Animated Backgrounds in Teams Meetings

The animated background feature in Teams Meetings allows users to replace their existing background with a dynamic animation for a more immersive virtual environment. The feature offers various options to enhance the meeting experience with creativity and personalization according to the your preferences.

To select an animated background:

1. Go to the pre-join screen before the meeting begins.
2. Click “Effects and Avatars.”
3. Click “Video Effects” and select a new animated background.

Currently, only pre-defined backgrounds from Microsoft are supported. Animated backgrounds are identified by the small video icon in the bottom-left corner of the preview picture. 

Using more video filters might slow down background animation, in case of high machine workload. Animated backgrounds are not available on low-end devices and require at least 8 GB RAM, CPU with four logical processors.

Victoria Burnett • 2023-Oct-17