Applies To
Microsoft Teams
  1. Select Meet now icon Meet now, join a scheduled meeting, or choose More (Generic Ellipsis button) during a meeting. Do one of the following:

    • Before a meeting: Select  Teams Effects and Avatars icon Effects and avatars. Choose Video effects and then More video effects.

    • During a meeting: Select More (Generic Ellipsis button) and choose Video effects and settings.

  2. Select Add new background iconAdd new at the top of the gallery. and choose a new .jpeg, .jpg, .png, or .bmp format picture between 360px to 2048px wide with an aspect ratio of 4:3 or greater.

  3. Select Open. The new picture is now the current background, but also added to gallery.

    • If you're in a meeting, select Preview and if all is well, choose Apply.

Tip: Meet now icon Meet now provides a private way to experiment with backgrounds offline. 

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