You can now create your own avatar in Teams!

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You can now create your own avatar in Teams!
Not happy with how you look? Why not create an idealised avatar of yourself in Teams, which can then replace the real you?

Posted by Andy Brown on 26 October 2023

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Creating your Teams avatar
Using your avatar

Sigh ... you can now create your own avatar in Teams.

An avatar created by another of the Wise Owls - it's an impressive likeness Andrew ...

Creating your Teams avatar

Here's how to create a picture of yourself, with all blemishes removed:

Choose this option from the More button in Teams.

You can then click on the Avatars tab:

You're ready to go - just click on the button to create your own avatar!

You'll then need to add the Avatars app:

You won't get far without clicking on this button.

I started with this base avatar - he seems to come straight out of Thunderbirds (a reference for older readers there):

My base avatar - already I'm feeling pessmiistic ...

Don't forget to change your hair and eye colour:

You can use the colour picker to change colours.

When you've finished creating the perfect representation of yourself (!) you can create 3 versions of this, to reflect different moods:

Click on the + button to add personas.

I've added 2 duplicates of my original avatar, and am already losing patience with the process!

You can have at most 3 avatars.

Using your avatar

I found I had to exit Teams and restart it for my avatars to show up - I don't know if there is a way round this. You can then choose which avatar to use:

Hmm ... which to choose?

You can then also choose an avatar reaction and a background:

I chose Kawaii as my reaction, despite having no idea what this is. Maybe a Star Trek reference?

I confess, however, that I can't then get this reaction to show up - all that you seem to have are the standard 5 Teams reactions:

You can choose a reaction as usual.

Impressively, Teams animates your avatar according to the reaction you choose:

Here's what I get if I choose the right-hand reaction (Surprised).

So there you have it - yet another thing to play about with during a boring Teams meeting! And if you preview your effect rather than applying it no one else will ever see what you're doing ... !

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