October 1, 2025
Create custom, AI-generated meeting backgrounds on Mobile devices
What’s changing
You can now create custom background images with Gemini from your Android or iOS device. Meeting backgrounds can help obscure your surroundings during a meeting or they can enhance the meeting itself, and now you can take advantage of this feature whether you’re joining a meeting from Google Meet on the web or on mobile devices.
Getting started:
- Admins can visit the Help Center to learn more about how to control whether users can change their backgrounds in Meet.
- When enabled by their admin, end users should visit the Help Center to learn more about creating background images with Gemini in Google Meet.
Rollout pace:
- Rapid Release domains: Available now
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 14 days for feature visibility) starting on 8 October, 2025.
Availability:
Available for Google Workspace:
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Also available with the Google AI Pro for Education add-on and to anyone who previously purchased the Gemini Business, Gemini Enterprise, and AI Meetings and Messages add-on.