How to enable live captions on Android devices

Live captions on Android is a feature available on some Android 11 devices. Live captions are currently available for podcasts, voice recordings, and calls, but not for song lyrics. Here's how to enable live captions on your Android device.

Instructions to enable live subtitles on Android via volume buttons

Step 1:

First, the user presses the volume control button and then presses the 3-dot icon in the volume bar.

Step 2:

In the interface to customize the volume for the program playing on your phone, click on the live subtitle icon .

Now the live caption icon is no longer crossed out for us to use on our computers.

How to enable live captions on Android Settings

Step 1:

You go to Settings then click on Accessibility in the display list.

Step 2:

Then you continue to click on Hearing enhancement to access the next customization interface. Here Live Caption mode is in Off mode.

You need to enable the mode to use live subtitles on Android.

After activating this feature, when watching videos you will see live subtitles displayed as shown below.