Netflix expands – Netflix says it plans to keep pushing accessibility forward, including implementing American Sign Language (ASL) and adding languages that are currently missing. The update comes after the platform highlighted how many subscribers already use accessibility too
For millions of Netflix subscribers, turning on subtitles or audio descriptions isn’t a “nice-to-have” button anymore — it’s how they watch in the first place. Now Netflix is promising more of those tools, with a new focus on what’s still missing and what viewers have been asking for.
Netflix’s latest update, tied to Global Accessibility Awareness Day, lays out a clear direction: improve accessibility features already on the service and expand what languages are available. The company says nearly a third of all subscribers use these tools to enjoy television.
Movies and shows on Netflix currently come with subtitles, Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, audio descriptions, and dubbing in over 30 languages. Netflix also points to progress on audio descriptions in 2025, saying it added more than 13,000 hours across 34 languages.
This year’s new Search by Language feature is meant to make all of that easier to find. Netflix says the feature lets users sort series not just by their original language. but also by the accessibility features included and the languages those features are available in. In practice, U.S. viewers can navigate international titles — from Squid Game to The Chestnut Man — using what they need.
Netflix also singled out which shows are most commonly watched with specific accessibility options. It says Squid Game and Adolescence, featuring Stephen Graham, are two of the most-watched shows with subtitles. Wednesday and the K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines are among the most dubbed.
The next step. Netflix says. is implementing American Sign Language (ASL) as part of its accessibility slate. along with other languages it says are currently missing. The platform also said it has brought back its Amplifying Accessibility Awareness collection. highlighting portrayals of life with disabilities on Netflix.
Included in this year’s collection are the reality series Love on the Spectrum, the WWII drama All the Light We Cannot See, and Mike Flanagan’s horror series The Midnight Club, among other titles.
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