diff --git a/server/detector.py b/server/detector.py
index f2d5210..bd4b291 100644
--- a/server/detector.py
+++ b/server/detector.py
@@ -54,13 +54,18 @@ class ObjectDetector:
 
     def _load_model(self):
         """Load TFLite model and label map"""
+        # Try ai-edge-litert (modern), then tflite-runtime (legacy)
         try:
-            import tflite_runtime.interpreter as tflite
+            from ai_edge_litert import interpreter as tflite
         except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError(
-                "tflite-runtime not installed. "
-                "Install with: pip install tflite-runtime"
-            )
+            try:
+                import tflite_runtime.interpreter as tflite
+            except ImportError:
+                raise ImportError(
+                    "No TFLite runtime found. Install one of:\n"
+                    "  pip install ai-edge-litert    (Python 3.12+)\n"
+                    "  pip install tflite-runtime    (Python 3.9-3.11)"
+                )
 
         if not self.model_path.exists():
             raise FileNotFoundError(
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index 278a80b..e1b300c 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ python-dotenv>=1.0.0
 httpx>=0.24.0
 
 # Object detection (installed separately by setup.sh)
-# tflite-runtime>=2.14.0
+# pip install ai-edge-litert    (Python 3.12+)
+# pip install tflite-runtime    (Python 3.9-3.11)
diff --git a/server/setup.sh b/server/setup.sh
index de4446c..54a470e 100644
--- a/server/setup.sh
+++ b/server/setup.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # Install TFLite runtime for object detection
 echo_info "Installing TFLite runtime for object detection..."
-pip install tflite-runtime 2>/dev/null || echo_warn "tflite-runtime not available for this platform (object detection will be disabled)"
+pip install ai-edge-litert 2>/dev/null || \
+pip install tflite-runtime 2>/dev/null || \
+echo_warn "No TFLite runtime available for this platform (object detection will be disabled)"
 
 # Generate SSL certificates if not present
 if [ ! -f ssl/cert.pem ]; then