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Upload mp4 or gif to google meeting background

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Right click to upload background on g-meet and click inspect (open dev tools)
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<input type="file" jsname="tif8Pe" jsaction="change:E7zRc" accept="image/jpeg, image/png" style="display: none;">
Where it says accept="image/jpeg, image/png"

and replace to this

accept="image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif, video/mp4"

Voila, Finish and try to upload your gif or mp4 file

amritmirch commented Aug 17, 2026

This hack is great. I ended up packaging this exact approach into a free Chrome extension so you don't have to paste the snippet each call — MeetMoves:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/meetmoves/pcihfjkbfcfademdaplkhmgngdlkfepg
Full disclosure I built it, and credit to hacks like this for the idea. Sharing in case it saves anyone the devtools step.

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amritmirch commented Aug 17, 2026

Uh oh!