Forget trying to find the perfect desktop wallpaper. Now that everyone’s using Zoom—or one of the many Zoom alternatives—it’s all about picking the right virtual background. Swapping in ...

Choose “virtual background” and click the plus to “choose virtual background.” From there, upload an image and click on it to apply to your next Zoom call (here’s a video demonstration ...

How to change your background on Zoom's mobile app Mobile users will be able to change their background once a meeting is started, but not before. Sign in to your Zoom account.

Zoom's new video background has you rubbing virtual elbows. Here's how to use it ... Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team.

The undisputed king of free Zoom backgrounds, Pexels houses more than 450,000 photos and more than 50,000 videos in its Zoom section. With that many options, you have . . . well, options.

While Zoom has been great for uploading virtual backgrounds, you haven't been able to blur you background without leaving the platform until recently. On Feb. 1, the videoconferencing company ...

For example, this picture of Elon Musk and Grimes at the Met Gala functions well as a custom Zoom background because your head, which will generally be in the middle of the frame, doesn't cover up ...

Another important factor, however, was the person’s demeanor in each shot. “We found that generally smiling makes you look more trustworthy and competent, no matter what the background,” he ...

A cohort of 167 participants, aged between 19 and 68, were then asked to complete an online questionnaire about how trustworthy and how competent the people in each image appeared to be.