Change backgrounds & effects in Google Meet

To limit distractions or make meetings more fun, you can now blur your background or apply:

You can also apply styles to customize your video with various lighting, color filters, and stylized backgrounds.

Tips:

If you change your background, sensitive info might be visible.
In your self view, your background appears mirrored or inverted but other participants in the meeting can see the correct orientation.
The availability of backgrounds, filters, and styles are subject to client type, account type, and settings set by Google Workspace admins. Learn what backgrounds and effects features are available for your edition.
If you’re a Workspace admin, you can let users apply backgrounds and special effects.
To improve real-time video on devices, you can process these in the cloud:
- Static background images
- Blur effects
- Light adjustments
This feature saves battery, reduces processor usage, and improves meeting quality.

Change background & use visual effects

Important: To change background and use effects on an iPhone or iPad, your device must be:

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Meet app .
Select a meeting.
Before you join or during a meeting, at the bottom of your self view, tap Effects .
To adjust and stack visual effects across different categories, tap a category.
- Under the “Backgrounds” tab:
  - To adjust your background’s blurriness or select a personal background, under “Blur and personal backgrounds,” tap:
    - Slightly blur your background .
    - Blur your background .
    - Use image from camera roll .
    - The background you want to use.
  - Under the “Filters” tab:
    - Tap the filter you want to use.
  - Under the “Appearance” tab:
    - To adjust video lighting, under “Adjust video for low light,” tap Light .
    - To change the style, under “Styles,” select the style you want to use.
To select or remove the stacked effects, at the bottom right of your self view, tap Stack .
- The number in the green bubble indicates the number of effects you've applied.
- Select the effects you want to remove.
  - Or, to remove all effects, tap Remove All.
- To minimize the stack view, tap Close .
Once done, to close the “Effects” panel, at the top right corner, tap Close .

Tips:

Background effects may increase your battery usage. If your battery is low, you can turn off the effects.
Your video may be cropped to show other participants, so some parts of your background or effects may not be visible to them.