Directly listen to text messages, experience new functions of WeChat care mode

In order to allow the elderly to better use WeChat, WeChat has launched a care mode, so what is the experience of using this care mode? Let’s take a look.

How to turn on caring mode

The first thing we need to know is how to open the WeChat care mode.

Open WeChat Care Mode Steps: Upgrade WeChat to the latest version → Me → Settings → Care Mode → On.

▲ Care mode option

▲ Turn on care mode

What changes does the caring model bring?

So after the WeChat care mode is turned on, will WeChat change?

Let’s take a look at the summary first:

• The text is bigger! You can see clearly from far, near, standing, and lying down!

• Color is stronger! The screen is not too bright, generally bright, bright, very bright colors are very obvious!

• Buttons are bigger! You can click horizontally, vertically, left, and right!

• Read text messages aloud! Click on the text message to read it to you, no need to look for glasses!

Let’s take a look at the changes in the care mode in detail:

The first is that after the care mode is turned on, the overall font of WeChat will bebigger and clearerwhich is convenient for the elderly to read the text.

▲ The font after turning on the care mode

▲ Normal mode font

Then WeChatEach function button has become largerthe text in the options also becomes larger.

▲ The “me” page of the care mode

▲ “Me” page in normal mode

The biggest change is that when the font is enlarged in the normal version, sometimes some text is abbreviated or blocked.The caring model isOptimized typography to avoid text being obscuredthe color is also strengthened, the response area of ​​the button is also larger, and the other is basically unchanged.

Finally, a very convenientText reading function. When the caring mode is turned on, there will be a switch on whether to turn on “listen to text messages”. After turning it on, the user only needs to click a text message in the chat dialog box, and WeChat will read it aloud and receive a new message. No need to look for glasses! However, this text reading function is slightly delayed, and it is not click-to-read.Wait a few seconds, longer text messages take longer. And there is no continuous reading function, and there is no automatic reading function when receiving messages.

When the text is read aloud there will beText effects for karaokeand there is currently only support for reading text messages in the chat dialog box, and does not support text reading in other pages.

▲ There will be a karaoke subtitle effect when reading the text aloud