{"id":435282,"date":"2026-05-19T16:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/435282\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:48:15","slug":"ios-27s-new-video-feature-could-prove-one-of-apples-best-additions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/435282\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 27\u2019s new video feature could prove one of Apple\u2019s best additions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WWDC is still a few weeks away<\/a>, but earlier today Apple previewed<\/a> a variety of new accessibility features coming in iOS 27, and one video feature stood out as especially exciting for me: Generated Subtitles.<\/p>\n

iOS 27 will let you add subtitles to any video you watch<\/p>\n

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Apple revealed its new accessibility features<\/a> coming in iOS 27 today, and while most of them aren\u2019t intended for me, there\u2019s one standout addition I\u2019m excited about.<\/p>\n

Generated Subtitles will let your iPhone automatically create subtitles for any video you watch. That means subtitles for any video on social media, in the Photos app, in Messages, or anywhere else systemwide.<\/p>\n

From Apple\u2019s press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n

While captioning solutions are increasingly common for users who are deaf or hard of hearing, subtitles for spoken dialogue are rarely available for personal videos, content shared by friends and family, and other media. With new generated subtitles, videos can display transcriptions of spoken audio automatically when captions or subtitles are not already provided, including in clips recorded on iPhone, received from friends and family, or streamed online. With on-device speech recognition, subtitles are generated privately and appear automatically for uncaptioned videos on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. The appearance of subtitles can be customized in the video playback menu or in Settings.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s one key limitation: Generated Subtitles will only be available in English, and in the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n

But as with other Apple Intelligence capabilities, I expect the new feature will expand to more languages and territories over time.<\/p>\n

Why I\u2019m excited about iOS 27\u2019s \u2018Generated Subtitles\u2019 feature<\/p>\n

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When I come across a short video on social media, I almost always prefer to watch it with subtitles. That\u2019s because I\u2019m either:<\/p>\n

Out in a public space, so I want to keep my volume down<\/p>\n

Or I\u2019m already listening to something else, like a podcast<\/p>\n

As Apple says, captioning solutions are being more common across various video platforms. But they\u2019re definitely not universally available.<\/p>\n

With this feature, I\u2019ll be able to get subtitles no matter what I\u2019m watching\u2014and fully customize their appearance too. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be curious to see if Apple provides tools to easily turn off subtitles temporarily in situations I don\u2019t want them. But most of the time, I imagine I\u2019ll keep this feature turned on.<\/p>\n

Are you interested in using iOS 27\u2019s new subtitle feature for videos? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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