Last updated on May 1st, 2023 at 07:44 pm
Real time subtitles have arrived on Chrome and can be activated by following a simple procedure. Here’s how to do it
It’s called Live Captions and it’s one of the most innovative features on Android 10. What is it about? Real-time subtitles integrated into any application, including messaging ones (very useful especially for international video calls). Live Captions takes advantage of artificial intelligence and allows you to view subtitles simultaneously in any video. Logically for the moment it only works best with English-language videos, but Google is also working to implement other languages.
google live captionReal-time subtitles, however, may not only be exclusive to Android 10: soon they will also be implemented on Chrome. Indeed, they are already available on the Google browser, but for the moment they are reserved for those who use Chrome Canary, the beta version where all the new features are tested before reaching the stable version. To activate Live Captions on Chrome you need to access flags, the browser section with hidden functions. Here’s how to do it.
How to activate subtitles in real-time on Google Chrome
The Live Captions also arrive on Google Chrome, although at the moment only in the Canary version dedicated to testing (are the number 84.0.4136.2 version ). To activate them you have to follow some rather simple steps.
First enter the string ” chrome: // flags / ” in the search bar . A page will open with all the experimental features of Chrome and you have to search for “Live Captions”. Once found, just press the ” Enabled ” item on the side and restart the browser. Once this step is completed, Live Captions must also be enabled in the Accessibility settings of the browser.
When Live Captions will arrive on Google Chrome
As already explained, the function is currently only active on the beta version of Chrome. If the tests go in the right direction, Live Caption could also debut on the stable one, starting from version 84. Recall that at the moment Chrome is stopped at version 81 and the number 82 has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus. Therefore, we will have to wait at least a couple of months.
