Video calls have now become "gold" for users who have to face the lockdown and therefore must necessarily stay at home and work from home. Video calls are undoubtedly the only tool they can use to minimize social and work distancing. Many software that are used to create them today WhatsApp, Messenger but also Google Duo or again Zoom, returned to the limelight in recent months.
Here to face the advance of these new tools for video calls, Skype, has decided to run for cover by updating its client so as not to lose ground by introducing one of the features that had positively affected Zoom users: being able to set any wallpaper during video calls. Let's see how to change the wallpaper during video calls.
Skype: here's how to change the wallpaper for video calls
Microsoft has recently released a new update dedicated to both web versionthan to desktop version of Skype. The new updateversion 8.59.0.77introduces many new features including that of personalizing the background which can therefore allow users to make a place appear different from the one in which they actually find themselves.
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To change the background of the video call on Skype you must first update the app to the latest version available for Windows, Mac and Linux. If the client does not find the update, it can be done directly from the official Skype website THIS PAGE. Then:
- Go to SETTINGS
- Select AUDIO and VIDEO
- Here choose the option “ Choose the effect of the background ''
- Upload the image you want to have as a background on '' Add ''
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At this point in a completely automatic way, it will be possible to have the desired background added in live. Recall that the update can be performed both for the smartphone with app for Android that iOS but also and above all on desktop with Windows, macOS and Linux.