Microsoft Teams Adds Features like Custom Background Effects During Video Call and Many More

Microsoft Teams Adds Features Custom Background Effects During Video Call and lot More

Microsoft Teams Adds Features Custom Background Effects During Video Call

Microsoft Teams, the video conferencing service by Microsoft, is getting a number of latest updates, including the power to use custom photos as background images during video calls. The feature is out there to users of the platform's free version and Indian customers of Teams can use it also. Users of Microsoft Teams free version also can now schedule meetings and share links via Outlook or Google calendar. The Redmond company during a blog post has stated that Teams customers within the US can activate live captions during their calls and meetings also.

With the newest upgrades added to the platform, Microsoft is hoping to offer tough competition to competitors like Zoom and Google Meet. during a blog post, corporate vice chairman for Microsoft 365, Jared Spataro announced that the recent updates are a result of Teams' growing userbase amid the worldwide pandemic.

Custom background on Microsoft Teams

Starting with the new custom background effects on Microsoft Teams, the corporate notes that users can customize the background by uploading own images or choosing one among the collections of backgrounds available online. The platform already allows users to settle on special backgrounds during a video call, additionally to the choice to blur background.

Microsoft is additionally adding event-specific background collections for its users. Starting June 16, users can download special LGBTQI+ background photos to celebrate pride month.

To upload a custom photo during a Team video call, users got to select More actions (represented by three horizontal dots) on the screen > Show background effects > Click on Add new.

Other new features on Microsoft Teams

Microsoft is additionally adding new features to the free version of its video conferencing platform. the corporate says with the new updates, Teams free version customers can work and connect from home "effectively."

Free version users are now ready to schedule meetings and send invitations beforehand. This capability builds upon the prevailing ability to "Meet Now." Meeting schedulers have the choice of either copying the meeting link to send on to other participants or sending an invitation via Outlook or Google calendar.

Microsoft within the post says that the much-requested schedule feature is being unrolled to current users, while users who are just signing up now are going to be ready to "experience it soon." Additionally, Teams customers within the US will soon be ready to use live captions during a Teams call.

Meanwhile, the corporate last month announced that the Teams platform is looking to extend its group call participants limit to 250. the present limit on the video conferencing platform is 100.