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Google Meet has become more popular than ever for everything from corporate meetings to elementary school classes. The option to change your background is a great way to hide your messy bedroom or ...

Most early morning video calls take place soon after we've gotten out of bed. And although we might have enough time to brush our hair and put on nice clothes, cleaning your house is another story.

Google is experimenting with a generative AI feature to create new backgrounds for Google Meet calls. This new test lets people type in a prompt to generate a background for the call. The feature, ...

Three years after the pandemic, it feels like we’ve reached the endgame for funny Zoom backgrounds. Google has begun testing AI-generated backgrounds in Google Meet, something that Microsoft ...

Google Meet continues its onslaught of pre-announced features today with the launch of custom backgrounds during video calls. This customization is a staple of modern conferencing apps, and one that ...

Background blur for Google Meet is a free Chrome extension that lets you blur the background during a video call using Google Meet or Hangouts. The extension is simple to use and can be easily turned ...

You can blur your background in Google Meet calls to keep the focus on you, and away from your surroundings. You can open the "Change background" menu before or during a meeting to blur your ...