Release notes

Control how you show up across the Apple apps customers use daily

What changed: Connect Apple Business to Square to manage supported business information and Apple Maps place card features directly from Square Dashboard. Once connected, your business information – including hours, logo, and contact details – automatically stays in sync across Apple Maps, Siri, Wallet, and more. Add action links that connect customers directly to your Square ordering, menu, or booking experiences.

Why it matters: Customers discover businesses every day through Apple Maps and Siri. Connecting Apple Business helps ensure they see accurate business information and makes it easier to take action from your Apple Maps place card.

Access: Available globally for payments-activated Square sellers with a fixed, physical business location or storefront. Setup may vary based on your location, business type, and Square account status. In Dashboard, go to Channels > Apple Business to get started.

See how to connect Apple Business: Article

Create revenue centres to group and compare sales

What changed: A revenue centre is one part of a business — a bar, a patio, or a delivery channel. Sellers assign devices, floor plan sections, and channels to each, so orders are counted in the right place automatically. Grouping the Sales summary report by revenue centre then shows how each area performed.

Why it matters: When every part of a business feeds one sales total, there's no way to tell which areas are carrying the day and which are dragging it down. Revenue centres give each area its own line in reporting, so staffing and menu decisions rest on real numbers.

Access: Square Premium, Square for Restaurants Premium, or a legacy Square for Restaurants Plus subscription is required, along with the Manage revenue centres permission. In Dashboard, go to Settings > Sales > Revenue centres to set them up. Grouped results appear under Reports > Sales summary. To move a single order to a different revenue centre, open it in Order Manager.

View the Square for Retail app in dark mode

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

Why it matters: A bright screen is hard to look at in a dimly lit space, and some people find high-contrast screens hard to read in any light. Dark mode makes the app comfortable to work in through a long shift, and it matches how the rest of the device already looks.

Access: In the Square for Retail app, go to Settings > Appearance to set a dark mode override. Devices already set to dark appearance show the app in dark mode without it.

See how dark mode works in the Square for Retail app: Article

Preview tickets on Kitchen Display System as items are rung in

What changed: Items appear on a Kitchen Display System (KDS) ticket as they're added to the cart, before the order is sent from Point of Sale. The ticket shows as a draft and updates as staff keep ringing in items.

Why it matters: Nothing reaches the kitchen until the full order is sent, so the line stands idle while the rest of the items are still being entered. Draft tickets give kitchen staff a head start on what's already in the cart, which shortens the wait for customers.

Access: In Point of Sale, go to More > Settings > Checkout > Order entry and turn on Show tickets for draft orders on KDS. On KDS, tap View all settings > Tickets and turn on Show tickets for draft orders. Both are required for draft tickets to appear. Either can also be set per device in Dashboard: for Point of Sale, go to Settings > Device management > Modes, select a Square for Restaurants mode, choose Manage, then Checkout > Order entry; for KDS, go to Settings > Device management > Devices, select a KDS device, choose Manage, then Checkout > Order entry > Tickets.

Set ticket layouts up to 10 columns on Kitchen Display System

What changed: Sellers arrange tickets across four to ten columns on KDS. The column count is set per display, with guidance in the setting on which counts suit which screen sizes — four for small devices, ten for large displays.

Why it matters: A kitchen loses time whenever staff page between screens to find a ticket that didn't fit on the display. Wider layouts hold more tickets in view at once on a large screen — up from a previous maximum of six columns.

Access: On KDS, go to Layout settings to choose a column count, or set it per device in Square Dashboard under Device profile settings.

See how to fit more tickets on screen with wider KDS layouts: Article

See the same sales totals on Point of Sale and in Dashboard

What changed: The Sales report on Point of Sale uses the same gross sales, product sales, and net sales definitions as the Square Dashboard, so the totals match across both. The payment methods section also breaks out payment types in more detail.

Why it matters: Checking the day's sales on Point of Sale and reviewing the same day in the Square Dashboard should produce one set of numbers, not two that need reconciling. Matching definitions mean a figure read from either report holds up in the other, and the payment methods detail answers how customers paid without a second look elsewhere.

Access: On Point of Sale for iOS and Android, go to Reports > Sales. The payment methods breakout appears in the same report. Sellers already using the Sales report don't need to take any action.

See how sales definitions match across Point of Sale and Square Dashboard: Article

Set up service charges that apply automatically

What changed: Sellers create a service charge — a healthcare mandate, a kitchen appreciation fee, or another fee type — and set it to apply on its own. The charge then lands on the cart at Square Point of Sale without staff adding it by hand.

Why it matters: A fee a business is required to collect has to reach every bill, and one that depends on staff remembering to add it will sometimes be missed. A service charge that applies on its own puts the fee on the cart every time, without a step for staff to skip.

Access: Available to sellers in the US and Canada. In Square Dashboard, go to Settings > Account & Settings > Payments > Service Charges to create a charge and set it to apply automatically.

Keep taking future orders for items marked sold out

What changed: Sellers set a reset date and time when marking an item variation sold out in the Item Library. The variation stays visible on the menu and is listed as available for preorder, so customers can order it for fulfilment windows after the reset time.

Why it matters: Running out of an item partway through the day says nothing about tomorrow, but a sold-out marker that blocks ordering outright closes off dates the kitchen could still fill. A reset time keeps the variation orderable for later fulfilment windows, so future orders keep arriving.

Access: Available to sellers taking orders through Neighborhoods and Ordering Profiles. In Item Library, mark an item variation Sold Out and set a time for it to become available again. Variations with future counts aren't included, and the reset time doesn't change sales limits.

See how a reset time keeps sold-out items open for future orders: Article