At Daily, a remote team is introducing a new background blur feature to enhance video call experiences, supported on desktop Chrome, Firefox, and Chromium-based browsers, allowing users to hide any chaos behind them during calls. The feature can be enabled through the dashboard, REST API, or daily-js, providing fine-grained control over the blur strength. Background blur is fully integrated with Daily Prebuilt, enabling users to toggle it on or off in rooms created through the API or dashboard, and also adjust the blur strength for more control. For custom call object mode, a new updateInputSettings() instance method allows updating settings for local media inputs during calls, including enabling background blur with a settings configuration or disabling it by setting type to 'none'. The feature is rolled out as part of the first API for manipulating user virtual backgrounds, and more customization options will be available soon.