Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Here’s how you can change Zoom background of your choice

Zoom background changing

Zoom, the most convenient video conferencing platform during a pandemic, came up with various useful features and subscription services for its users.

Zoom app has also an exciting feature of changing a user’s background, from outer space to the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, and people can also upload a custom background of their choice.

However, you need to make sure that you have the required features in your system that can support the option of changing the background.

Changing Zoom background on desktop

1. Open the Zoom app.

2. Click your profile in the top right corner and open settings.

3. On the left in the menu, click “Virtual Background”.

4. You can either choose Zoom’s default background options or if you want to upload a photo to use as your background, on the same “Virtual Background” page, click the + icon next to where it says “Choose Virtual Background”.

5. A box will pop up allowing you to upload a photo from your computer. Click on the one you want.

6. To get rid of any photos you upload, tap the “X” in the top left corner.

Changing Zoom background on phone

1. During a Zoom meeting, you will see three dots at the bottom right of the screen, tap on it top open the “More” menu.

2. Tap “Virtual Background”.

3. Select a background from the default options or upload your own.

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Zoom unveils 27-inch touch screen for $599, will ship in August

Zoom touch screen

Zoom, making it more convenient for users during a pandemic, has announced a new touchscreen device designed to help with remote work. The appliance, called Zoom For Home, will cost $599 and will ship in August.

According to reports, Zoom set out to capitalize on its pandemic-powered popularity with a touchscreen display tuned to its video-conferencing platform.

“Zoom for Home” was touted as a combination of hardware and software designed for working remotely.

The 27-inch displays customized for collaborating online are priced at $599 and will take on Portal screens made by Facebook.

“After experiencing remote work ourselves for the past several months, it was clear that we needed to innovate a new category dedicated to remote workers,” chief executive Eric Yuan said.

Silicon Valley-based company collaborated with videoconferencing firm DTEN on the displays, which are to begin shipping in August.

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Zoom App launches a hardware subscription service

Zoom App

Zoom Video Service said that it has launched a hardware subscription service, seeking to make its teleconferencing app more accessible to users by allowing them to choose subscription options for phones and meeting rooms.

According to the company’s website, the plans for Zoom Phone have been priced between $5.99 and $60 per month, based on the device users opt for, while the cost for hardware services for Zoom Rooms is in the range of $75 to $200 per month.

Zoom has partnered with third-party hardware manufacturers such as DTEN, Neat, Poly, and Yealink for the phone and meeting room devices.

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