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How to Configure Your Browser For Visual Effects in Google Meet
One quick way to solve this is to restart your browser with all addons and extensions disabled
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Updated onAugust 5, 2024
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Google Meet has been making steady improvements over the years. It is easy to use and versatile.
However, users are starting to complain about the inability to use this feature. This guide will take you through practical and simple ways to fix the issue and help you get back to applying effects on Google Meet.
How do I enable visual effects?
➡ Before the call
➡ During the call
What can I do if my browser won’t apply visual effects?
1. This browser doesn’t support visual effects Firefox
Before applying any fix for this browser that doesn’t support visual effects error on Firefox, you need to ensure you are running the latest version.
After that, you should try using visual effects for Google Meet with all Firefox extensions and add-ons disabled. This fix helps you restart your browser without these plugins and themes.
2. This browser doesn’t support visual effects Safari
While Safari is a supported browser for Google Meet, it doesn’t meet the requirements for visual effects. Your only option, in this case, is to switch to a supported chromium-browser likeOpera One.
However, you must ensure you use the 64-bit version and have hardware acceleration enabled. This is because Google Meet can’t provide visual effects in a 32-bit browser.
3. Can’t apply visual effects on Google Meet
There are various reasons you can’t apply visual effects on Google Meet. And this is primarily down to your browser or PC not having the required features as stated by Google.
Below are the requirements to apply visual effects on your browser:
With these requirements, using the latest Chrome version is safe to avoid error messages like something went wrong,and the visual effects cannot be applied.
Finally, if you use a school, company, or other managed account on Google Meet, the meeting Admin can stop you from using visual effects.
This browser doesn’t support visual effects issues is not usually down to an error on your browser. Instead, it is usually just about your browser’s compatibility and can be fixed quickly, as shown.
Once you fix this problem, you’ll be able to use countlessfree backgrounds on Google Meet.
Do you want to knowhow to connect the meeting room system to Google Meet? Then check our detailed guide on the steps to follow to get it done fast.
Let us know the fix that helped you resolve the issue on your browser in the comments below.
More about the topics:Google Chrome,Safari Browser
Ola-Hassan Bolaji
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A Computer Engineering graduate, he has spent most of his life reading and writing about computers.
He finds joy in simplifying complex topics into simple solutions for PC users. The quality of his work and providing step-wise tested and proven solutions to PC issues are all that matter to him.
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He’s a Computer Engineering graduate who has spent most of his life reading and writing about computers & operating systems.
