How To Turn Subtitles On Or Off On YouTube TV

This guide helps you turn subtitles on or off on YouTube TV. Whether you like them or not, you can adjust them easily. Subtitles can help understand dialogue, especially in noisy places. If you find them distracting, you can turn them off.

Follow these easy steps to control subtitles on YouTube TV and enjoy your shows better.

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Enabling and Disabling Subtitles by Platform

YouTube TV must have closed captions by law. This helps people who can’t hear well. Subtitles and closed captions are also useful in noisy places. It’s important to know how to turn them on.

Luckily, it’s easy to turn on subtitles and close captions on any device. The player makes it simple. But if you need to change the language, you’ll need to do a bit more. Here’s how to do both on all major platforms.

Web Browser

When you watch YouTube TV on a web browser, it’s like regular YouTube. If you watch a lot, you’ll find it easy:

1. While you watch, click the CC icon at the bottom-right to turn closed captions or subtitles on or off.

2. To change the language, click the Settings icon next to the CC icon.

3. In the menu that appears, choose Subtitles/CC.

4. You can pick a language from the list or turn off the feature completely.

Mobile App

When you watch YouTube TV on a web browser, it’s like regular YouTube. If you watch a lot, you’ll find it easy:

1. While you watch, click the CC icon at the bottom-right to turn closed captions or subtitles on or off.

2. To change the language, click the Settings icon next to the CC icon.

3. In the menu that appears, choose Subtitles/CC.

4. You can pick a language from the list or turn off the feature completely.

TV

Different streaming devices and smart TVs may have slightly different ways to turn subtitles on and off. But the basic steps are similar. So, if you’re sitting on the couch, grab your remote and follow these steps:

Use the buttons on your remote to bring up the interface.
Find the CC icon using the buttons, and select it to turn captions and subtitles on or off.
To change the language, go to the Settings icon and choose either Captions or Subtitles/CC.
Pick your language or turn off the feature.

Some smart TVs have special buttons on their remotes:

Use the Star button for Roku TV.
Press the Menu button for Vizio TV.
Use the Settings button on your LG TV.

Enable Subtitles by Default

If you enjoy using subtitles or closed captions, why not turn them on for all videos? Changing your settings will ensure you have captions not just for YouTube TV, but for all YouTube videos. You can easily do this on your computer or the app.

Here’s how to change your caption settings:

Open YouTube and click your Profile Avatar in the top-right corner.
Choose Settings, then Playback and Performance from the menu.
In the subtitles and closed captions section, you can choose to show captions and include auto-generated captions. It’s up to you, but make sure to check Always Show Captions.
Now, you’ll have captions for all your videos on YouTube.

Change Up Your Subtitles

On YouTube TV, you can change how captions and subtitles look. Just like on regular YouTube, you can do this in Settings while watching any video.

In your caption or subtitle menu, choose “Options” to see different settings:

Font family: Pick a font. Serif fonts look fancy, while sans-serif fonts are simple.
Font color: Choose the color of the words.
Font size: Make the words bigger.
Background color: Choose the color behind the words.
Background opacity: Change how see-through the background is.
Window color: Change the color of the whole subtitle window.
Window Opacity: Decide if there’s a dark box around the words.
Character edge style: Add a shadow or outline.
Font opacity: Make the words less see-through.
Reset: Go back to the original settings.

Issues with Subtitles and Captions

YouTube TV’s caption options show how technology has gotten better. Before, people or teams made captions by hand. Now, AI helps make them automatically. YouTube TV offers auto-generated captions, but they’re not always perfect. They’re still better than before.

On YouTube TV, you can turn on captions and subtitles, but not all videos have them in different languages. Sometimes, captions don’t capture all voices well.

Live TV often has unreliable captioning that you can’t change. Recorded shows usually have more options, but live sports or news might not. You have to take what you can get.

Luckily, AI might improve live TV captioning soon.