Apple’s Messages app is set to gain a pair of new features in iOS 26 that follow in the path of third-party clients like WhatsApp.

If you wish to remove the background from an image on any other app, like Messages, Notes, or some third-party iPhone app, you can do so using steps 3 and 4 listed above. Sadly, though, ...

This means any text exchange with a non-iPhone user ... remove the subject of an image from its background and place it in another app like Messages. It's part of iOS 16's Visual Lookup.