Some Microsoft Teams members who jump on a video call will soon have some new ways to express themselves with their fellow meeting attendees. Today, Microsoft announced that is rolling out video filters for Teams, and they go a step up beyond just adding a nice background of a tropical beach.
Here"s how Microsoft describes the new feature:
The filters enable participants in Teams Meetings to augment their video stream with visual effects ranging from animated frames to styles changing the video’s hue. You can apply these filters even before you join a meeting from the lobby.
Microsoft adds that this new feature will be put in place with a first-party app called Custom Filters. Tenant Admin Center users can choose to enable or disable this feature if they feel the filters won"t fit in their Team meetings.
At the moment, the video filters feature is only available for Teams users on the PC desktop. There"s no word on when or if it might be added to mobile or other Teams platforms. Also, this feature is not available for EDU Teams customers.