You know how to use Zoom, but do you know how to get Snapchat filters on Zoom?

Despite the proliferation of Zoom security issues, the video conferencing app remains one of the most popular ways for people to stay in touch with colleagues, friends, and family while cooped up at home.

Update 4/9/20: The latest Zoom update appears to have quietly stopped support for Snap Camera. When support resumes, this article will be revised.

One of the best video chat apps, Zoom makes it easy to set up conference calls from your device; if you know how to join a Zoom meeting, you can join virtual work meetings, fitness classes, happy hours, etc.

But once the novelty of Zoom wears off, you'll probably want to make your online gatherings more fun by adding funny Snapchat-style filters to your videos, like hearts and characters.

This is on top of Zoom's other great feature covered in How to Change Zoom's Background Story. Options include the fiery 'this is fine' meme or the famous sitcom couch (or other best free Zoom backgrounds). Combining filters and backgrounds is likely an easy way to keep you and your callers cracking up as long as you're on the line.

Snapchat filters for Zoom are a great way to mix up your Zoom calls (and one of the ways Zoom stands out in our Zoom vs Google Hangouts matchup). Filters are not offered directly through Zoom, but it's easy to get them for use in your next video chat.

To make use of the filters in a Zoom call, users need to download Snap Camera, a product of Snapchat's parent company Snap Inc. Snap Camera has been available since 2018 and allows users to use Snapchat's popular lens for video chats to mix it up.

Here's how to use Snapchat filters with Zoom.

To change the Snapchat filter in Zoom, keep Snap Camera open and shuffle through the collection of lenses available in the app. Because the webcam uses the feed from Snap Camera for video calls, the filters displayed in Snap Camera will also be displayed to other members of the Zoom meeting.

Now that you have learned how to add Snapchat filters to your Zoom calls, see how to eliminate trolls from your Zoom meetings. The last thing you want is to have your good time ruined.