Appointment Variations Not Showing on Android or Square POS (Only Visible on iPhone)

Since the last update, we've been experiencing a major issue with service variations. When customers book online, the appointment only shows the main service name and not the specific variation they selected.

For example, we're not a restaurant, but to illustrate the problem: if a customer orders a Margherita pizza or a Pepperoni pizza, the system only shows "Pizza" instead of the actual variation that was booked. The same thing is happening with our services.

What's even more confusing is that the variation still appears correctly on an iPhone, but it does not appear on Android devices or on the Square POS system itself. We rely on the Square POS to manage appointments, so this creates serious operational problems.

I contacted customer support and was told that this is the intended behavior going forward. If that's true, it's a huge step backward. It makes no sense to remove an essential feature from Square's own POS system while leaving it available on Apple devices.

We can't operate like this. Customers arrive expecting the service they selected, and we have no way of seeing which variation they booked. It makes us look unprepared and unprofessional.

We've already tried updating the app, resetting the system, and troubleshooting everything we could, but nothing has fixed the issue.

Can someone please confirm whether this is a bug or an intentional change? If it's a bug, is there a fix or an estimated timeline for a resolution? I don't believe my support request was fully understood or investigated, because this issue has a major impact on our daily operations.

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DITTO! This is a huge problem. My staff with androids can't see variations. Hopefully someone in the right department can help us? 

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Hey @Alznalaa @saltcovespa, sorry I missed this & for the information you were given. To clarify, this is a bug. The team has built a fix for this and it'll be available in the latest app update.

 

There should be an update in the next day or so. After you have update the app, if you are still seeing the same problem with appointment variations not appearing, please do let us know on this thread. I will be happy to get our team to look into it again. 

 

Tra | she/her
Community Program Manager, Square
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When does the update come out? In Square Appointments, when a client books an upgraded variation, the practitioner sees only the main service. This happens in calendar view, list view and the appointment details. On iPhone and iPad, no variations show at all.

The practitioner only finds out at checkout, when they have to change the service to the variation the client booked. By then the service has been done without the right prep or time, and it costs us money.

Here is an example of what clients see when booking:

  • Facial Regular
  • Facial Regular + Light Therapy
  • Facial Regular + Light Therapy + Peel

If a client picks Facial Regular + Light Therapy + Peel, the practitioner sees only "Facial Regular" until checkout.

Is this a known issue, and is there a fix or workaround? Please show the booked variation name on the calendar, in list view and in the appointment details, including on iPhone and iPad.

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Still having this issue ๐Ÿ˜ž

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