Hey friends!
I’m Tasia and this video will show you how to change your background in Google Meet.
You can finally do so directly from Google Meet itself!
So I did a video a few months ago on how to change the background in Google Meet and that
video has been so popular that I promised you guys I’d update you as soon as users
can change their backgrounds natively in Google Meet.
Back when I made the original video, you had to use a third-party plug-in to change your
background.
There were rumors for a while that Google was going to add virtual backgrounds to Google
Meet and they finally have!
There are two very important things to know.
Number 1 - this new Google Meet feature is rolling out to everyone now, so don’t panic
if you don’t have it yet - you will, I promise.
And, number 2 - this feature will be available for everyone, regardless of whether or not
you have a paid account.
And there’s actually a third thing that’s really important for troubleshooting, but
I’ll get to that later.
So here’s how to change a background in Google Meet - natively from Google Meet itself!
There are actually 2 ways you can change your background in Google Meet with Meet itself.
The first way is when you are starting or joining a meeting.
So, before you actually open the Meet.
You’ll have a preview window here, and if you click on the little silhouette with lines
behind it, that will allow you to change your background before a Meet even begins.
But if you want to change your background once a Meet has already started, you can do
that too.
From your Meet window, select the 3 dot menu icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.
Select, change background.
Here, the same options will appear - Google has a set of backgrounds you can choose from.
Or, you can choose to upload your own custom background image to Google Meet.
It was definitely worth the wait for Google to allow this feature within Meet itself because
they’re doing a much better job with the virtual backgrounds than some third-party
plug-ins.
Changing the background in Google Meet and adding a custom image to Google Meet is cool,
but that’s not all you can do with this new update.
You can also blur your background!
So from that same menu option, choose to slightly blur your background or add a heavier blur
to your background.
Right now, blurring only works on the background you actually have, not a virtual background.
Now here’s that third thing I said I’d get to later.
If you watched my original video on how to change a background in Google Meet, you may
remember that it required the snap camera plug-in.
With this new update to Google Meet, I had to uninstall snap camera from my MacBook Pro
in order to be able to add a background within Google Meet.
So, if you’re getting an error that you can’t change the background within Meet,
try uninstalling any third party camera plug-ins, then refreshing your Google Meet, and you
should be good to go.
That’s all there is to it.
Will you be changing your background in Google Meet?
Or do you prefer to blur your background in Google Meet?
Let everyone know in the comments below.
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