HOW TO BLUR THE BACKGROUND FOR VIDEO CALLS ON YOUR MAC
Apple didn’t hide Portrait mode in macOS Monterey with M-series Macs, but it sure didn’t highlight it. This background-blur option appears only in Control Center and only when you have video input active. That can be a built-in camera in a laptop or an iMac or a third-party webcam.
With a camera selected in an app, click the Control Center icon in the menu bar. Note that a Video Effects option now appears. Click that tile and then click anywhere in the Portrait line to enable the