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No more background blur
Thierry Barthel I actually did some digging - blur does have a technical requirement :
The optional Blur my background video effect requires a processor with Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) support. (Taken from here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/hardware-requirements-for-the-teams-app)
My PC that I am facing this issue on has an older CPU that doesn't have AVX2.
Potentially this technical requirement may not have been enforced previously but that may have changed it seems but it explains why i don't have the capability any longer - works fine on my other devices that have this capability.
How about the machine you are working from?
I even tried to fully reinstalled Windows 10 but nothing work !
Trevor_PageMicrosoft
Thierry Barthel I actually did some digging - blur does have a technical requirement :
The optional Blur my background video effect requires a processor with Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) support. (Taken from here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/hardware-requirements-for-the-teams-app)
My PC that I am facing this issue on has an older CPU that doesn't have AVX2.
Potentially this technical requirement may not have been enforced previously but that may have changed it seems but it explains why i don't have the capability any longer - works fine on my other devices that have this capability.
How about the machine you are working from?
Trevor_Page Microsoft has updated the requirements. As of June 2021, the requirement for virtual background is now Windows 10 OR avx2 supported cpu. This is information from the link you attached in your best response post
I have a Ryzeb 2700x CPU it supports AVX2 but I dont see the blur background anyways I have a Logitech C615 webcam
Trevor_Page Thank you for the info. I would not be grumpy if everyone had been saying that older CPUs always meant that you couldn't use the feature but the fact that it WAS working previously is rather irritating.
So there is one more entry in the list of why I need to buy a new computer I suppose... 'cause I don't think we are getting back into my school building again this year and remote teaching is now my life whether I want it or not. I'm not sure this old heap is gonna be able to take the strain. Heap meaning both the poster and the computer she is typing on naturally.
