Editor’s Note: Recently, an unfortunate lawyer joined a hearing with a cat filter enabled. The poor “cat lawyer” quickly became a viral sensation, which we’ve embedded at the end of this story. Here’s ...

Find the filter you wish to use by browsing among the different categories or searching for them by typing a term in the Search field. After you’ve settled on a filter, open Zoom and join a meeting.

Zoom's new "Avatars" filter can turn you into a virtual animal during meetings. Your Zoom animal avatar will smile, move their head, and blink whenever you do. To turn on Zoom's animal filter, open ...

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 has gone from startup to verb in record time, by now the de facto video call service for work-from-home meetings and cross-country happy hours alike. But while there was already plenty you could ...

Not everyone builds their home office around video calls. And if your home office also doubles as your bedroom, kitchen, or is tucked away in a cluttered corner of your basement, you’ll be glad to ...

Cameras, even those in phones, brag about megapixels and lens specifications — but laptops? Not so much. There’s a reason computer companies don’t say much about the webcams that come built into the ...

Zoom Immersive View is a feature that places some or all meeting participants in one virtual background. It helps to simulate the feeling of an in-person meeting or classroom. The feature can ...

Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist and storyteller at the intersection of technology and the humanities, investigating how perspective can enhance, rather than overstimulate, ...