To turn on subtitles on Tubi, tap or click the screen while a video is playing and look for the CC icon in the video player controls. Toggle that icon to orange to enable captions, then select your preferred language from the list that appears. If you don't see the CC icon at all, that specific title does not have closed captions available on Tubi. When you're ready to watch without text on screen, you can also turn subtitles off on Paramount plus using a similar toggle.
How to turn on subtitles on Tubi while watching
The universal method works the same across every device Tubi supports. Start any movie or TV show, then tap or click once on the video image to bring up the playback controls. Tap or click that icon. When it turns orange, captions are active, and a language menu will pop up so you can choose the subtitle track you need. If the icon stays white, captions are off. If no CC icon appears anywhere in the control bar, the video you selected simply doesn't offer closed captions, and no amount of menu digging will change that.
Turn on subtitles on Tubi for iPhone and iPad
On iOS devices, you have two ways to get subtitles running. The quickest per-title method is to play a video, tap the screen, then tap the CC icon in the upper right corner of the player. Select your language and tap Done in the top right. For a system-wide default that applies to every app on your device, not just Tubi, open your iPhone or iPad's Settings app from the home screen, scroll to Accessibility, then tap Subtitles & Captioning. Swipe the toggle next to "Closed Captions + SDH" to the right so it turns green. Once that's on, any Tubi title that has captions will display them automatically without you needing to touch the CC button each time.
Turn on subtitles on Tubi for Android phones and tablets
Android users get the same two-path approach. For a single video, play the title, tap the screen, and tap the CC icon in the upper right corner. The icon will turn orange, and you can pick the language from the menu that appears. If you want captions on by default for everything you watch, open the Tubi app on your Android device and navigate to the "My Stuff" tab 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. This routes you into Android's native accessibility settings, so the choice you make there applies across Tubi and any other video app that respects system caption settings. If you later need to turn off the subtitles on Disney plus, the process is just as straightforward on most devices.
Turn on Tubi subtitles on your smart TV or streaming device
Using a remote control changes the interaction, but the principle stays the same. Select the video you'd like to watch from the Tubi home screen, then make sure you see the CC icon near the top right or bottom of your screen, by the video's maturity rating. Use your remote to navigate to this icon and toggle it on or off. When the toggle is orange, captions should be enabled. For deeper customization on these platforms, press the left directional button on your remote or controller until you see the left navigation column appear, then select Settings. Press the down directional button to navigate to Closed Captions, then press the right directional button to turn on captions and customize the color, opacity, size, font, and background color. This menu gives you full control over how the text looks, which is especially useful on large screens where default caption styling can be hard to read from across the room.
Customize Tubi captions on the web
If you're watching in a browser, you have a direct route to caption appearance settings that bypasses the player entirely. Navigate to your device's Settings via the web version at tubitv.com/preference/captions, where you can adjust font size, text color, background opacity, and other visual elements before you even start a video. During playback, you can still click the "CC" button located at the bottom right-hand side of your screen to toggle subtitles on or off for that specific title, and choose your preferred language from the dropdown that appears. The web player also lets you select Captions Mode to control when captions appear, always on, only when muted, or only when you manually enable them. For most viewers, setting your preferences once on the captions page means you never have to fiddle with the player controls again, since Tubi will remember your choices across sessions on that browser.
