How AI-powered background removal is changing mobile commerce

Five years ago, removing the background from a product photo meant a Photoshop license and ten minutes per image. Today, a neural network in your browser does it in five seconds.

What changed

Modern segmentation models like U²-Net run efficiently on consumer hardware. Combined with WebAssembly, this means professional-grade isolation works on a phone.

For e-commerce sellers

Cleaner product shots improve conversion.