If you’re watching Netflix shows and movies on a TV, the streaming service will now offer many more language options for subtitles and dubbing.
Netflix will offer more languages for subtitles and dubbing when watching on a TV
You’ll be able to pick from a lot more languages.
You’ll be able to pick from a lot more languages.
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Starting today, you’ll be able to “pick from the full list of available languages for any title when watching Netflix on your TV,” Netflix said in a blog post. When watching on a TV before this change, Netflix would only show “5-7 relevant languages on TV and TV-connected devices based on your location and language settings,” according to a support page.
A video from Netflix, which I’ve included below, shows what this looks like in practice: for example, a user can watch Bridgerton, a show in English, with Spanish dubbing and Korean subtitles or switch to a combination like Japanese dubbing and Portuguese subtitles.
This level of flexibility is already available when watching Netflix on a mobile device or a web browser, but Netflix says it’s been a “much-anticipated” feature for TVs.
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