Apart from the many features that were announced at Google’s I/O conference, Google tipped on Live Captions that were scheduled to arrive in Android 10. Well, Android 10 was officially released this month, but Live Captions plus some few features are still missing.
What Live Captions do is they transcribe any audio into subtitles live as you continue watching your media.
The feature was planned to be available on a few selected phones running Android 10 in what is explained as memory and space constraints. But now it seems Google’s own yet to be launched Pixel 4 will lead the pack featuring the new feature first.
Pixel 4 launch event is a few weeks away – two to be specific. Thanks to XDA, we now have a preview of how the feature will work. According to screenshots from an unreleased APK that was allegedly obtained from Pixel 4.
Live Captions will be found under Accessibility settings or even the Sound panel that emanates when you press the power buttons.
Currently, only English is supported according to XDA, but other languages will be added in the future. In their tests, Live Captions worked while streaming on various services including Google’s own YouTube, Photos, Podcasts, plus Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video.