To activate the feature, you can hover over the Skype video button and select “blur my background.” It should subtly conceal your surroundings while leaving you in focus, but don’t go ...

NEVER AGAIN! Microsoft introduced a new feature to Skype on Thursday that allows you to blur your background, thus sustaining the illusion that you’re a functional adult!

Skype’s background blurring is essentially portrait mode for video calls, using artificial intelligence to separate you—your hair, arms, glasses, and the like—from whatever’s cluttering up ...

Microsoft just added a 'Blur my background' feature to Skype's video calling functionality. Here's how to use it and avoid embarrassment.

Microsoft is adding automatic background blur to Skype video calls this week. The new feature lets you blur out your background in a call, helping erase the clutter in your office or home.

How to blur your Skype background before a call begins. 1. Before you begin a video call, click the three-dot menu icon to the right of your account avatar, which you'll find in the pane on the left.

Like the background blur in Microsoft Teams, Skype uses a bit of AI designed to detect humans in order to keep the focus on you, blurring everything else out.

On desktop, different backgrounds can be selected during a call or they can be selected for all Skype video calls. Microsoft last month also unified its Skype for Windows 10 app and the Skype for ...

Background Blur This feature can only be accessed for the PC and Mac versions of Skype and can’t be done on its mobile versions. During the video call, find the More button on the lower right ...

Background blur in Skype and Teams uses artificial intelligence (AI)—trained in human form detection—to keep you in focus during your call.

Skype has launched a new feature that lets you blur your background during video calls. The idea is that it keeps you as the focus instead of distracting others with whatever embarrassing things ...

Microsoft is adding a background blur feature to Skype for iPhone and iPad. It will allow you to hide messy rooms and blur anything behind you during a Skype call, much like Microsoft Teams ...