Google Meet provides Duo-style filters, AR masks, and results

Google Meet is getting new video filters, results, and augmented actuality masks for private calls on iOS and Android, the search giant has announced. They’re obtainable by way of the glint icon on the backside proper of your video feed throughout a name, which brings up a carousel of various results that embody shade filters and animated AR face results. Most of the choices are solely obtainable for private Gmail accounts, whereas Workspace customers should hold issues extra skilled with a restricted collection of blurring and digital background choices.

The new video results are the most recent instance of Meet’s shift from concentrating on enterprise and enterprise customers, to concentrating on customers extra usually after Google launched Meet free to private Google accounts final 12 months. The filters are similar to what’s already been available for Google’s consumer-focused Duo video chat service, and 9to5Google has previously reported that the corporate plans to finally change Duo with Meet.

If making an attempt to make sense of all of Google’s messaging merchandise is making your head damage then don’t fear, you’re not alone. Thankfully, we’d quickly have one much less Google service to maintain observe of.