
There are some great online (and free!) resources you can use to create your own unique virtual background for Zoom, such as the Adobe Express virtual background maker and Canva’s virtual background templates.

You might need to update your Mac or PC OS. How do I get a custom virtual background in Zoom?įirst of all, you need to ensure your PC or Mac are running up-to-date versions of 4.6 or higher of the Zoom Desktop Client. Teams and Skype both offer a “blur background” feature which could do the trick, but that’s nowhere near as cool as some of the below options. Why face the prospect of cleaning up the spare room or hiding piles of dishes and washing when you can fake your location entirely? Alternative software like Google Hangouts, Skype and Microsoft Teams does exist, but the ability to create a virtual background in Zoom is delighting a lot of folks.

It’s pretty obvious that a huge winner in the SaaS space is web conferencing tool Zoom. Millions of folk the world over are adjusting to a new life of remote working. We’re stuck at home, so we may as well fake the location.
