Google Meet is getting new video filters, results, and augmented actuality masks for private calls on iOS and Android, the search big has introduced. They’re obtainable through the flicker icon on the backside proper of your video feed throughout a name, which brings up a carousel of various results that embody coloration filters and animated AR face results. A lot of the choices are solely obtainable for private Gmail accounts, whereas Workspace customers must preserve issues extra skilled with a restricted collection of blurring and digital background choices.
The brand new video results are the most recent instance of Meet’s shift from focusing on enterprise and enterprise customers, to focusing on customers extra typically after Google launched Meet free to non-public Google accounts final yr. The filters are similar to what’s already been obtainable for Google’s consumer-focused Duo video chat service, and 9to5Google has beforehand reported that the corporate plans to finally substitute Duo with Meet.
Add cats, astronauts, jellyfish and extra to your Meet calls. New filters, masks and results are actually obtainable for Meet on Android and iOS. Strive it at this time → https://t.co/DDSvWFxDG8 pic.twitter.com/hylhsCcUuj
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