Background blur

Hi @purplemidge, welcome to Zoom Community! To enable background blur on your web app via desktop browser:

1. Join or start a meeting through the Zoom web app.
2. In the meeting controls toolbar, next to the Start Video / Stop Video icon, click the up arrow icon ^ .
3. Click Choose Background.
4. Choose from the following options:
   • Under Choose Background, click on an image to select the desired virtual background.
   • Add your own image by clicking the add icon (+) to select the image you want to upload.
     Note: If you cannot add an image, you can contact your Zoom admin to enable this feature.
5. Close the window to return to the meeting.

Note that this feature is not available for mobile browsers.

Thank you! I was hosting a meeting this morning and usually am the participant and remember where backgrounds are. 🙂 

Unfortunately, Zoom's web browser version has limited features compared to the desktop app, and background blur isn't available in many browsers. If your computer can't run the desktop app, you may need to use a supported browser with the latest updates or consider a virtual background extension as a workaround.

To enable background blur in the Zoom web app, join a meeting, click the ^ arrow next to the Start/Stop Video button, and select Choose Background. From there, pick Blur or another background, or upload your own image using the + button (if enabled by your Zoom admin). This feature isn't available in mobile browsers.

The Original Question

​@purplemidge, the original poster of this thread, specifically asked about blurring when joining from a web browser-based connection.

When joining a meeting from the web browser, the user cannot use the Blur feature on their camera image.

The Blur background option is part of Zoom’s virtual background features, which are configured through video settings and are not available in the basic web client experience described for browser-based meetings.

See this support article for complete information: https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0061066

Follow Up Posts

Later posts from ​@kaiken1 and ​@GearMaven also inferred that they’re using a web-browser-based connection, and indicated they thought the blur option used to be present in the past.  My memory isn’t that great on some of these details, but I know that the desktop Workplace app does the “heavy lifting” in creating the blur and other background effects, and it’s unlikely that the browser will have that feature, since it generally requires access to the graphics processor of the machine you’re on. 

I’d recommend checking your camera software to see if it will do a blur on your image before it gets sent to Zoom.

hi All.

Thanks ​@Ray_Harwood  for a great summary.

Just one more point to add. 
Some devices, apple espeically can be ‘helpful’ and add features like a blur onto your camera BEFORE it is evne seen by Zoom or Zoom on a browser.
So check that the device is not giving a blur before.

 

All the best

John Drinkwater

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