Turn On Subtitles or Closed Captions on Fire TV

You can turn on subtitles or closed captions ("CC") on your Fire TV device to display the audio for movies and TV shows as text on-screen.

Note: Subtitles may not be available in some languages.

To turn on subtitles:

  1. Start playing the video.
  2. Press the Menu button on your Fire TV remote or the Fire TV App.
  3. Select Subtitles.
  4. Select the Off button under Subtitles.
  5. Select from the options on-screen to turn captions on.
    Tip: You can set preferences for the way subtitles display, including text size and style, when enabling the feature.
  6. Press the Menu button again to return to video playback with subtitles on.

You can turn off the feature by following the same steps and selecting Off.