Microsoft Teams is getting the ability to set background effects this month

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Published onApril 8, 2020

published onApril 8, 2020

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The ability to set background effects during Microsoft Teams meetings will be coming later this month, according to an email sent out to Office 365 subscribers. The feature is now timed for roll out beginning in mid-April, with the ability for users to upload their own custom images in May.

As a reminder, this feature builds on thealready popular background blurfeature in Teams. It allows meeting attendees to customize their background during a video call from a list of pre-selected images. Microsoft originally said that the feature would be coming “within a quarter” so we now have a more solid date. The companyalso updated the Microsoft 365 Roadmapto clarify, showing that it is in development, with the release of April CY2020.

Microsoft is also planning on rolling out a new experiencefor launching instant channel meetingsin Mid-April. In addition, is an improvedTeams meeting join launcher experience. Both will be coming in late April.

Update:Our original headline for this article stated that Teams would be getting the ability to upload custom image backgrounds in April. We’ve updated the headline to clarify that Microsoft’s message is about the pre-selected background effects, and not custom images. Those will be coming in May.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

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Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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