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How to flip mirror image that others are seeing
- If your web camera software can flip the camera, that is your only option, Teams doesn't have the ability to do it in the app. I don't understand the issue, your face isn't going to be different on any video platform regardless of the flip.
kathy deeeeeeeeeee KyriacosFiakkas ChrisWebbTech
Microsoft is introducing Mirror my video feature which provides user the option to un-mirror their video and thereby have the same view as the other users(s) in the meeting.
Standard release timeline: begin rollout in mid-November and expected to be complete by late January.
You can check the roadmap of this feature at: Microsoft Teams: Mirror my video
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- SAPDAN1056 had a great suggestion. I also don't see the mirror-my-video option on my 365-subscribed account. Don't know why. He suggested using an photo editor to flip the background image. That worked for me.
- In my case, I can only access the device setting "Mirror my video" button while in a meeting. I am using using an external USB camera. If I have not joined a meeting this option is not showing. I hope this helps.
- It is a fairly new feature and if it's not available what I did was take the back ground and save it in a photo edit app and I was able to flip it there and then save it. I do find it odd, what was confusing me, is that when I view the photo or background it is reverse of what other's in the meeting see.
Indeed, SAPDAN1056, the point is that Teams is showing you a mirror to make things like pointing, straightening your posture, and adjusting your position overall more intuitive. Others on the call see your video unmirrored, so you do NOT want to edit your background by flipping it horizontally. If you do, then, sure, you'll see your background unmirrored (forwards), but everyone else will see your background as mirrored (backwards). Hope this is helpful!
kfiakkas I believe it's a new feature from November 2021. If it's your background photo you are working with I found a way to flip the picture in a photo edit app. If you have a photo edit app open your background pic in that app and go to edit. Under Edit there should be a Rotate/Flip edit function. The flip will give you a mirror image with the words spelled backwards. I then loaded that as a background on Team Meeting Video and when I used it it flipped again so that the words are in the right direction. This is a way to at least fix a background pic for your Team Meeting background.
