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No more viral videos with Skype video calls and the mysterious background of them! How many times have you not wanted to Skype with someone and you see a lot of people from behind? Well, this is about to end thanks to the new feature of Skype There are a lot of moments in life that we have to live alone, especially when we have a important meeting with a client.
Skype has added a new feature that millions of users have been asking for for a long time.Now you can blur the background with the press of a button! And yes, it will be really easy to do it. This background blur in Skype works very similar to the one used in Microsoft Teams. All it does is put the focus on you, and eliminate everything that is around you.
How to blur a background in Skype?
The steps to blur a background in Skype are very simple:
- Just start a call and tap the Skype camera button.
- Once there, a new window will open where we will see the video settings and a new option that says “Blur my background« .
In the gif you can see a small animation of how it's done, it's really simple and fast. This background blur is achieved thanks to an artificial intelligence algorithm, similar to what many mobile cameras use to achieve the famous bokeh effect.The algorithm is trained to detect your hair, hands and arms. You won't have to do anything you didn't do before, Skype will adjust the background for you.
What devices can achieve this effect?
Background blurring is currently available on most computers desktops and laptops running the latest version of Skype. However, it is a matter of time before this feature also reaches Android and iOS mobiles. At the moment, you can only see it on PCs.
Microsoft warns, they can't guarantee there's nothing behind you!
The funniest thing about Microsoft's announcement is the final stretch. The firm ensures that it does everything possible to make the background always blurry, however, cannot guarantee that this will always be the case If what is You can't see it in the background, better make the video call elsewhere.This new feature is great, but it might crash sometime…
