You’re fighting a bad cold, you have a business meeting over Google Meet at 2:00, and you rolled out of bed at 1:50. Obviously, you don’t have the time to fix yourself up before the meeting, and you don’t want to join looking like a wreck. Thankfully, Google’s got your back. The company unveiled a new portrait touch-up feature for Google Meet.
There are always those times when you aren’t looking your best right before a meeting. Admittedly, business meetings aren’t exactly beauty pageants; you don’t need to look your best to talk to your fellow colleagues. However, people also use Meet for friendly get-togethers and job interviews. These are situations where appearances matter that much more, so this feature will be much more handy for them.
Google Meet unveils its new portrait touch-up feature
It’s often that people will join a meeting when tired, sick, or jet-lagged. This is something that Google acknowledged with this new feature. Called portrait touch-up, it does what its name states. It touches up your portrait so that you look more meeting-ready.
For the moment, this is only coming to the mobile app, but the company is looking to bring this to the web version by the end of the year. As for the function, there are two modes that you can choose from. The first mode is called Subtle. This will only administer slight changes to your face to negate any facial or complexion issues.
This mode will slightly smooth out your complexion, lighten the area under your eyes, and whiten your eyes slightly. This will remove bags under the eyes and red eyes. This could also come in handy if you don’t particularly feel unwell.
The next mode is a little more intense, and it could be useful if you’re in the grips of a cold or just rolled out of bed. This one is called Smoothing. It will do all of the same things that the other mode does but to a further extent.
Right now, this feature is rolling out, and it should be completed within the next 15 days. This feature is coming to Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, Teaching & Learning Upgrade, Google One, and Google Workspace Individual users.
People with personal accounts won’t be able to use this feature.