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Iron Contributor

Mar 18, 2020

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No more background blur

Hi, I just bought a Logitech Brio 4k webcam. At first tested on my laptop everything seems great. Now plugged in to my workstation I had during one meeting the possibility to blur my backgroun...

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Trevor_Page
Mar 19, 2020
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?

Harald Steindl

Brass Contributor

Mar 25, 2020

Same year,

Worked until the very latest client update and now its gone.

I also consider this restriction quite silly as the CPU load for this feature was almost not measureable. And my PC is for sure not up to date CPU-wise.

Pls reconsider this action.

denishay

Copper Contributor

Apr 07, 2020

same here, worked just fine until latest update. That it gets removed when now a lot more people are forced to use Teams due to remote working is really, really bad timing from Microsoft and doesn't help us. At all.

ArnoldasM
Copper Contributor
Apr 08, 2020
denishay
I will clarify, the option is available in the windows desktop version but not in the web version
- denishay
  Copper Contributor
  Apr 08, 2020
  ArnoldasM Sorry to contradict, but I am using the desktop version, and no it it not available anymore. It used to be there and worked fine
  - Harald Steindl
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 11, 2020
    Looks like this very feature will come back very shortly.
    DId anyone see the latest announcement of custom backgrounds?
    https://office365itpros.com/2020/04/06/teams-meeting-background-image/
    One of the options is BLUR background, so maybe they kind of baked this feature into the new change background overall strategy?
    OR does this mean, custom backgrounds will also work with beefier CPUs?? That would be a shame....
JeffD1895
Copper Contributor
Apr 07, 2020
What a joke! Why would they remove this from us... Also on the i7 3770.
Please up-vote my uservoice suggestion:
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/908686-bug-reports/suggestions/40115269-blur-option-disappeared

Note it may not be live yet as it is being reviewed, not sure how long the reviews generally take.