diff --git a/packages/hms-video-store/src/interfaces/room.ts b/packages/hms-video-store/src/interfaces/room.ts
index c2f6ff2cf4..aa7ecafefb 100644
--- a/packages/hms-video-store/src/interfaces/room.ts
+++ b/packages/hms-video-store/src/interfaces/room.ts
@@ -33,17 +33,8 @@ export interface HMSRoom {
   description?: string;
   max_size?: number;
   large_room_optimization?: boolean;
-  /**
-   * @alpha
-   */
   isEffectsEnabled?: boolean;
-  /**
-   * @alpha
-   */
   isVBEnabled?: boolean;
-  /**
-   * @alpha
-   */
   effectsKey?: string;
   isHipaaEnabled?: boolean;
   isNoiseCancellationEnabled?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/hms-video-store/src/sdk/models/HMSRoom.ts b/packages/hms-video-store/src/sdk/models/HMSRoom.ts
index 1c79442b0e..3438b97867 100644
--- a/packages/hms-video-store/src/sdk/models/HMSRoom.ts
+++ b/packages/hms-video-store/src/sdk/models/HMSRoom.ts
@@ -15,17 +15,8 @@ export default class Room implements HMSRoom {
   max_size?: number;
   large_room_optimization?: boolean;
   transcriptions?: HMSTranscriptionInfo[] = [];
-  /**
-   * @alpha
-   */
   isEffectsEnabled?: boolean;
-  /**
-   * @alpha
-   */
   isVBEnabled?: boolean;
-  /**
-   * @alpha
-   */
   effectsKey?: string;
   isHipaaEnabled?: boolean;
   isNoiseCancellationEnabled?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/hms-virtual-background/src/HMSVBPlugin.ts b/packages/hms-virtual-background/src/HMSVBPlugin.ts
index 675e87ba86..5e574ba5f1 100644
--- a/packages/hms-virtual-background/src/HMSVBPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/hms-virtual-background/src/HMSVBPlugin.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ export class HMSVBPlugin implements HMSVideoPlugin {
   }
 
   isBlurSupported(): boolean {
-    // Not supported in Safari
-    return !(navigator.userAgent.includes('Safari') && !navigator.userAgent.includes('Chrome'));
+    const gl = this.outputCanvas?.getContext('webgl');
+    return !!gl?.getSupportedExtensions()?.includes('WEBGL_2D_storage');
   }
 
   checkSupport(): HMSPluginSupportResult {
diff --git a/packages/roomkit-react/src/Prebuilt/components/VirtualBackground/VBPicker.tsx b/packages/roomkit-react/src/Prebuilt/components/VirtualBackground/VBPicker.tsx
index b71b3d85a4..065b8e2163 100644
--- a/packages/roomkit-react/src/Prebuilt/components/VirtualBackground/VBPicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/roomkit-react/src/Prebuilt/components/VirtualBackground/VBPicker.tsx
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export const VBPicker = ({ backgroundMedia = [] }: { backgroundMedia: VirtualBac
           if (!role) {
             return;
           }
+          hmsActions.addPluginToVideoTrack(vbObject as HMSVBPlugin, Math.floor(role.publishParams.video.frameRate / 2));
         }
       }
       const handleDefaultBackground = async () => {
@@ -170,7 +171,6 @@ export const VBPicker = ({ backgroundMedia = [] }: { backgroundMedia: VirtualBac
         />
 
         {/* Slider */}
-
         <Flex direction="column" css={{ w: '100%', gap: '$8', mt: '$8' }}>
           {background === HMSVirtualBackgroundTypes.BLUR && isEffectsEnabled && effectsKey ? (
             <Box>