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Teams Video call Custom Backgrounds - Release date?
Hi, Is there a release date for Teams custom backgrounds for use on video calls? It was announced earlier this year with a release date of "later this year" but I've seen nothing more concret...
- Not currently. It was demoed as early back as March 2019 so there are a lot of asks for it
The guys at Regarding 365 recently did an update on it which may be worth watching
https://regarding365.com/365-unplugged-custom-backgrounds-in-microsoft-teams-91ac5cc44668
Would recommend keeping an eye on the Microsoft 365 roadmap, as well as Teams Uservoice.
Hope that answers your question
Best, Chris
troberge Read that closely -- the current roadmap release is significantly lacking -- MS gives you 8 canned images to choose from, no ability to select your own image.
cknight725, while it might be true that 8 canned backgrounds are coming out at least it is a start for now. According to the M365 admin center it is starting to roll out.
Jeffrey Allen The largest software company in the world adds a "feature" to roadmap that is 1+ years behind a $20 one-time piece of software like ChromaCam or a free piece of software like Zoom - its really ludicrous IMO ...
cknight725, you are right, however, Microsoft Teams is much more that Zoom and ChromaCam and they've been rolling out a lot of features in this past year!