Product Updates

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Keep checkout and inventory accurate. Square Point of Sale now plays a distinct alert when a scanned barcode isn’t found in your catalog—helping retail teams catch unrecognized items, prevent missed charges, and maintain accurate inventory.
Quickly find items, enter amounts, and add products to the cart with a USB or bluetooth keyboard. With keyboard shortcuts on iOS, you can now navigate your POS, key in prices and quantities, and search your catalog or customers without touching the screen.
The new edition of Square Releases is here! This volume brings new tools to help retailers make smarter decisions, simplify omnichannel selling, and streamline reporting and compliance.
We’re excited to share something new — Square’s Product Roadmap!
Hi retail sellers! We’re excited to share the latest features for retailers from the Spring 2025 edition of Square Releases — designed to help you move faster, sell smarter, and grow your business.
With the latest update of Square Point of Sale, we have introduced modes. Modes allow you to access industry-specific features that were previously only available through downloading one of Square’s other POS apps.
We’re pleased to announce the launch of a simple, yet robust automatic surcharging solution so you can recoup staff costs on weekends and public holidays. Set up in a few easy steps and set and forget for the calendar year.
Busy retail owners have been asking for an easier way to stay on top of feature launches and updates. So today we’re introducing The Check Out, a retail release by Square. 
We’re excited to announce that you can now link Square’s Kitchen Display System to your Square for Retail POS, allowing you to send orders to the kitchen and make retail sales all in one transaction.
We are excited to introduce our newest feature, forecasted labor costs. Available with any Shifts plan or Retail, Restaurant, and Appointments Plus or Premium plan.