How to change the background in Google Meet
You are about to have a meeting in Google Meet,
and your place is an absolute mess?
No worries, you don’t need to organize your place last minute,
you can blur (and even change your background) in Google Meet and problem-solved
It will still be a mess behind you, but it will not be visible to the others
Let’s see step by step how to do it.
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Before the meeting
If you are not joining the meeting with a Google account,
you will not be able to do it before the meeting.
You will be only able to do it,
once you are inside the meeting.
If you are joining the meeting with a Google account – this is for you.
You will be able to do it right before the meeting (and during the meeting if you want)
Step by step:
You will be getting a link for a meeting,
and when clicking on the link , it will look like this:

You will click on the blue button where it says: Join with Google Meet.
That big blue button in the middle. Click there.
And a screen like this one will appear.

Click on the stars on the bottom right side.
Choose the effect that you prefer.
You can choose to blur the background,
or even to change completely the background adding your own background picture.

Do you want to appear as working from the 5th avenue in New York?
you can do it.
In this case,
choosing a snowy coffee.

Once selected,
close in the top right corner and click on the blue button Join now

And there you are.
Your background is set up for you before joining the meeting.
Note: If your laptop has a cover in the camera, make sure to remove it.
Otherwise, you will not be visible to others.
(you can see the camera cover logo in the middle of the picture)
During the meeting
How to blur and change the background,
once you are inside the meeting.
This is how it will look,
once you join the meeting with no background
(in this case I have a cover in the camera of my laptop)

On the bottom side,
you will click on the three dots button. (next the red Exit the call button)
The following menu will appear,
and you will click on Apply visual effects

There you will have plenty of options to choose from.
From lightly blurring your background,
to fully blur your background,
and even to add your own background (or choosing an existing one)

In this case,
choosing a modern meeting room

and that would be.
That’s how easily you can change your background in a meeting in Google Meet.