Expressive Live Captions: Displays Emotion Tags [New Android Features]

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• Google announced a total of six new features as part of the December 2025 “New Android Features” update for Android devices.
• One of the December 2025 “New Android Features” is a new expressive setting for Live Caption called “Show sound labels.”
• When sounds like laughter, applause, or music are detected during Live Caption, emotion labels such as [Applause], [Joy], and [Sadness] will be displayed.

On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, Google announced a total of six new features as part of the December 2025 “New Android Features” update for Android devices.

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One of these December 2025 “New Android Features” is a new expressive setting for Live Caption—which displays subtitles for audio in video playback, short social media videos, and live streams—called “Show sound labels.” By turning “Show sound labels” ON, when sounds like laughter, applause, or music are detected during Live Caption, emotion labels such as [Applause], [Joy], and [Sadness] will be displayed.

The “Show sound labels” setting for Live Caption is located within the Live Caption settings.

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