New Delhi: Google Meet is adding features to improve the user interface and deliver a joyous experience. In the pursuit, Google Meets has added new video effects, filters and augmented reality-based masks for personal accounts on both iOS and Android. Keep reading to know more about new Google Meet features.
Google tweeted on July 7th that the new features would be available during a call via the glitter icon in the lower right corner of the video feed, which brings up a carousel with various effects like color filters and animated AR face effects.
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Add cats, astronauts, jellyfish and more to your Meet calls. New filters, masks and effects are now available for Meet on Android and iOS. Try it today → https://t.co/DDSvWFxDG8 pic.twitter.com/hylhsCcUuj
— Google (@Google) July 7, 2021
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The filters are very similar to what is already been available for Google’s consumer-focused Duo video chat service, and 9to5Google has previously reported that the company plans to eventually replace Duo with Meet.
Earlier, the tech giant had also made some small changes to its Google Meet app in June.
Notably, most of the options are only available for personal Gmail accounts, while Workspace users have to keep things more professional with a limited selection of blurring and virtual background options.
The new video effects are the latest example of Meet’s shift from targeting enterprise and business users, to targeting consumers more generally after Google released Meet free to personal Google accounts last year.
