Apple says iOS 27 can automatically add subtitles to your iPhone’s home videos

Apple this week previewed new accessibility features coming later this year, and one of them is particularly notable: automatic captions for home videos.

For videos that don’t already have captions, Apple said a new on-device voice recognition model can automatically generate them for spoken audio. According to Apple, this feature will be available for videos you record on your iPhone, videos you receive from friends and family, and videos streamed online.

Automatic subtitles will initially be limited to English in the United States and Canada.

Apple has ensured that the subtitles are generated privately and you will be able to customize their appearance in the video playback menu or in the Settings app. The feature will be supported on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Vision Pro, with the “later this year” timeline pointing to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, tvOS 27 and visionOS 27.

Apple will reveal these software releases during its WWDC 2026 keynote, which begins on Monday, June 8 at 10 a.m. PT, so we hope to learn more about this feature and its exact implementation in a few weeks.

By Woozad