Video backgrounds are coming to Google Meet
Meet users will be able to choose from three video backgrounds at launch
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Video calls inGoogle Meetare about to get a bit more entertaining asGooglehas announced that video backgrounds are now rolling out to itsvideo conferencing software.
The search giant first added the ability to usecustom backgrounds in Meetin October of last year as it tried to catch up with rivalsZoomandMicrosoft Teams.
Now though, Google Meet users will be able to replace their background with a video in addition to using a static image. However, at the moment, users can only select from three Google made videos that show a classroom, a party and a forest but more options will be available soon.
Google Meet video backgrounds
In addition to making video calls more fun and allowing you to show more of your personality, using a custom background or a video background for that matter can helphide your surroundingsin order to protect your privacy.
Video backgrounds are now rolling out to Google Meet users around the world and Google expects its rollout of this new feature to be completed by mid-June. While video backgrounds will first be available when using Google Meet on the web, the company is also planning to make them available on mobile in the coming months.
In order to get started using video backgrounds in Meet, you’ll need to be running Chrome version M87 or higher which you likely already are since this version of Google’sbrowserwas released in November of last year.
It will be interesting to see what other video backgrounds Google will release in the future and whether or not the company makes it possible for meeting participants to use their own videos to create custom video backgrounds.
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