What’s changing
You can now create custom background images with Gemini from your Android or iOS device. Meeting backgrounds can help obscure your surroundings during a meeting or they can enhance the meeting itself, and now you can take advantage of this feature whether you’re joining a meeting from Google Meet on the web or on mobile devices.
Getting started:
- Admins can visit the Help Center to learn more about how to control whether users can change their backgrounds in Meet.
- When enabled by their admin, end users should visit the Help Center to learn more about creating background images with Gemini in Google Meet.
Rollout pace:
- Rapid Release domains: Available now
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 14 days for feature visibility) starting on 8 October, 2025.
Availability:
Available for Google Workspace:
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Also available with the Google AI Pro for Education add-on and to anyone who previously purchased the Gemini Business, Gemini Enterprise, and AI Meetings and Messages add-on.
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