Release notes

Square Multi-Account Suite for franchises and complex businesses

What changed: Square Multi-Account Suite helps franchises and other complex businesses stay in control as they scale. It brings the tools for managing multiple Square accounts directly into Dashboard, so you can oversee your organization from one place while each location keeps the tools and flexibility it needs to operate.

Why it matters:
Centralized menu controls keep menus, catalogs, and point-of-sale layouts consistent across accounts and locations. Set the right access for central and local teams in order to empower local operators while ensuring brand consistency and operational control.

Organization reporting brings the full power of Square reporting across your organization. Track key metrics and sales performance across accounts and locations in one centralized view, with built-in royalty reporting.

Shared gift cards mean managing a single gift card program that customers can use across your entire organization, with reporting to help reconcile activity by account and location.

Managed feature releases allow coordination of Early Feature Access and Release Bundles across your entire organization, so you can introduce new Square capabilities in a controlled and consistent way.

Access: Contact your account manager or sales to sign up.

See how to manage multiple Square accounts from one place with Multi-Account Suite: Video / Article

Earn 4.25% APY on Savings for balances of $10,000 or more

What changed: Square Savings accounts earn 4.25% APY on balances of $10,000 or more, up from 3.50% APY.¹ Balances below $10,000 earn the standard 1% APY. Automatic savings from daily sales processing and savings folders remain available to all Square Savings accounts, regardless of balance.

Why it matters: Sellers who build operating reserves in Square Savings can earn more on cash they've already set aside. The higher APY applies automatically when balances reach $10,000 or more, helping sellers get more from funds reserved for slow seasons, taxes, or unexpected expenses — without extra steps.

Access: Available to all Square Savings customers. The rate updates automatically based on balance — no opt-in or account changes required.

Learn more about a Square Savings account: Video / Article

Build combos in Real-Time Check View on Point of Sale

What changed: A full combo is built and reviewed in one place in Real-Time Check View. Staff move directly to a combo member that still needs an option chosen, or back to one that's already set, and each selection lands on the check as it's made. Combo building uses the same navigation and layout as the rest of Real-Time Check View.

Why it matters: Combos are a large share of what some businesses sell, so how a combo builds matters as much as anything else on the check. Building combos in Real-Time Check View gives those sellers the same navigation and layout as the rest of the check, so a combo reads like every other item on it.

Access: Real-Time Check View is on by default for sellers who use combos, with combo building included. No setup is required. Sellers already using Real-Time Check View see no change.

See how a combo is built on a check in Real-Time Check View: Article

Limit item edits to a team member's assigned locations in Item Library

What changed: In Item Library, some item details apply everywhere an item is sold — its name, description, and category among them. For a team member assigned to only some of an item's locations, those shared details are read-only. Details set per location stay editable: availability, location price, and channel assignment at the locations the team member is assigned to.

Why it matters: An item sold at more than one location carries details that apply everywhere it's available, so one edit can change it for all of them. Keeping those details read-only outside a team member's own locations means a location manager can take on item management without changes reaching the locations they don't run.

Access: These controls apply automatically in Item Library for team members who can manage items and inventory at their assigned locations. No setup is required.

See which item details a team member can edit for their assigned locations: Video / Article

Card verification for larger invoice payments

What changed: When a customer pays a larger invoice with a card that's new to a seller's account, checkout can include a step where the customer confirms their identity with their bank. Verification uses 3D Secure, the card networks' standard for authenticating a cardholder during a payment. On a verified payment, liability for a fraud-related dispute sits with the card issuer rather than the seller.

Why it matters: A first card payment from a new customer is the one a business knows least about, and invoices are often where the largest amounts sit. Verification puts the cardholder's bank behind the payment, so a fraud-related dispute is the issuer's to resolve rather than the seller's.

Access: Verification is on by default for sellers new to Square Invoices in Services, and a selected group of existing sellers is enrolled automatically, with more enrolled over time. Enrolled sellers take no action — verification already applies to qualifying invoice payments. In Dashboard, open the Square Invoices settings to review the setting or turn it off.

See how card verification works on an invoice payment: Video / Article

Run Close of Day reports on a location's reporting hours

What changed: A Close of Day report covers the period that starts at the reporting day start set for the location and ends when the close-out flow opens. Sales and tips taken inside that window are included, whether or not they fall within posted business hours. Locations without a reporting day set use the business-hours window. The report header shows the covered time range, so the window in effect is visible on the printed report.

Why it matters: A business day and a posted opening time aren't the same thing — trade starts before doors open and often runs past midnight. Anchoring the window to reporting hours lines a Close of Day report up with the hours a business actually trades, so early-morning sales and overnight tips land on the same report.

