Turn on Captions for YouTube Shorts
YouTube added Shorts as a way to compete against TikTok. And while Shorts aren’t as user-friendly as TikTok videos, it’s still a great way to watch content from creators you already know and love.
However, one thing that you won’t find is captions. TikTok automatically adds them to videos, but YouTube Shorts isn’t as user-friendly.
Instead, you’ll need to turn on captions yourself. Here’s how:
- Open the YouTube app.
- Select a Short to watch or tap the Shorts tab at the bottom of your iPhone.
- Long press the Short.
- Select Captions.
- Choose English (auto-generated) or Auto-translate. If the created added captions manually, you should see them here, too.