Google announced an AI-generated background feature on Meet, where users can create a background image in Google’s video-calling app. If you do not have any backgrounds to use and want a unique background every time, you can generate an image instantly based on your preferences.
It is also quite fun to have features like this, and Google recently rolled out the update to Gboard and the “Help me write” feature on Gmail. So, let us look at how to use the Google Meet AI-generated background.
Google Meets: AI-Generated Background
This feature is in beta and available to a handful of users through Google’s Workspace Labs program. Google Meet’s AI-generated background will be available to everyone in the coming months. The image generation is quite similar to other models like Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, MidJourney, Playground AI, and similar services that generate images for you. Google includes several mood settings and objects that appear in AI images.
How to Use Google Meet’s AI-Generated Backgrounds
- Launch Google Meet from a video meeting call.
- You will find an effect icon for your webcam in the preview window at the bottom-left.
- Click on it, and it will take you to Get Ready.
- Within the effect, on the right, you have a text box to write your prompt or input.
- After writing the prompt, click on Generate, and from the image generated, click on the background that you want to apply.
- Choose, and then go back.
- Join the meeting and have fun.
This is currently in beta; to use it, you need to enrol in Google’s Workspace Labs Testing Program. To do so, head to the Google Support Page and sign up for the beta program using your email. Google competes against Microsoft’s latest Copilot, which costs $30 per month, with its Google AI Work Tools Duet.
Note: A human will review your prompt, and your Workspace Labs data will be processed accordingly.
This is another helpful feature that Google has introduced to make Google Meet a popular choice for the masses. Also, it is still in beta, which means it could generate some biases or uncomfortable images. Thank you for being with us. Please share your thoughts in the comment section below. Stay tuned for further updates in the future.