Software Version 7.3sw (Square for Retail)

[lennys26]

Square has done it again. I see that a new version (7.3sw) was pushed to my Register between yesterday and today. Counterintuitively, although as is usual, no announcements, notifications, popups or, god forbid, changelogs are available so that users know what features have been added, what changes have been made or what bugs have been addressed.

I will start out with my findings:

* The text on the customer facing screen now is significantly smaller.

* There is a “privacy notice” now shown on the customer facing screen after a sale.

[lennys26]

• I now see profit margin calculations appearing in the item catalog on the website.
• A figure for the 30 day profit margin also appears on the register under Inventory -> Metrics, although the calculation is different than what I calculate. 

[tomven]

I can't speak specifically to Square Register features as we mostly use Stands, but Square has recently rolled out a centralised Release notes and Roadmap view that may help for updates like this.

You can access it via the Square Dashboard > profile icon (top left) > Release notes, or directly at:
https://squareup.com/au/en/release-notes

It does not solve the in‑product notification gap, but it is currently the best place to see what features and changes are being released across products, including Retail.

The margin metrics you are seeing appear to align with a recent rollout, although the calculations are Square-defined and may differ from accounting systems or custom margin logic.

[lennys26]

Thanks @tomven. I’ve checked out that page, and while giving more information than none, it is very light on details. 

Also, I don’t understand why Square makes it my responsibility as a user to search out blog posts in order to find what they’ve changed or updated. Over the years I have subscribed to several threads where supposedly announcements would be made, and now I’m also supposed to just randomly search for website/blog posts?

It also goes without saying that this blog post doesn’t actually provide much as far as information - no version numbers to which the changes apply, no explanation as to what countries certain features are being rolled out to, no list of bug fixes, no screenshots…

Square, I am not impressed.