YouTube ports its transcription feature to mobile, starting with Android

YouTube has started to provide transcripts for many of the videos on its platform. However, a user typically needs a PC to access and use them. Now, however, it is possible that Google will roll this feature out to another form-factor soon.

The blog Android Police claims to have screenshots of this feature working on a mobile device. The images seem to depict a new version of the YouTube app for Android. They might also indicate that transcripts work best in portrait mode - which, as the text with its corresponding time-codes can take up nearly the entire interface, may be for the best.

Therefore, more users may become capable of navigating a video based on its verbal content alone soon. On the other hand, Android Police indicates that the new ability remains a "server-side" update, meaning it may not be ready for a release for the general public just yet.