How to Activate Subtitles/Closed Captions on Tubi TV

Although Tubi TV is available only in a few select countries, there are still a hell lot of users rushing into the platform every day for their streaming needs. While streaming content is the purpose that Tubi TV serves, the users are also expecting to find subtitles or captions for their favorite shows. In fact, subtitles are a very important fact when watching shows.

How to Activate Tubi TV Subtitles/Closed Captions on Roku

Maybe the video isn’t audible for you or you’re having a hard time interpreting everything that you’re hearing. Whatever the problem is, the ideal solution is to activate subtitles/closed captions so that you don’t always have to depend on the audio alone. With our guide on how to activate Tubi TV subtitles/closed captions, you can find your device and apply the steps to activate them.

Activating for all available titles

1. Go to the Home Screen
2. From there, go into Settings
3. Then, select Captions
4. Finally, turn Caption Mode to ON or Always ON, whichever is available. When you do this, the movies and series having subtitles will show them as soon as you start playing

Activating for individual titles

1. First, choose one title of your choice and start playing it
2. While the title is playing, press any of the arrows on your remote’s arrow pad or the play/pause button
3. This brings up the video player controls. When this happens, toggle the caption icon(CC button) on the lower right corner into an orange color. This activates the caption for that title
4. In case you see the caption icon greyed on a title, it simply means that subtitle isn’t available for that show

How to Activate Tubi TV Subtitles/Closed Captions on Amazon Fire

Activating for all titles

1. Open the Tubi TV app
2. Go into its Settings
3. From Settings, scroll down through the left pane until you get to Closed Captions
4. Then, on the right pane, simply turn Captions on. By doing this, titles with subtitles will show them as soon as you start playing

Activating for a specific title

1. From the Tubi TV app, select a title of your choice
2. On the top right side of your screen by the title’s maturity rating, you’ll see the captions icon(CC button). If you don’t see this icon there, then that means the video doesn’t have captions available
3. After selecting a title with captions available, start playing it
4. After the ad break, the actual video will begin. While the show is playing, press the play/pause button on your remote
5. This brings up the video player controls. Using your remote, select the caption icon(CC button), which is seen on the bottom right corner
6. Selecting it will highlight the icon in orange color. When it’s highlighted in orange, hit the middle of your scroll pad to turn it on and the captions will be activated for that video

How to Activate Tubi TV Subtitles/Closed Captions on Android

Activating for all the available videos

1. Open the Tubi TV app on your Android device
2. Then, click on the Account tab on the bottom of the screen
3. Finally, turn on the Captions option. This will now display captions for all videos that have captions available

Activating for specific videos

1. Start playing a video of your choice in the Tubi TV app
2. While it’s playing, tap on the screen
3. On the top right corner, you’ll see the Caption icon(CC button). Simply click on this to activate captions. If it’s activated, the icon will turn into orange color

How to Activate Tubi TV Subtitles/Closed Captions on iPhone or iPad

Activating for all videos

1. Go into the Settings on your iPhone or iPad
2. Scroll down and head to Accessibility
3. From there, tap on the Subtitles & Captioning option
4. Toggle on the button for Closed Captions + SDH. Make sure the toggle switch turns green, which indicates that it’s active

Activating for individual videos

1. Open the Tubi TV app on your iPhone or iPad and start playing a title of your choice
2. While the video is playing, tap on the screen to show the video control options
3. On the top right corner of the screen, you’ll find the caption icon(CC button), click on it
4. From the list of available subtitle languages, choose the one of your choice and tap done.

How to Activate Tubi TV Subtitles/Closed Captions on Apple TV

Activating caption for all video titles

1. From the home screen of your Apple TV, head inside Settings
2. Then, go into General
3. Next, enter Accessibility
4. Select Subtitles & Captioning
5. Finally, select and turn on the Closed Captions and SDH option

Activating for individual video titles

1. Select a video title with subtitles/captions available from the Tubi TV app on your Apple TV
2. Start playing the video. While it is playing, swipe down on your remote
3. Then, select Subtitles
4. From the available options, choose the language that you prefer.

That covers up everything regarding activating subtitles/captions on Tubi TV across some of the different devices that it supports. Depending upon your preference, you can either activate for all video titles or only for a specific video that you’re playing. That said, we hope reading the guide above has brought some valuable information and help to you. Please let us know by commenting down below if you have any further queries regarding the same.

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