: Toggle quickly between font sizes, styles, colors, and line spaces to customize what’s best for your reading needs
Quick access: Once downloaded, Reading mode is integrated into the phone interface for fast access
Multi-language support: Reading mode supports English, French, Italian, and Spanish with additional languages to follow
Compatible with Talkback: Easily use Reading mode when using your screen reader.
Designed with privacy in mind: Content is never sent off your phone.

Join the https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/accessible to provide feedback and receive product updates.

Requirement:

• Available for phones on Android 9 and later
• Currently Reading mode supports English, French, Italian, Spanish

Permissions Notice:
• Accessibility Service: Since this app is an accessibility service, it can observe your actions and window content.
Updated on
Oct 18, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity, App info and performance and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.4
5.03K reviews
Matthew Douglas
May 17, 2025
This is one of the greatest sleeper apps that Google makes for Android users. I use it to listen to articles off websites, PressReader, and Libby all the time as I prefer its voices vs. the inbuilt TTS ones. Additionally, I use it to read websites whenever I find the site graphics too distracting, or in a difficult to read font. My only wish is that it would allow me to create a queue of articles to listen to while I go on my dog walks, or while at work.
45 people found this review helpful
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Brooklyn Stephan
August 14, 2025
I have been really enjoying this app for the last couple of months, it worked amazing at the beginning but has been steadily declining the more I use it. I'm not sure why but it struggles to read anything even if it's just plain blocks of text and if I go back to an article it had read perfectly fine the other day it suddenly can't read it? it doesn't even look like it's scanning the words.. I tried restarting my phone and rebooting the app but nothing has been working. Disappointing
5 people found this review helpful
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Melanie Suess
September 1, 2025
this was a 4 to 5 star app on my Pixel 6, on my 9 it's hot garbage. Just won't work on certain webpages despite working on others within the same site, or when it does work, often crashes and loses one's place which really blows when it's a long document. You also can't navigate to anything else briefly or it drops. None of this was an issue on the six when it was a floating button rather than in the pull down menu. Beyond frustrated.
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What’s new

Initial release of Reading mode.