It’s as easy to make a custom Zoom background that’s silly to mess around with your friends and coworkers, as it is to make a serious Zoom background for business meetings. We’ll show you how.

When Zoom first hit the video chat scene many moons ago, I had no idea how large a part of my life it would become. Now, I’ve been Zooming all day, every day for the past year and a half or so, and I ...

Giphy's newest feature is here to help people jazz up their next video conference. On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the company announced it's rolling out a lineup of animated backgrounds that will instantly add ...

Nothing spices up a Zoom call like a virtual background. If you want to make your friends laugh over your next hangout, you can change out your background IRL for one of these 16 funny Zoom ...

In an age where your virtual background says more about you than actually being in the call, static backgrounds in Zoom are just plain boring. While Zoom supports video virtual backgrounds, finding an ...

Zoom's virtual background feature doesn't require a green screen and is handy if you have a messy room you want to hide during a meeting. Video conferencing services have become hugely popular, ...

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