To help limit distractions or make meetings more fun, you can now blur your background or apply:
- An immersive background
- A static background
- A seasonal background
- A custom image provided by you or your organization
- Special effects such as filters
You can also apply styles to customize your video with various lighting, color filters, and stylized backgrounds.
Tips:
- Sensitive information might be visible when you change your background.
- In your self view, your background will appear mirrored or inverted. However, the other participants in the meeting will see the correct orientation.
- Availability of backgrounds, filters, and styles are subject to client type, account type, and settings applied by Google Workspace admins. Workspace admins can let users apply backgrounds and special effects.
- To improve real-time video on devices, you can process these in the cloud:
- Static background images
- Blur effects
- Light adjustments
- This feature saves battery, reduces processor usage, and improves meeting quality.
Change background
Important: To use Change background and Effects on an iOS device, you must use one of the following devices:
- iPhone 8 and up
- iPad 5th generation and up
- iOS 12 or above
- Open the Meet app
select a meeting.
- Before you join or during a meeting, at the bottom of your self view, tap Effects
.
- You can adjust and stack visual effects across different categories. Tap the category and scroll down.
- Under the “Backgrounds” tab
- To slightly blur your background, tap Slightly blur
.
- To completely blur your background, tap Blur
.
- To upload your own background, tap Upload
.
- To select a pre-uploaded background, tap the background you want to use.
- To remove the effect, tap No effects or tap
.
- To slightly blur your background, tap Slightly blur
- Under the “Filters” tab
- Tap the filter you want to use.
- Tip: If the filter is interactive, to turn it on, follow the on-screen instruction.
- Tap the filter you want to use.
- Under the “Appearance” tab
- To lightly touch up your appearance, select an option under "Portrait touch-up."
- To adjust video lighting, tap
under "Adjust video for low light."
- To change the style, tap the style you want to use.
- Under the “Backgrounds” tab
- To select or remove the stacked effects, on the right of your self view, tap Stack
.
- Select the effects you want to remove or to remove all effects, tap Remove all.
- To minimize the stack view, tap Close
.
- The number in the green bubble indicates the number of effects you've applied.
- You can adjust and stack visual effects across different categories. Tap the category and scroll down.
- To close the Effects panel when you’re done, at the top right corner, tap Done
Background effects may increase your battery usage. You may want to turn the effects off if your battery is low. Your video may be cropped to view other participants so some of the background or effect may not be visible to other participants.
