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Google Meet will now blur your background during live video calls
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Google Meet will now blur your background during live video calls

Google video conferencing app Meet will soon let users to add images or a blur effect to backgrounds on video calls. Google is also working on several other features like real-time captioning, low-light mode, hand-raising, and a tile view of up to 49 meeting participants that would make Meet more competitive against rival videoconferencing platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, reports The Verge. The company did not disclosed details about when the changes would be available. However, Meet is already previewing some of the upcoming features for its education and enterprise customers. Meet recently received AI noise cancellation feature update to help attendees reduce the background noise significantly. The feature was originally announced in April with a couple of other featu...
Now you can blur Your background on Skype
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Now you can blur Your background on Skype

Skype is all set to introduce a new feature known as background blur on its platform, which might raise the user base. Satya Nadella led Microsoft introduce "Background blur in Skype" which takes the stress out of turning on your video and puts the focus where it belongs on you. Background blur in Skype uses artificial intelligence (AI) trained in human form detection to keep you in focus during your call. This technology is also trained to detect your hair, hands, and arms, making a call with background blur just as relaxed and easy as a regular video call. Skype mentioned on its blog, "We’ve all had those moments: You’re about to video call your parents and your laundry is all over the place, or you’re about to have a meeting with a potential investor and your business plan is...