Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
Apple says iPhone Live Captions helps you follow the audio in apps such as FaceTime and Podcasts, and also the live conversations around you.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Use Live Captions to more easily follow the audio in any app, such as FaceTime or Podcasts, as well as live conversations around you.”
Get Live Captions of spoken audio on iPhone, Apple Support (iPhone User Guide), 2026, Introduction to Live Captions on iPhone.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's iPhone User Guide, the page for iOS 27 and iOS 26 read on 2026-10-17. This is the iPhone counterpart to Live Transcribe for conversations in the room.
- What it does not show
- Apple does not list phone calls (cellular) among the examples, only FaceTime and apps, so the guide does not claim that Live Captions works on ordinary phone calls.