Google Meet rolls out 360-degree digital backgrounds for video calls


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Google Meet’s launching new 360-degree digital backgrounds for video calls on cellular. Whereas Google first introduced the brand new function final month, now it’s rolling out on each iOS and Android and makes use of your gadget’s gyroscope to maneuver with you.

As you’ll be able to see within the embedded GIF, the 360-degree background will change relying on the place your cellphone or pill’s positioned. So, in case you transfer your cellphone left or proper, your background will regulate to point out completely different surroundings. Google says customers can apply “a number of” new 360-degree backgrounds throughout video calls, together with one which exhibits a seashore and one other with a temple.

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Whereas the function does look fairly cool, I can see how these backgrounds may get distracting if…

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