Google Meet users can now use custom background images provided by admins

 

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Google has added the ability for Meet admins to provide custom background images to their users during meetings, enabling them to easily select an image that properly represents their company's specific brand and style.

The feature will be available to all Google Workspace customers, legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers.

Additionally, Google has announced the availability of "External" labels in Meet. Users will see a label in the top-left corner of their meeting screen indicating that external participants have joined the meeting.

In the people panel, external participants will be denoted with the same icon. End users will see warning labels for external participants when configured by their admin.

The admin setting for External labels began rolling out to Rapid Release domains on March 14 and it may take up to 3 days for the feature to be fully visible. The gradual rollout for Scheduled Release domains will begin on March 23, 2023, and will take up to 15 days to be fully visible.

It will be available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Frontline, and Nonprofits customers.