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My skin’s not looking great today. I woke up with the usual assortment of dry patches, and while I’m feeling like I’m in a bit better shape after exfoliating and applying some hydrating crème, I still look like a red, puffy mess. Like I said: not great. And camera-ready? Forget about it!
When you’re working remotely like I am, sometimes you can get away with looking a little rough — maybe it will be a few days before you even have your next video call, and even then, half the time you can probably show up with your camera turned off and none of the other attendees will even bat an eye.
If you are looking to make an appearance, though, you’ve still had options, and a couple years back Google Meet added touch-up mode to the app, letting you gently smooth over your appearance with a subtle (or not-so-subtle) filter.
That’s fine, but it’s also a bit one-note. You get a mild effect that may hide a few skin imperfections, and brighten things up, but that’s about all she wrote. Sure, you can dress up in lots of silly accessories, change your background, and play with lighting to your heart’s content, but so far as cleaning up your skin goes, that was your only option. Until now.
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This week, Google announced that it was releasing a new AI-powered makeup tool for Meet, letting you instantly glam things up with one of 12 pre-defined looks. I’ll be honest: This isn’t exactly what I was dreaming of demoing when I got out of bed today, but I’m very curious to see just how well this system works, so I set out to give it the old college try.
Stephen Schenck / Android Authority
Whether you’re using Meet in the Android app or over the web, you’ll now find the same selection of makeup looks to choose from. It’s nice that Google shows them on a blank background like this, because I’ll be honest: Even when comparing some of these back-to-back, the differences are subtle (or, perhaps more likely an explanation, I just lack a discerning eye for makeup).
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