diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index e0e47932339..78a7342b0be 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -3021,6 +3021,8 @@
     <string name="screen_resolution_option_full">Max resolution</string>
     <!-- The footer message for switch screen resolution [CHAR LIMIT=NONE] -->
     <string name="screen_resolution_footer">Max resolution uses more of your battery. Switching your resolution may cause some apps to restart.</string>
+    <!-- Screen resolution a11y message announced to replace 'x' in entry e.g. 600 by 800 [CHAR LIMIT=NONE] -->
+    <string name="screen_resolution_delimiter_a11y"><xliff:g id="width">%1$s</xliff:g> by <xliff:g id="height">%2$s</xliff:g></string>
     <!-- Display settings screen, Color mode settings title [CHAR LIMIT=30] -->
     <string name="color_mode_title">Colors</string>
     <!-- Display settings screen, Color mode option for "natural(sRGB) color"  [CHAR LIMIT=45] -->
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/display/ScreenResolutionFragment.java b/src/com/android/settings/display/ScreenResolutionFragment.java
index b95d581db5f..224a6f3b391 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/display/ScreenResolutionFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/display/ScreenResolutionFragment.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import android.graphics.Point;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.hardware.display.DisplayManager;
 import android.provider.Settings;
+import android.text.SpannableString;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.Display;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen;
 
 import com.android.settings.R;
+import com.android.settings.Utils;
 import com.android.settings.core.instrumentation.SettingsStatsLog;
 import com.android.settings.search.BaseSearchIndexProvider;
 import com.android.settings.widget.RadioButtonPickerFragment;
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ public class ScreenResolutionFragment extends RadioButtonPickerFragment {
     private Display mDefaultDisplay;
     private String[] mScreenResolutionOptions;
     private Set<Point> mResolutions;
-    private String[] mScreenResolutionSummaries;
+    private SpannableString[] mScreenResolutionSummaries;
 
     private IllustrationPreference mImagePreference;
     private DisplayObserver mDisplayObserver;
@@ -84,12 +86,20 @@ public class ScreenResolutionFragment extends RadioButtonPickerFragment {
         mFullWidth = controller.getFullWidth();
         Log.i(TAG, "mHighWidth:" + mHighWidth + "mFullWidth:" + mFullWidth);
         mScreenResolutionSummaries =
-                new String[] {
-                    mHighWidth + " x " + controller.getHighHeight(),
-                    mFullWidth + " x " + controller.getFullHeight()
+                new SpannableString[] {
+                    getResolutionSpannable(mHighWidth, controller.getHighHeight()),
+                    getResolutionSpannable(mFullWidth, controller.getFullHeight())
                 };
     }
 
+
+    private SpannableString getResolutionSpannable(int width, int height) {
+        String resolutionString = width + " x " + height;
+        String accessibleText = mResources.getString(
+                R.string.screen_resolution_delimiter_a11y, width, height);
+        return Utils.createAccessibleSequence(resolutionString, accessibleText);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected int getPreferenceScreenResId() {
         return R.xml.screen_resolution_settings;