Adobe Premiere Pro version 15.0, also known as the 2021 release, introduced several major workflow improvements focused on speed and efficiency. Key New Features in Version 15.0

If you see "version 15.2" or "15.4," you are still within this update family. Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers received this automatically.

Styling Options: Use the Essential Graphics panel to customize fonts, colors, and backgrounds, then save them as Track Styles to apply across the entire project. 🎨 Creative & Performance Upgrades

Before version 15, adding captions required hiring a transcriber or using third-party plugins like Rev or Simon Says. Adobe changed the game entirely.

Throughout 2021, Adobe released several point updates (15.2, 15.4, etc.) to refine these features:

All-New Captions Workflow: This update completely redesigned how captions are handled. Captions are now integrated directly into the timeline as a separate track, allowing you to edit them just like video clips.