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WhatsApp now has filters and virtual backgrounds.

The new features for video calls include ten filters that adjust color or add things like “Fisheye” lens and “Vintage TV” grain effects, and ten virtual backgrounds that blur your environment, or replace it entirely with a beach, cafe, office, and more.

WhatsApp says the video effects are rolling out starting today, and will be available to all users “in the coming weeks.”

A GIF demonstrating the new video calling filters and background effects for WhatsApp.
There are some pretty funky options in here for virtual backgrounds, alongside similar filter effects found on platforms like Instagram.
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