Move or turn-off selfview in a Teams Meetings
The self view is always static in the bottom right-hand corner of a Teams meeting. This is often distracting and can also get in the way of the screenshare.
-Add option to toggle off/on self-view
-Add option to move self-view to other locations on the screen
Anonymous
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Thank you for your feedback. This feature is on the teams backlog. We will share an update as soon as one is available.
724 comments
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Shanawaz Sheriff
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Definitely needed feature
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Anonymous
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Even if we can't turn off the view of ourselves, it would be great if we could take the part where we are watching someone else's screen and "Pop it out" to another window.
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Sandra Michels
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+1 I consider this a feature with mental health. A friend was in her first year at the University in remote classes and after a while stopped participating and then attending the classes because it was so distracting to see herself all the time. What do the others think I look like etc.
If we sit in conference rooms, we do not constantly stare into a mirror. -
Jake Fraser
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+1
Zoom has had this feature for many months - where is this in the backlog now Alex? -
Jo
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+1
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TC
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+1 for this
seems like such an easy thing to implement that I'm thinking the only reason it hasn't been done yet is that there's some benefit to microsoft somehow???
I'm not usually so cynical but this is such a basic feature to implement and there is clearly the demand, so why hasn't it been done?
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Carla Hayden
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The fatigue I feel from seeing myself all day during meetings. It's also hard to not look at yourself when you should be looking at others during a presentation.
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Cathy Taft
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Amazing that there’s a digital platform to enhance virtual experiences but something seemingly as small as this takes votes to make it happen. Really? Let’s get it done already.
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Jenn Nyiri
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The fact that this is not a feature yet is appalling. Staring at yourself in a digital mirror all day is not healthy, it’s distracting, and the research referenced by other users is clear. Please provide an update on this and get it done.
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River Brandon
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Hiding self view is important to reduce distraction and anxiety when on a video call.
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Lisa Weeks
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https://news.stanford.edu/2021/02/23/four-causes-zoom-fatigue-solutions/ I would like to see this feature enabled soon for the same reason Matt commented below.
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Matt
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How is this still stuck on the backlog? Research shows this is a big problem contributing to "Zoom fatigue" https://news.stanford.edu/2021/02/23/four-causes-zoom-fatigue-solutions/
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Anonymous
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Come on Microsoft... move this off of Backlog and make it a priority. ASAP. Thanks.
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Mike B
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Any update on this? Astonishing to me that the PIP thumbnail cannot be moved or disabled. It's been a common complaint since we installed Teams Rooms onsite. SIX months since last update.
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Anonymous
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Need this, it's available in all other options. I've been trying not to stare at myself in Teams for a year now, and I am tired.
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Laura
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Really look forward to having this implemented as it's quite distracting and since I found out about this feature on Zoom I've been able to connect with attendees better. Have also been using a sticky note to help but it's not a viable long term solution.
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Ali
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You need to make this a priority and it's not even hard to implement. Just one example where Teams falls far behind Zoom on accessibility, user-friendliness, bandwidth load, RAM load...
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Sarah
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Feature available in Zoom, hopefully Microsoft can catch up soon
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Fidel
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Please add this feature to disable self view. Such an annoying thing you have to see yourself, this is not realistic videoconferencing, it is silly and distracting. It tires you up big time
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Anonymous
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This is such a negative feature. Stuck at home 24/7 staring at yourself even at work does nothing positive for mental health. In work meetings turning off the camera is not an option. Who normally looks in a mirror for 7 hours a day?