Square Roadmap | Upcoming Features to Grow Your Business

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Roadmap

Your business is scaling. Our tools are evolving.

Discover the next wave of features designed to drive growth.

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Explore new features on the way

Q4 2025

Increase conversion and reduce checkout abandonment by expanding your online booking site's payment options. Support for Afterpay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Cash App Pay will be available.

Better track offline payments

Reports will detail which transactions were taken while offline so you can more easily reconcile disputes or chargebacks.

Eligible sellers can expand their customer's options by accepting bitcoin payments that can automatically convert to USD. Sellers can use Bitcoin Payments with zero processing fees through 2026.¹

Converge sales tax settings for all regions

Simplify transactions by converging the sales tax configuration for the United States, Canada, Australia, and the rest of the world.

Send tips to your team instantly. No waiting for payroll or handling cash — securely transfer tips daily from your Square balance or checking account directly to employees' Cash App wallets.

Faster debit card activation

Activate your new Square Debit Card faster by scanning the QR code you receive with it in the mail.²

Import outside loyalty programs

Migrate customer loyalty points from other programs into Square Loyalty. Preserve their earned rewards and let them continue building points with you.

Improved credit card disputes

Quickly and easily mark disputed Square Credit Card transactions and track their status in Square Dashboard.³

Improved personalization for Square AI

Square AI will be able to analyze a broader set of business data to deliver deeper, more personalized insights for your business. Plus, leverage local data like reviews, weather, events, and neighborhood trends.

Inventory transfer order improvements

Q4 2025

Items, Inventory

Inventory transfer orders now include search, filtering, export, and more flexible editing capabilities.

Q4 2025

Items, Inventory

Manage modifiers and modfier sets across multiple locations from one place.

Group your locations by region, concept, or custom categories with Location Groups. Access segmented reporting for better insights and quicker decision-making.

Location-specific modifier sets

Adapt your menu to each location's needs. Set different modifiers or prices for the same items across franchise locations with location-specific modifier sets.

Offline payments for all merchants

With offline payments you're always ready to accept payments — even during service interruptions or a network outage.

Order with Google for Online Ordering Profile

Extend your reach to customers beyond third-party marketplaces. Google orders now go directly to your Online Ordering Profile, helping you save on fees, build relationships, and manage your menu more easily.

Premium pay designation within Square Payroll

Easily designate and issue premium pay within Square Payroll to ensure accurate compensation for regulatory requirements.

Release Manager expansion to all modes

Release Manager lets you opt in to new features early on a per-device basis, so you can enable features on your devices at your convenience. You can also enable features on a single device to train your staff before enabling features on all relevant devices.

Add support for an accounting-based reporting day for increased reporting accuracy.

Improve compliance and protect worker well-being by automatically enforcing required break rules during shifts.

Streamlined checkout experience

Your customers can pay faster and however they want, including support for Bitcoin, automatic credit card surcharges, and more.

Connect your Square account with your existing Tock account. Your host can view coursing status and spend for dine-in tables in the Tock app, while your servers use the Square for Restaurants POS app. Floor plan, table, and coursing information are shared between the two synced applications.

Start accepting payments faster with streamlined onboarding that prefills your information.

Q1 2026

Automated upsells on Square Kiosk

Turn every order into a bigger sale with smart kiosk upsells. Relevant add-ons appear at checkout automatically, growing revenue without slowing down service.

Automatic credit card surcharge

Pass on transaction fees to customers by automatically detecting credit cards and applying a surcharge to those transactions. Built to meet all compliance and credit card network requirements.

Future and scheduled availabilty

Q1 2026

Inventory, Items

Accept future orders when items are sold out today, and set daily reset counts to manage future availability.

Q1 2026

Inventory, Items

A living roadmap that’s always adapting

Plans evolve through development, so timelines and feature availability might shift. To see what’s already live, check out our Feature Log.

See what’s live

Square, the Square logo, Square Financial Services, Square Capital, and others are trademarks of Block, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Square Financial Services, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Block, Inc.

1Bitcoin services provided by Block, Inc. Bitcoin services are not licensable activity in all U.S. states and territories. Block, Inc. operates in New York as Block of Delaware and is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Bitcoin is a non-deposit, non-bank product that is not FDIC insured and involves risk, including monetary loss. For additional information, see the Bitcoin disclosures.

2Block, Inc. is a financial services platform and not an FDIC-insured bank. Square Checking is provided by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Square Debit Card is issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Mastercard.

3Square, the Square logo, Square Capital, and others are trademarks of Block, Inc. American Express is a registered trademark of American Express. Other trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.

Square Capital, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Block, Inc., d/b/a Square Capital of California, LLC in FL, GA, MT, and NY. Block, Inc. and Square Capital, LLC are not banks. Square Credit Cards are issued by Celtic Bank pursuant to a license from American Express, and may be used wherever American Express is accepted. If approved, APR may vary based on creditworthiness and other factors. Subject to credit approval.