People across the country have turned to video messaging app Zoom for virtual parties, working from home and general chatting with friends. You may want to have a cool background to set yourself apart.
What’s going on:
- People across the country have flocked to Zoom to host work meetings, parties and workout sessions. But don’t worry — you don’t have to show your fancy bookshelf or your messy room. You can change the background to something fancy.
- Zoom is the second most-downloaded mobile app behind TikTok, according to Business Insider.
- “We have seen a large increase in the number of free users, meeting minutes and new video use cases,” CEO Eric Yuan said in a recent investors call, according to Business Insider.
- Zoom has somehow replaced other chat apps like Skype, FaceTime and Google Hangouts.
How to change your background
- Changing your background is one of the easiest processes.
- Log into Zoom.
- Click the little arrow above the “start/stop video” button.
- Click “Choose a virtual background”
- Hit the “+” sign to add your own image, which you can add from your files.
Where to get cool backgrounds
As The Verge reports, there are a number of places for you to download swanky and chill Zoom backgrounds for your meetings, including:
- Canva
- Unsplash
- Modsy
The Verge has a slew of ideas so it’s worth checking out their piece to see where you can go to download those photos.