If youre joining a video meeting from the comfort of your home, blurring your background is a must.
Microsoft Teams has a dedicated option that allows you to blur your background with just one click.
Unfortunately, this feature may sometimes fail to work.
So, lets explore how you could fix it.
The feature is hardware dependent.
It works only on devices withAVX2 graphics(Advanced Vector Extension 2).
Microsoft introduced this hardware limitation in May 2020.
Microsoft Teams uses this graphics extension to detect your face.
In other words, AVX2 helps Teams to distinguish between your face and the other background elements.
AVX2 is built into newer processors, starting from Intel Haswell and later.
Thats why Microsoft Teams blur background is missing on older computers.
As a workaround,use custom backgroundsand find out if that works.
For more information, you’ve got the option to check thehardware requirements for Microsoft Teams.
Then sign back in and update Teams.
tap on your profile picture and selectCheck for updates.
If the first update attempt fails, retry.
It should work after several attempts.
Admins can block all blur and custom background options or enforce specific background blurring parameters.
you might use ChromeCam to blur and customize your background in real-time.
If youre in a business meeting, you might even use your PowerPoint slides as a background.
All you should probably do is upload the PP presentation, and set it as your background.
In this manner, your online presentations will definitely draw peoples attention.
As a second workaround, you could use the Snap Camera app.
First, you need toinstall the appand close Teams.
Then you could restart Teams and grab the Snap Camera.
opt for filters you want to use and thats it.
However, keep in mind that the Snap Camera app is pretty limited.
The background is still recognizable.
Honestly speaking, the background blur filter is nowhere near Teams filters.
The only solid backgrounds are the rainbow filters.
Of course, using such a background in a professional context is not an option.
