Overview
- Apple confirmed the feature will launch globally on Friday, Nov. 13 with the streaming premiere of Being Heumann and will also be available that day for F1, with Way of the Warrior Kid and Greyhound scheduled later this year.
- Users must enable Sign Language in the Apple TV app settings on devices running iOS/iPadOS/macOS/tvOS/visionOS 27.2 or later to see a Sign Language button in playback and a Sign Language icon on supported title pages.
- Apple says the interpreter performances were designed and tested by Deaf and native signers, directed in part by Daniel Durant, and that the company will use human interpreters rather than AI-generated translations.
- The feature is integrated into the main player UI rather than as a separate version of a film, and Apple added discovery tools including search phrases like “with ASL” and a curated “Movies & Shows with American Sign Language” collection.
- The launch offers Deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers a visual alternative to captions and could push streaming services toward integrated sign-language options by treating interpretation as a built-in accessibility setting rather than a separate product.