diff --git a/src/livekit/BackgroundEffectsContext.tsx b/src/livekit/BackgroundEffectsContext.tsx
index af3ca41f2..b9a0a4b98 100644
--- a/src/livekit/BackgroundEffectsContext.tsx
+++ b/src/livekit/BackgroundEffectsContext.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ import { OneStepPipeline } from "./OneStepPipeline";
 import { supportsBackgroundProcessors } from "./backgroundProcessing";
 import { type Behavior } from "../state/Behavior";
 import { ObservableScope } from "../state/ObservableScope";
-import { BackgroundEffects } from "../state/BackgroundEffects";
+import {
+  type BackgroundEffects,
+  createBackgroundEffects,
+} from "../state/BackgroundEffects";
 import { useBehavior } from "../useBehavior";
 
 //TODO-MULTI-SFU: This is not yet fully there.
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ export const BackgroundEffectsProvider: FC<Props> = ({ children }) => {
   useEffect(() => {
     const scope = new ObservableScope();
     setEffects(
-      new BackgroundEffects(scope, {
+      createBackgroundEffects(scope, {
         supported: supportsBackgroundProcessors(),
         blur$: backgroundBlurSettings.value$,
         pipeline: new OneStepPipeline(
diff --git a/src/state/BackgroundEffects.test.ts b/src/state/BackgroundEffects.test.ts
index 6901c0be5..a57ad5161 100644
--- a/src/state/BackgroundEffects.test.ts
+++ b/src/state/BackgroundEffects.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import { BehaviorSubject, distinctUntilChanged, map } from "rxjs";
 import { type BackgroundProcessorWrapper } from "@livekit/track-processors";
 
 import {
-  BackgroundEffects,
+  type BackgroundEffects,
+  createBackgroundEffects,
   type BackgroundEffectsOptions,
 } from "./BackgroundEffects";
 import { type BackgroundEffectsState } from "../livekit/BackgroundEffectsContext";
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ describe("the pipeline's state", () => {
     expected: string;
   }): void {
     withTestScheduler(({ behavior, expectObservable }) => {
-      const effects = new BackgroundEffects(testScope(), {
+      const effects = createBackgroundEffects(testScope(), {
         supported: true,
         blur$: behavior(effect, { n: false, b: true }),
         pipeline: fakePipeline().pipeline,
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ describe("background effects", () => {
   function build(
     options: Partial<BackgroundEffectsOptions> = {},
   ): BackgroundEffects {
-    return new BackgroundEffects(testScope(), {
+    return createBackgroundEffects(testScope(), {
       supported: true,
       blur$,
       pipeline: fake.pipeline,
diff --git a/src/state/BackgroundEffects.ts b/src/state/BackgroundEffects.ts
index 51e4b081b..58bcf2b73 100644
--- a/src/state/BackgroundEffects.ts
+++ b/src/state/BackgroundEffects.ts
@@ -29,44 +29,47 @@ export interface BackgroundEffectsOptions {
 }
 
 /** The background effect pipeline, as the camera tracks and the menus see it. */
-export class BackgroundEffects {
-  public readonly state$: Behavior<BackgroundEffectsState>;
+export interface BackgroundEffects {
+  readonly state$: Behavior<BackgroundEffectsState>;
+}
 
-  public constructor(
-    scope: ObservableScope,
-    { supported, blur$, pipeline }: BackgroundEffectsOptions,
-  ) {
-    this.state$ = scope.behavior(
-      blur$.pipe(
-        scan<boolean, BackgroundEffectsState>(
-          (previous, wanted) => {
-            // Attached the first time an effect is wanted and never detached
-            // after, so someone who never turns one on pays for none of it.
-            const enable =
-              previous.processor !== undefined || (supported && wanted);
-            return { supported, processor: enable ? pipeline : undefined };
-          },
-          { supported, processor: undefined },
-        ),
+/** Switches the pipeline as the choice changes, for as long as the scope lasts. */
+export function createBackgroundEffects(
+  scope: ObservableScope,
+  { supported, blur$, pipeline }: BackgroundEffectsOptions,
+): BackgroundEffects {
+  const state$ = scope.behavior(
+    blur$.pipe(
+      scan<boolean, BackgroundEffectsState>(
+        (previous, wanted) => {
+          // Attached the first time an effect is wanted and never detached
+          // after, so someone who never turns one on pays for none of it.
+          const enable =
+            previous.processor !== undefined || (supported && wanted);
+          return { supported, processor: enable ? pipeline : undefined };
+        },
+        { supported, processor: undefined },
       ),
-    );
+    ),
+  );
 
-    const switchTo = oneSwitchAtATime(pipeline);
-    combineLatest([this.state$, blur$])
-      .pipe(
-        filter(([{ processor }]) => processor !== undefined),
-        map(([, blur]): SwitchBackgroundProcessorOptions =>
-          blur ? { mode: "background-blur", blurRadius } : { mode: "disabled" },
-        ),
-        distinctUntilChanged(deepCompare),
-        scope.bind(),
-      )
-      .subscribe((options) => {
-        switchTo(options).catch((e) =>
-          logger.warn("Failed to switch background effect", e),
-        );
-      });
-  }
+  const switchTo = oneSwitchAtATime(pipeline);
+  combineLatest([state$, blur$])
+    .pipe(
+      filter(([{ processor }]) => processor !== undefined),
+      map(([, blur]): SwitchBackgroundProcessorOptions =>
+        blur ? { mode: "background-blur", blurRadius } : { mode: "disabled" },
+      ),
+      distinctUntilChanged(deepCompare),
+      scope.bind(),
+    )
+    .subscribe((options) => {
+      switchTo(options).catch((e) =>
+        logger.warn("Failed to switch background effect", e),
+      );
+    });
+
+  return { state$ };
 }
 
 /**