The next version of Android adds live captions to every video app


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 08 May 2019

If you're an Android user, there's a good chance copies of your private photos and videos are being sent to Google's servers through the Photos app. — dpa

LOS ANGELES: When Google introduced the next version of its Android operating system at its Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California on May 7, it also previewed a new feature that could give a massive boost to video viewing on the go: Live Caption will allow Android users to turn on captions for any video running on their devices, whether these videos come with native closed captioning or not. 

Google billed Live Caption as an accessibility feature that is meant to simplify video viewing for an estimated 466 million deaf and hard of hearing people worldwide. “We believe technology can help us be more inclusive,” said Google CEO Sundar Pichai. 

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