Square Release Notes

FeatureSquare Free

October 5, 2026

— Sales channels, Account

Business information including hours, logo, and contact details stays in sync across Apple Maps, Siri, Wallet, and more. Connected sellers manage supported place card features in Square Dashboard under Channels, including action links that send customers to ordering, menu, or booking. Available globally to payments-activated sellers with a fixed, physical location or storefront.

October 5, 2026

— Sales channels, Account

FeatureSquare Premium

October 5, 2026

— Reports, Dashboard app

A revenue center represents one part of a business, such as a bar, patio, or delivery channel. Sellers map devices, floor plan sections, and channels to each one, then group the Sales summary report by revenue center to see how each performed.

October 5, 2026

— Reports, Dashboard app

Feature

October 5, 2026

— POS

The Square for Retail app follows the device's system appearance setting, so it appears dark whenever the device is set to dark. A dark mode override keeps the app dark or light independent of the device setting.

October 5, 2026

— POS

FeatureSquare Premium

October 5, 2026

— KDS, POS

Items appear on a Kitchen Display System ticket as staff ring them into the cart in Point of Sale. The ticket is marked as a draft and updates with each item added. Draft tickets require the setting to be turned on in both Point of Sale and the Kitchen Display System.

October 5, 2026

— KDS, POS

FeatureSquare Free

October 5, 2026

— Items & Inventory, Orders

Sellers set a reset date and time when marking an item variation sold out in the Item Library. The variation stays on the menu as available for preorder, so customers order it for fulfillment windows after the reset time. Available to sellers taking orders through Neighborhoods and Ordering Profiles.

October 5, 2026

— Items & Inventory, Orders

FeatureSquare Free

October 5, 2026

— Reports, POS

The Sales report uses the same gross sales, product sales, and net sales definitions as Square Dashboard, so figures read from either report agree. The payment methods section breaks out payment types in more detail.

October 5, 2026

— Reports, POS

FeatureSquare Free

October 5, 2026

— Payments, POS

Sellers create a service charge, such as a healthcare mandate or kitchen appreciation fee, and set it to apply on its own. The charge lands on the cart at Point of Sale without staff adding it by hand. Available to sellers in the US and Canada.

October 5, 2026

— Payments, POS

FeatureSquare Free

October 5, 2026

— KDS

Sellers arrange tickets across four to ten columns, set per display. The setting notes which counts suit which screen sizes, with four for small devices and ten for large displays. Column counts are set in Layout settings on the Kitchen Display System or in device profile settings in Square Dashboard.

October 5, 2026

— KDS

Feature

September 21, 2026

— Banking

A text message prompt goes out after a purchase. Square matches the photo reply to the most recent transaction. Sellers attach or remove receipts and add notes. They can export transactions with notes and receipt images from Dashboard. Receipt-request text messages are off by default.

September 21, 2026

— Banking

FeatureSquare Plus

September 21, 2026

— Items & Inventory, POS

Sellers choose which fields print on a label, including item name, SKU, price, and supplier information, then adjust sizing and rearrange the content. Layouts are set and printed from the barcode printing options in Point of Sale on iOS. Available to sellers on Square Plus and above.

September 21, 2026

— Items & Inventory, POS

Feature

September 21, 2026

— Invoices

Square Invoices follows the device's system appearance setting, so the app displays in dark mode when the phone is set to dark, with no setup required. Sellers who want the app to differ from the rest of their device set an override in **Settings > Appearance,** and that choice holds regardless of the system setting.

September 21, 2026

— Invoices

Feature

September 21, 2026

— KDS

Kitchen staff set the prep sequence themselves instead of working tickets in the order they were rung up. A custom sequence holds until that ticket is completed, and manual ordering applies across main, expo, and station views. On the Kitchen Display System device, go to **Settings** > **Layout**, then set **Ticket sequence** to **Manual**.

September 21, 2026

— KDS

FeatureSquare Free

September 21, 2026

— POS, Sales channels

Sellers add time to incoming Uber Eats orders from the Orders screen in Square Point of Sale without pausing orders altogether. The setting is temporary, so prep times return to normal once the kitchen catches up. Because it sets Uber Eats' own Busy Mode, the longer prep time carries through to the marketplace, and an active Uber Eats integration is required.

September 21, 2026

— POS, Sales channels

FeatureSquare Plus

September 21, 2026

— Orders, POS, Payments

Guests scan a table QR code, open a tab, and add food or drinks throughout the visit, then pay once at close-out. Opening a tab preauthorizes the guest's card, and the full payment completes at the end. Staff work the tab as a single in-progress order through Open Tickets in Point of Sale. Available on Square Plus.

September 21, 2026

— Orders, POS, Payments

FeatureSquare Free

September 21, 2026

— Orders, Sales channels

The cash tag, menu settings, and other online ordering controls sit together. They're now in a single overview. The change is to the layout only. Every setting works the same, and nothing has been added or removed. The layout applies automatically, so no setup is required.

September 21, 2026

— Orders, Sales channels

FeatureSquare Plus

September 21, 2026

— Payments, POS

Staff issue refunds from Transactions in Point of Sale even when Square has no record of the original sale. Refunds go out by amount or against selected items, and the refunded card can be dipped, tapped, or keyed in manually. Sellers set access per team-member permission, and refunds are capped at a configurable amount per transaction.

September 21, 2026

— Payments, POS

FeatureSquare Free

September 21, 2026

— Items & Inventory, POS

Each item carries two separate settings that control what happens when it's tapped on Point of Sale. **Automatically select first variation** pre-selects the first variation, such as a size, which staff confirm or change. **Skip customization when possible** bypasses the item details screen when every required selection is already satisfied. Both settings live on the item in Dashboard and apply in Standard, F&B, and Retail modes.

September 21, 2026

— Items & Inventory, POS

FeatureSquare Plus

September 21, 2026

— POS, Items & Inventory, KDS

Each item carries its own modifier sequence, set per item in the **Modifiers** section of Item Library in Dashboard. Tickets printed from Point of Sale follow that sequence instead of the checkout sequence, matching the sequencing already available on Kitchen Display System. Only modifiers available on Point of Sale follow the sequence. Available to Square Plus sellers on Square for Restaurants..

September 21, 2026

— POS, Items & Inventory, KDS

Feature

September 21, 2026

— POS, Hardware

Square Kiosk recommends related add-on items to customers during ordering. Sellers who want the recommendations running don't need to take any action. To turn them off, go to **Settings** > **Device Management** > **Kiosk** in Dashboard, open the group settings profile assigned to the device, and change the **Upsells** setting under **Checkout**.

September 21, 2026

— POS, Hardware

FeatureSquare Plus

September 21, 2026

— KDS, POS, Hardware

A Seat option in the item sort order prints shared and table-share items first, then remaining items in ascending seat order. Items print as a flat list, with no seat headers or sections. The option applies to Kitchen Display System chits, Kitchen Display System printed tickets, and Square Point of Sale printed tickets on iOS and Android

September 21, 2026

— KDS, POS, Hardware