Zoom's custom-background feature has led to people using plenty of hilarious photos during everything from meetings to hangouts with friends.

ZOOM, which lets you effectively hold meetings remotely, has plenty of fun ways to jazz up your virtual encounters – including a bunch of wacky backgrounds.

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.

The background noise of the crackling fire or music-playing coffee shop setting, for instance, can make pauses in conversation more bearable, he says. “If you’re in a Zoom call and nobody says ...

9.30am-12.30pm: Meetings on Zoom with various teams. On one call, I was joined by our senior creative technologist dialing in from his spaceship. On another, our associate strategy director showed her ...

Forget trying to find the perfect desktop wallpaper. Now that everyone’s using Zoom—or one of the many Zoom alternatives—it’s all about picking the right virtual background. Swapping in ...

How to change your background on Zoom's mobile app. Mobile users will be able to change their background once a meeting is started, but not before. Sign in to your Zoom account.

Another important factor, however, was the person’s demeanor in each shot. “We found that generally smiling makes you look more trustworthy and competent, no matter what the background,” he ...

Another important factor, however, was the person’s demeanor in each shot. “We found that generally smiling makes you look more trustworthy and competent, no matter what the background,” he ...