After rolling out the ability to blur or change the background in Meet on iOS last month, Google today announced that the feature is live for iOS users. Compatible devices are limited, however.
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Google has started rolling out background video blur support and 49-person tiled layout in Google Meet. Both features are currently only available on the web, with background blur limited to Chrome.
Last year, Microsoft announced backgrounds for Teams so users can hide distractions while on a video call. Now, it has finally updated Teams to allow users to upload images to be used as backgrounds.
The COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed a rise of video calling apps and has seen companies adding new features based on customer feedback. Now Google is planning to add background blur to Google Meet.
Skype has received a new update that introduces support for background blur, similar to the Microsoft Teams' feature that was announced last September. It's available on desktops and laptops.
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