What changed: Shopify's AI assistant Sidekick can now generate illustrations, icons, and other graphics for stores and marketing with transparent backgrounds, when the user asks for a transparent background in the prompt.
Who is affected
Merchants using the Sidekick assistant in the Shopify admin.
What it means for your business
For businesses using Shopify, this means they can produce transparent illustrations and icons for products and marketing directly, without separate background removal.
What to do
Open Sidekick in your Shopify admin, describe the image you want, and request a transparent background in your prompt.
When it takes effect
The feature was announced on October 23, 2026; the evidence does not give a separate effective date.
Source: https://changelog.shopify.com/posts/generate-images-with-transparent-backgrounds-in-sidekick
