Disney+ has announced a series of updates to its streaming platform aimed at improving accessibility and localisation for international audiences. The changes include expanded language support, additional user interface languages and new right-to-left capabilities, as the company has claimed in a statement.

As part of the update, Disney+ is adding support for 17 additional audio languages, bringing the total number of supported audio languages to 58.

Across the platform, the user interface is now available in more than 30 languages, while subtitles and closed captions are offered in up to 42 languages. The latest expansion introduces support for languages including Arabic, Croatian, Hebrew, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, with availability of the user interface, audio and timed text varying by language.

The platform has also introduced a new right-to-left interface for languages such as Arabic and Hebrew, designed to provide a more natural and intuitive viewing experience for users.

Subscribers can change audio, subtitle and closed caption settings during playback through the Audio & Subtitles menu. The app language can also be updated from the profile settings by selecting ‘Edit Profile’ and choosing ‘App Language’.