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There are a lot of ways to customize your video experience—and the video you share with others—when you join a Teams meeting or call. To turn on your video before a meeting, just select Camera right before you join. You might want to turn your video on and off over the course of a meeting—if you'd prefer people only see you while you're talking, for example.

Go to the meeting controls anytime during the meeting and select Camera. If you want to change what appears behind you in your video, you can either blur your background, or replace it entirely with any image you want. When you're setting up your audio and video before a meeting, select Background filters just below the video image.

You'll see your background options on the right. Note: If you don't see the option to turn on background effects, the feature might not be available on your device yet. For more details about customizing your background, see Change your background for a Teams meeting. Customize how you see other people's video during a Teams meeting. For example, you may want to see as many video feeds as you can at one time in a large meeting. Note: To provide the best possible audio and video quality, we might decrease the number of videos you're seeing at once if you're running a little low on bandwidth or device memory.

In the meeting controls, select Change your view. The Change your view feature is available as part of the public preview program and may undergo further changes before being released publicly. To get access to this and other upcoming features, switch to the Teams public preview. If you're not using public preview, select More options in the meeting controls to find these options.

Gallery default view. Large gallery. Together mode. The default view when you join a meeting shows up to nine other people on your screen at the same time. If there are more than nine others in attendance, Teams prioritizes the people who have their video turned on and those who're speaking the most.

For people who haven't turned on their video, Teams shows their profile pic instead or their initials if they haven't added one. See the videos of up to 49 other people at once.

This option is available when at least 10 people have their cameras turned on. Note: If no one is sharing video, Large gallery won't be selectable in the menu. When more than 49 participants join a Teams meetings, see them all in a gallery with pages. Use these navigation controls to view or engage with more participants. Lets you feel like you're in the same shared space with everyone in the meeting.

Together mode is available when there are at least five people in the meeting. If you're a meeting organizer or presenter, you have an assortment of scenes to choose from. To change the scene, click on the scene name in the bottom left corner of your screen. Under Choose a scene , pick the one you want and select Apply.

The scene will change for everyone who's in Together mode. Note: The classroom scene automatically seats the meeting organizer or whichever presenter was first to join apart from the other participants. If you're using Teams on the web Edge or Chrome browser , you'll see up to four video streams at a time. Join a Teams meeting and ask your participants to turn on their cameras to display a 2x2 grid of four participant videos at once. Note: 2x2 video on Teams for web Edge and Chrome is available as part of the public preview program and may undergo further changes before being released publicly.

Available when content is being shared. This is the view to choose when you'd like to pay close attention to the content without the distraction of seeing people's video feeds. Note: You'll need to turn on the new meeting experience to use Large gallery, Together mode, and Focus. In the meeting controls, select Change your view and choose Focus. To pin someone's video to your view regardless of who's talking, select More options in their video feed next to their name and choose Pin.

To pin your own video, select More options in your video feed next to your name and choose Pin for me. This will pin your video for your own view, others won't see you pinned. Spotlighting a video is like pinning it for everyone in the meeting. If you're an organizer or a presenter, you can choose anyone's video including your own to be the main video people see.

To spotlight someone else's video, right-click on the one you want and select Spotlight. To spotlight your own video, first select Show participants. Then, under Participants , right-click your name and select Spotlight.

You can spotlight anyone else's video this way, as well. For more details, see Spotlight someone's video in a Teams meeting. To hide your own video, select More options in your video feed next to your name and choose Hide for me. This will hide your video for your own view, others will still see your video. Teams crops some videos to make them fit your screen better. When you join a Teams meeting or call on the mobile app, you can customize your video experience—and the video you share with others—in a bunch of different ways.

To turn on your video before a meeting, just tap Turn video on right before you join. You may want to turn your video on or off over the course of a meeting—if you'd prefer people only see you while you're talking, for example. Go to the meeting controls anytime during the meeting and tap Turn video on. You can blur your background before or during a meeting if you don't want others to be able to see what's behind you.

You'll appear nice and clear while everything behind you is subtly concealed. Before the meeting, just tap Background blur in the upper left corner of your screen before tapping Join. For more details about changing your background, see Change your background for a Teams meeting. For example, in a large meeting, you may want to see as many video feeds as you can at one time. The default view when you join a meeting. When there are more than seven others in attendance eight if you're using a tablet , Teams features the people who have their video turned on and those who speak the most.

Your video feed is always in the lower-right corner of the screen. If you're using a phone , you can see up to eight featured participant videos and 15 additional people to scroll through at the bottom of the screen.

If you're using a tablet , you can see up to nine featured participant videos and 20 additional people to scroll through at the bottom of the screen. This option's available when at least nine people have their cameras turned on. You can view up to participant videos though not all at once. The maximum number of people you can see on your screen at once depends on your device and its software.

Together mode is available when a meeting has at least five people in it. To change the scene, tap on the scene name in the bottom left corner of your screen. To pin someone's video to your view regardless of who's talking, press and hold the video you want, then tap Pin.

When a video is spotlighted, it's essentially pinned for everyone in the meeting. For now, you're not able to start or stop spotlighting on the mobile app, but when someone using the desktop app spotlights a video, that video will be spotlighted for you just like it is for people on the desktop app. For more info, see Spotlight someone's video in a Teams meeting. Microsoft Teams.

Using video in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams More Turn your video on or off Before a meeting To turn on your video before a meeting, just select Camera right before you join. During a meeting You might want to turn your video on and off over the course of a meeting—if you'd prefer people only see you while you're talking, for example.

Change your background If you want to change what appears behind you in your video, you can either blur your background, or replace it entirely with any image you want. Notes: The Change your view feature is available as part of the public preview program and may undergo further changes before being released publicly. Turn your video on or off Before a meeting To turn on your video before a meeting, just tap Turn video on right before you join. During a meeting You may want to turn your video on or off over the course of a meeting—if you'd prefer people only see you while you're talking, for example.

Blur your background You can blur your background before or during a meeting if you don't want others to be able to see what's behind you. Change your view Customize how you see other people's video during a Teams meeting. The following examples show the default Gallery view on different devices. Whichever one you choose, pinch in or out to zoom and adjust your view.

Gallery The default view when you join a meeting. Large gallery This option's available when at least nine people have their cameras turned on. Device type iOS 13 or later iOS 12 or earlier Android 9 or later or greater than 4 GB RAM Android 8 or earlier or less than 4 GB RAM Phone 10 people at once 49 people at once lower resolution 10 people at once 49 people at once lower resolution Tablet Nine people at once 49 people at once lower resolution Nine people at once 49 people at once lower resolution Swipe left or right to view or engage with more participants.

Together mode Lets you feel like you're in the same shared space with everyone in the meeting. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No.