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Google says Live Caption, launched with the Pixel 4, captions videos and spoken audio on the device with one tap, except phone and video calls.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“With a single tap, Live Caption automatically captions videos and spoken audio on your device (except phone and video calls).”
If it has audio, now it can have captions, Google, Google, The Keyword blog, 2019, Launch announcement.
Open the original- What it measures
- Live Caption was built to caption media and the people around the phone, but it was not designed to caption calls.
- What it does not show
- A 2019 announcement. Device, language and call support have changed since, so check Google's current support pages.