Google Announces New Accessibility Features Across Products

May. 19, 2023

Google has released a bunch of new accessibility features on the occasion of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). These include Lookout, Wheelchair accessibility, and more, with a mix of AI capabilities. Continue reading below to know more.

New Google Accessibility Features

Google is makingLive Captionsavailable to more people. Now, more users can use Live Captions on Chrome, Android, and Google Meet to generate real-time captions. Google is also testing a new“caption box”for Android tablets. Live Captions for calls will allow you to type your responses on call. Your response will be read aloud to the other caller.

Google’s Chrome browser also gained a bunch of new accessibility features. Now whenever you type URLs,Chrome can detect typosand make relevant suggestions. This feature is already available for Chrome desktop users and will soon roll out to mobile in the coming months. Chrome for Android made managing tabs easier for the specially-abled community with a new update to Google TalkBack. The feature organizes the tab list in the form of a grid to increase functionality. The grid view also adds additional options like reordering, bulk tab actions, and tab groups.

Another new feature isWheelchair-accessible places in Google Maps. With this latest inclusion, Google will make the“wheelchair accessibility icon” more prominent and visible by default. Google is able to achieve this by collaborating with business owners, local guides, and the Maps community across the globe. With this partnership, Google is able to provide“wheelchair accessibility information for more than 40 million businesses around the world.”

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