One feature that gives Zoom a competitive edge is the ability to use a custom background instead of whatever room you're in while you chat. And that has been taken to its comedic extremes, with ...

This Zoom background trick is handy: Record a video of yourself that you can loop as a virtual background, so you can duck out on the meeting.

Using Zoom with Snap Camera, you can wear a celebrity's face to your next video meeting like Donald Trump, Joe Biden, or Joe Exotic. Create a virtual background to sell it even more!

Nicole Archer/Zoom Picture this: You're in the middle of a catch-up meeting and someone sneezes funny. Or gets distracted by something just out of frame.

Figure A Creating your own Zoom virtual background is, at first glance, simple: Click the plus sign next to the default image options and you can add any image you want.

First, both teams started 3–0 and cracked the Top 25 ahead of their meeting Saturday. Then, on Thursday, the two schools’ leaders unveiled a joint Zoom background with both institutions’ logos.

Westworld Zoom Background. Courtesy HBO Whether you use it for your 10 a.m. team meeting or your 5 o’clock happy hour, the video conference tool Zoom has become a mainstay of virtual gatherings.