HarmonyOS 4.2 AI Subtitles: What’s new and how to use this feature

Huawei has baked HarmonyOS 4.2 with useful tweaks, improved security, and other interesting features. But there is an AI tool that can help you, especially when you are struggling with hearing disability. Today we’re up with HarmonyOS 4.2 AI Subtitles.

AI subtitles would be a familiar feature to Huawei device users. The phone maker introduced this capability with HarmonyOS 2.0 and EMUI 11. But following the U.S. restriction, the company phased out this feature from its global software system.

On the flip side, Huawei kept upgrading the feature for its Chinese phones. HarmonyOS 4.2 is the latest and major software version that brings an enhanced form of AI Subtitles for its users. Let’s learn more about this feature and its significance.

HarmonyOS 4.2: AI Subtitles

From the name, AI subtitles generate real-time transcription of audio and video clips. It converts the music or video into texts at times when you are unable to play sound. The feature can easily translate multiple foreign languages into Chinese subtitles.

HarmonyOS 4.2 AI Subtitles feature (Image Credits: Huawei Central)

Users can also enable this feature during a call to convert the other party’s speech into subtitles for more transparency. One can access the feature via Settings > Huawei Assistant > AI Voice. Now scroll down and select the AI subtitles to turn on the feature.

You can add it to the home screen for easy access. But if you’re home screen is already a cluttered place, then here’s how you can make it a shortcut on the Control Panel.

How to access HarmonyOS 4.2 AI Subtitles?

Open the Control Panel by swiping down from the upper right edge of the screen. Now tap on the Edit Icon at the top right corner and choose the ‘Edit switches’ option. Now you can add the “AI Subtitles” icon on the main panel to form a shortcut.

HarmonyOS 4.2 AI Subtitles feature (Image Credits: Huawei Central)

How to use AI Subtitles?

Once added to the Control Panel, tap on the AI Subtitles icon. Click the tiny setting icon in the subtitle box to make adjustments. For instance, select “Media” as audio input and a language for the Input Language section. Note that this should be the same language as in the video. As soon as you start playing the clip, the subtitles will appear.

Users can easily alter the size or position of the subtitles’ floating window as per their preference. Finally, save the subtitles in the Notepad by holding the subtitles for a few seconds and tapping on Save. To use this feature, you Huawei device should have the latest software version.