About Closed Captions

For instructions on how to enable or disable closed captions, please locate your device type below:

Android (mobile)

• Open the Tubi app on your Android device.
• Navigate to the "My Stuff" tab located at the bottom of the screen.
• Tap on "Settings" (identified by the gear icon), then select "Captions." You'll be taken to your device's caption preferences, where you can toggle captions on or off.
• You can also enable or disable subtitles/captions on individual titles:
  • Select the video you want to watch.
  • Tap on the screen.
  • Tap on the CC icon in the upper right corner. It will become orange to indicate closed captions/subtitles are turned on and white to indicate closed captions/subtitles are turned off.

iOS

• Start at your device's home screen. Open Settings.
• Scroll to and select Accessibility.
• Tap on Subtitles & Captioning.
• Swipe the button next to "Closed Captions + SDH" to the right so it turns green.
• Open the Tubi app.
• Select and play a video.
• Tap on the screen as the movie or TV show is playing. Several video player control icons will appear on the screen.
• Tap on the CC button on the top right corner of the screen.
• Select the language in which you'd like subtitles to be.
• Tap on Done on the top right corner and you'll be all set!

Web

• Select the video you want to watch.
• Click on the screen.
• Click on the “CC” button located at the bottom right-hand side of your screen.
• Choose your preferred language to turn them on, or adjust settings shown to customize the appearance of captions.

Smart TVs, Media Streaming Player Devices, & Game Consoles

• Navigate to your device's Settings.
• Select Captions Mode and choose when captions appear.
• You can also enable or disable subtitles/captions on individual titles:
  • Select the video you'd like to watch from the Tubi home screen.
  • Make sure you see the CC icon near the top right or bottom of your screen, by the video's maturity rating (e.g. PG-13, TV-G, etc.). If the video doesn't have this "CC" icon, it doesn't have Closed Captions available on Tubi.
  • Use your remote to navigate to this icon and toggle it on or off. When the toggle is orange (as presented in the image above), captions should be enabled.

For additional information about closed captions/subtitles on Tubi, visit our article here.

You can customize caption settings on your preferred device and set your preferred size and color choices. Here's how you can do that based on the device:

Android (Mobile)

• Open the Tubi app
• Tap on the Account tab at the bottom of the screen
• Tap on Captions
• This will take you to your phone's Custom Captions settings. Here, you can adjust things like size, color, and background color.
• After you've chosen the size and color you'd like, return to the Tubi app — your caption choices should now display when you watch a movie or show with captions.

iPhone/iPad (Mobile)

• Open your iOS device Settings app.
• Go to General.
• Tap Accessibility.
• Under the "Media" section, tap Subtitles & Captioning.
• Tap Style to change the size and style of the display and font.
• Tap Create New Style for more font styles, sizes, and colors.

Web

To customize the caption settings via our web version, please visit https://tubitv.com/preference/captions.

Smart TVs, Media Streaming Player Device, Game Console & Cable Provider

• Open the Tubi app on your device.
• Press the left directional button on your remote/controller until you see the left navigation column appear on your screen. Select Settings.
• You will now find yourself in the Settings menu. Press the down directional button on your remote/controller to navigate to Closed Captions.
• Press the right directional button on your remote/controller to turn on captions and customize the color, opacity, size, font, and background color.