More Zoom users are coming around to virtual backgrounds

While the work from home push and a lack of in-person socializing created a culture obsessed with other people’s rooms, 2022 found Zoom users further embracing virtual backgrounds.

While Zoom has had some variation on virtual backgrounds since 2016, it’s steadily added features like support for video backgrounds and slideshow backgrounds, and last year rolled out support for automatic background blurring. (Competitors like Google Meet and Microsoft Teams also have similar features.) This month, a Zoom customer survey revealed that while 55% of users still prefer to show their real-world environs, 26% prefer virtual backgrounds, with another 19% opting for the blur feature. 

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