How set TV Streamer Customizable Button to toggle Captions on/off

[BruceNardoci]

How can I set TV Streamer Customizable "*" Button to toggle Captions on/off. Didn't see a way on the streamer customizable button settings itself, or on the button mapper app from the google play store.

[GabrielaG]

Hi @BruceNardoci,

Thanks for reaching out to the Google Nest community. I understand you want a customization button to toggle captions on/off. I'd be happy to provide some guidance.

I would like to ask you a few questions to help provide you with the correct information:

• Do you have a Chromecast device? If so, what type of Chromecast device do you have?
• Do you want to add captions to a specific streamer app?
• Have you done any troubleshooting steps before?

Any additional details you can provide will be helpful.

Best regards,

Gabriela

[BruceNardoci]

Hi GabrielaG,

Thanks for replying. I have a Chromecast with Google tv (4K). I looked at the customization options in the Chromecast's settings for the remote control's customizable button, and saw a lot of options I could select for the button to do under the 3 main headings (Google home, Favorite apps, Device settings) but no captions option in any of those. I also downloaded the Button Mapper app from the Google play Store and looked through it, but it didn't have any caption options either. There is a caption on/off setting in the Chromecast's settings menu, but I don't see a way to map that to the remote's customizable button. Ideally I'd like the captions toggle to work for any streamer app, but if only one then Paramount+.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[GabrielaG]

Hi @BruceNardoci,

Thank you for your reply. I appreciate the time you took to respond to my post. I understand you want a customization for a button on your Google TV Streamer (4K). I'm happy to share more details with you.

At this moment, we don't have the option to use the customizable button for the Google TV Streamer (4K) remote with subtitles, but we can offer you the option to open your favorite apps.

You can check this article to learn how to Set up the Google TV Streamer Voice Remote customizable button.

Feel free to keep us posted if you have more questions.

Best regards,

Gabriela

[BruceNardoci]

Thanks for the reply. I'm already using my customizable button to open my favorite app, but that's only like once a viewing session, whereas I use caption toggle on and off several times a viewing session, Maybe Google can add it to a list of future enhancements.