Access: The reporting hours window is off by default and stays off until Square turns it on for a location. It applies to locations with a reporting day start set. In Dashboard, confirm the start time per location so the window matches when the business trades.

See how reporting hours set the window on a Close of Day report: Video / Article

Pool tips by percentage for each transaction

What changed: Sellers set percentage tip pooling to calculate for each transaction, alongside the existing workday and workweek options. A transaction's tip is then divided among the team members who worked that sale.

Why it matters: Team members don't all work the same hours or the same volume, so a pool spread across a whole workday can hand an equal share to a stretch that earned far fewer tips. Calculating for each transaction ties a share to the sales a team member actually worked.

Access: In Dashboard, go to Staff > Tips settings, choose percentage pooling, and set the calculation to each transaction. Sellers keeping the workday or workweek calculation don't need to take any action.

See how percentage tip pooling divides a single transaction: Video / Article

Split tips that can't be tied to one team member across the team on the clock

What changed: When a tip can't be tied to one team member — a shared team passcode, no personal passcode signed in, or a team member who isn't tip eligible — Square splits it equally across everyone clocked in for that workday.

Why it matters: Tips arrive with no name attached whenever a team works from a shared passcode, and someone then has to decide where that money goes. An equal split across the team clocked in for the workday settles it the same way every time, with no manual distribution to work out.

Access: In Dashboard, go to Staff > Tips settings to turn this pooling on or off. Pooling is on by default for sellers new to Square; sellers already using direct tipping turn it on.

See how Square divides tips that have no team member attached: Article

Receive stock in cases or pallets instead of single units

What changed: Sellers receive stock in the unit it arrives in — a case, a pallet, or another unit — and Square converts the amount into the unit the item is counted in. Stock levels stay in that counted unit, so a delivery entered by the case still shows the right number of individual units on hand.

Why it matters: Businesses buy in one unit and sell in another, so the number on a packing slip rarely matches the number the item is counted in. Receiving in the unit on the slip removes the conversion step and keeps the count accurate without anyone doing the arithmetic.

Access: Available on web to sellers using Square for inventory. In the item's Stock Adjustment window, select the unit shown in the quantity field, then choose the unit the stock is arriving in.

See how to receive a delivery by the case and keep counts in single units: Video / Article

Scan barcodes with the built-in camera on iPhone and iPad

What changed: The camera on an iPhone or iPad reads barcodes to build a cart or to create and edit items. On a supported screen, opening the camera scanner reads the barcode and either adds the item to the cart or fills in its details.

Why it matters: A barcode is the fastest way to find an item, whether stock is being added to the catalog or sold at the counter. Reading it with the camera already on an iPhone or iPad does that job without a separate scanner to buy, pair, and keep charged.

Access: Available on iPhone and iPad. In Point of Sale, turn on Camera Barcode Scanner in hardware settings, then tap Tap to Scan on a supported screen.

See how to scan barcodes with an iPhone or iPad camera: Video / Article

Reuse an existing printer profile when setting up a printer

What changed: Printer setup offers the profiles that already work with a printer, so a newly connected printer can take an existing one. A new profile comes up only when there's nothing suitable to reuse. Creating a profile, choosing job types, and picking which Point of Sale devices print to a printer all happen on the printer's own details screen. Each assigned profile row lists that profile's devices and job types.

Why it matters: A second printer in the same spot usually needs the same tickets as the first one. Reusing a profile keeps one set of rules for where each job prints, and setting it up on the printer's own screen shows which printer is being changed at each step.

Access: On Point of Sale, go to Settings > Hardware > Printers and open a printer's details screen, then choose Printer setup, Assign profiles, or Edit from a profile's menu.

See how to reuse a printer profile on a new printer: Video / Article

¹ Savings accounts are provided by Square Financial Services, Inc. Member FDIC. Accrue annual percentage yield (APY) of 1.00% based on your total savings balance (inclusive of all folders and accrued unpaid interest). You may qualify for an increased APY of 4.25% if your total savings balance (inclusive of all folders and accrued unpaid interest) is at least $10,000. See Square Savings Deposit Account Terms and the Interest Rate Chart for more information. APY subject to change, current as of 9/24/2026. No minimum deposit is required to open an account. Accounts will not be charged monthly fees. The Square Savings deposit sweep program distributes your funds among multiple FDIC-insured partner banks, meaning your eligible savings deposits have FDIC insurance coverage of up to $2.5 million. Pending balances are not subject to FDIC insurance.