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Change the Virtual Background in an 8x8 Meeting

Updated: 08/20/2024

Objective

Enabling virtual backgrounds in 8x8 Meetings.
If you’re sharing video from a location where people or objects in the background could prove distracting; 8x8 Meetings enables you to use virtual backgrounds! Select from a preset background image or simply blur your real-world background. Your chosen background remains selected across future meetings until you select a different background option.
   
This article is for setting an individual user's virtual background. To configure the static, account-wide background image, see Add a Custom Logo to 8x8 Meetings.

Applies To

  • 8x8 Meetings
  • Virtual Backgrounds
  • 8x8 Work for Desktop

Procedure

Before a Meeting

  1. In 8x8 Work for Desktop, click Select background to open a selection prompt with a preview of how your video will look to other participants.

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  2. Select:
    • Blur/Half Blur: Blur the background visible behind you.
    • An image: Replace your background with the selected image.
  3. Select OK to confirm your selection. Your chosen background remains selected across future meetings until you select a different background option.

From Within a Meeting

  1. While in a meeting on 8x8 Work for Desktop, select More Options to open a menu of advanced meeting controls.

  2. Click Select background to open a selection prompt with a preview of how your video will look to other participants.
  3. At the prompt, select:
    • Blur/Slight Hlur: Blur the background visible behind you.
    • An image: Replace your background with the selected image.
  4. Click OK to confirm your selection. Your chosen background remains selected across future meetings until you select a different background option.