Zoom Adds Support for Virtual Backgrounds on Android

Sep. 24, 2020

Zoom has offered the ability tochange backgrounds and use virtual backgroundson Windows, macOS, iOS, and iPadOS for quite some time now. The company has now released an update that brings the feature to Android.

With the latest Zoom update (version 5.3.52640.0920), you cannow use one of the backgrounds offered by Zoom or choose an image from your galleryto step up your video calls. You can enable virtual backgrounds on Zoom by tapping on the ‘More’ option and choosing ‘Virtual Background’.

AsAndroid Policenotes, thevirtual background feature is limited to images for now. On other platforms, you can use either images or videos as backgrounds. We could expect the company to bring support for video backgrounds in a future update, at least to phones with decent hardware to handle the extra load.

Apart from the new virtual background functionality, the latest update improves calendar integration sync and adds the option to share device audio. There’s even an option to select your own breakout room, a feature that splits theZoom meetinginto up to 50 separate sessions. You can take a look at all the features introduced with the latest update in the official changelog below:

So yeah, if you’re someone who has been waiting to use virtual backgrounds on your Zoom meetings from your Android phone, you can head right to the Google Play Store to grab the latest update.

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Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.