Square Releases is Back: Vol. 2, 2025 Guide to What's New

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🍂 Hi Square Community! 🍂

We're back with our second volume of Square Releases for Fall 2025! Following the success of our spring launch, we're excited to share another round of powerful updates designed to help your business thrive. Square Releases continues to be your go-to destination for discovering the newest products and features across the Square ecosystem, all in one convenient place.

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🚀 Vol. 2, 2025 Highlights

Here are some of the game-changing launches coming your way:

1. Square AI (Beta) — Your intelligent business assistant: Make smarter, faster decisions with Square AI, which analyzes real-time data from your business and neighborhood trends. Simply chat with Square AI right from your Dashboard and Dashboard App to spot trends, catch problems early, and optimize your operations. From customer insights to inventory decisions, it's like having a business analyst at your fingertips. ➡️ Start chatting now
   
   
2. Voice Ordering (Beta) — Never miss another call: Let AI handle your phone orders! With our new voice ordering system, every call gets answered and every order goes straight to your kitchen. No more putting customers on hold or missing orders during rush hours. ➡️ Try voice ordering
   
   
3. Grubhub Integration — Streamline your delivery operations: Following our successful DoorDash and Uber Eats integrations, we're adding Grubhub to the mix. Orders flow directly into your POS and KDS, keeping your team focused and your kitchen synced. ➡️ Connect to Grubhub
   
   
4. Multi-channel Menu Management** — One menu, every channel: Make real-time changes to your menu and watch them sync instantly across all your channels and locations. From your POS and online ordering to kiosks and delivery apps, keep everything up to date with just a few clicks. ➡️ Manage your menu
   
   
5. Convert Sales into Bitcoin — Automatically convert up to 50% of your daily card sales into bitcoin as a simple way to build a diverse investment strategy — minus the hassle. You get to choose how much to convert and when to use it. ➡️ Set up conversions
   
   
6. Bitcoin Acceptance* — Zero-fee payments through 2026: Starting November 4, accept bitcoin payments just like cards or tap-to-pay, with instant settlement and zero processing fees through 2026. Keep more of every sale with funds settling instantly into your bitcoin wallet or USD account. ➡️ Learn more about bitcoin payments
   
   
7. Order Guide — Smart cost control: Upload your food vendor price sheets to see real-time, side-by-side cost comparisons. Plus, instantly convert your menu into an ingredients list, saving hours of manual work. ➡️ Compare vendor prices
   
   
8. Accounting tools and Reports — Know where your money’s going: Understand what’s working, what’s selling, and how to make smarter decisions — fast. Our new tools track every dollar from payment to payout, giving you visibility into fees, refunds, gift cards, and more. ➡️ Track your money
   
   
9. Square Kiosk Improvements — 30% faster ordering: We've enhanced the customer experience with faster menu loading, picture-based categories, larger fonts, and always-visible carts. Let your customers order confidently while freeing up your staff. ➡️ Set up your Square Kiosk
   
   
   

➡️ Tune in live at 1pm PT, Oct 8 to learn about all these highlights and more! ⬅️

🎯 Updates for Your Business Type

Visit the Square Releases page to filter updates by your business type:

Food & Beverage From voice ordering to cost control, we're serving up fresh features to help you boost revenue and streamline operations. 🍽️ 

More about updates for restaurants → 

Retail New tools for inventory sync, online selling through Wix, and automated product image enhancement. 🛍️ 

More about updates for retailers → 

Services Enhanced payment options, lead management, and project tracking tools to keep your business moving forward. 🔧 

More about updates for services sellers → 

Health & Beauty New features for appointment deposits, digital wallet payments, and schedule management. 💇‍♀️ 

More about updates for beauty sellers → 

🔮 What's Next?

While these updates bring exciting new capabilities to your business, we're already working on what's next. Check out the roadmap to see what’s coming up soon.

Your feedback helps shape our future releases. And did you know there is a NEW space in the Community to share your feedback?! Check out the Product Feedback Hub to join discussions and leave feature requests that are regularly reviewed by our Square product teams.

💬 Questions about these updates? Drop them in the comments below, and our team will be happy to help.

Disclosures:

1. Block, Inc. is a financial services platform and not an FDIC-insured bank. FDIC deposit insurance coverage only protects against the failure of an FDIC-insured deposit institution. If you have a Square Checking account, up to $250,000 of your balance may be covered by FDIC insurance on a pass-through basis through Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, subject to aggregation of the account holder’s funds held at Sutton Bank and if certain conditions have been met.
   Square Debit Card is issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Mastercard.
   Funds generated through Square’s payment processing services are generally available in the Square Checking account balance immediately after a payment is processed. Fund availability times may vary due to technical issues.
   Square Checking accounts do not provide monthly paper statements and do not issue physical paper checks. Square Checking accounts are not interest-bearing accounts.
   
2. *Square Bitcoin is not offered to NY Sellers or non-US Sellers. Availability subject to change and regulatory approval. Bitcoin's value is volatile and can change quickly. Bitcoin transactions are irreversible and may experience occasional delays or payment failures. Bitcoin services are provided by Block, Inc., licensed where required.
   
3. **Some features are rolling out in phases and will appear in your Square account automatically. If you don't see a feature yet, hang tight — access is on the way.