diff --git a/src/com/android/customization/picker/quickaffordance/ui/binder/KeyguardQuickAffordancePickerBinder.kt b/src/com/android/customization/picker/quickaffordance/ui/binder/KeyguardQuickAffordancePickerBinder.kt
index 091f484..3ac52ad 100644
--- a/src/com/android/customization/picker/quickaffordance/ui/binder/KeyguardQuickAffordancePickerBinder.kt
+++ b/src/com/android/customization/picker/quickaffordance/ui/binder/KeyguardQuickAffordancePickerBinder.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
 import android.app.Dialog
 import android.content.Context
 import android.view.View
+import android.view.ViewGroup
+import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent
 import android.widget.ImageView
+import androidx.core.view.AccessibilityDelegateCompat
+import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat
 import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle
 import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner
 import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScope
@@ -62,6 +66,26 @@
         slotTabView.layoutManager =
             LinearLayoutManager(view.context, RecyclerView.HORIZONTAL, false)
         slotTabView.addItemDecoration(ItemSpacing(ItemSpacing.TAB_ITEM_SPACING_DP))
+
+        // Setting a custom accessibility delegate so that the default content descriptions
+        // for items in a list aren't announced (for left & right shortcuts). We populate
+        // the content description for these shortcuts later on with the right (expected)
+        // values.
+        val slotTabViewDelegate: AccessibilityDelegateCompat =
+            object : AccessibilityDelegateCompat() {
+                override fun onRequestSendAccessibilityEvent(
+                    host: ViewGroup,
+                    child: View,
+                    event: AccessibilityEvent
+                ): Boolean {
+                    if (event.eventType != AccessibilityEvent.TYPE_VIEW_FOCUSED) {
+                        child.contentDescription = null
+                    }
+                    return super.onRequestSendAccessibilityEvent(host, child, event)
+                }
+            }
+
+        ViewCompat.setAccessibilityDelegate(slotTabView, slotTabViewDelegate)
         val affordancesAdapter =
             OptionItemAdapter(
                 layoutResourceId = R.layout.keyguard_quick_affordance,
diff --git a/src/com/android/customization/picker/quickaffordance/ui/viewmodel/KeyguardQuickAffordancePickerViewModel.kt b/src/com/android/customization/picker/quickaffordance/ui/viewmodel/KeyguardQuickAffordancePickerViewModel.kt
index 809d20e..d67ad1d 100644
--- a/src/com/android/customization/picker/quickaffordance/ui/viewmodel/KeyguardQuickAffordancePickerViewModel.kt
+++ b/src/com/android/customization/picker/quickaffordance/ui/viewmodel/KeyguardQuickAffordancePickerViewModel.kt
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@
                                         Icon.Loaded(
                                             drawable =
                                                 getAffordanceIcon(affordanceModel.iconResourceId),
-                                            contentDescription = null,
+                                            contentDescription =
+                                                Text.Loaded(getSlotContentDescription(slot.id)),
                                         ),
                                     text = Text.Loaded(affordanceModel.name),
                                     isSelected = MutableStateFlow(true) as StateFlow<Boolean>,
@@ -423,6 +424,18 @@
         )
     }
 
+    private fun getSlotContentDescription(slotId: String): String {
+        return applicationContext.getString(
+            when (slotId) {
+                KeyguardQuickAffordanceSlots.SLOT_ID_BOTTOM_START ->
+                    R.string.keyguard_slot_name_bottom_start
+                KeyguardQuickAffordanceSlots.SLOT_ID_BOTTOM_END ->
+                    R.string.keyguard_slot_name_bottom_end
+                else -> error("No accessibility label for slot with ID \"$slotId\"!")
+            }
+        )
+    }
+
     private suspend fun getAffordanceIcon(@DrawableRes iconResourceId: Int): Drawable {
         return quickAffordanceInteractor.getAffordanceIcon(iconResourceId)
     }