Microsoft Teams' animated backgrounds feature now in public preview – Techlusive

Microsoft has announced that its video conferencing platform Teams’ new animated background feature is now available to everyone on the public preview channel. The animated backgrounds feature in Teams meetings allows users to replace an existing background with a dynamic animation for a more immersive virtual environment. Also Read – Microsoft may separate Teams from its Office products to avoid anti-trust concerns “It offers various options to enhance meeting experiences with creativity and personalisation based on what you want. Currently, only pre-defined backgrounds from Microsoft are supported,” Microsoft said in a blog post on Thursday. Also Read – Microsoft Teams now let you use Snapchat’s popular dog face filter Users must be members of the Teams Public Preview and use the Windows or macOS Teams client to use this feature. To test the feature — before a meeting starts, on the pre-join screen, select Effects and Avatars > Video effects and choose a new animated background, indicated by the small video icon in the bottom-left corner of the preview image. Also Read – Microsoft Teams gets Snapchat Lenses: All details here During a meeting, you can choose an animated background by going to More > Effects and Avatars > Select
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