[Roundup] ☀️ July 2023 ☀️ Product Updates and New Features

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Hi Sellers! ☀️

July is a wrap and August is coming in hot! 🔥 Here's your roundup of all the new features and product updates posted in the Seller Community in July 2023. 

The Roundup

1. [New] Customize Your Idle Screen Imagery on Square Terminal
2. [New] Appointments Service Type Booking Filter & Suggested Templates
3. [New] Square Online Customization Features Give You More Control Over Your Brand
4. [New] Square Team Communication
5. [New] HR and Compliance Resources, Plus Access to HR Experts
6. [Improvement] Location Selection on the Booking Site
7. [New] Subscriptions CSV Download Tool
8. An Important Update About Square KDS on iOS
9. [New] Create and Sell Bundles for Retail
10. [Update] Pickup and Delivery Settings in Dashboard
11. [New] Identify Customers with QR Code/Barcode Scanning
12. [New] Dashboard Android App Beta

1. [New] Customize your idle screen imagery on Square Terminal

🏷 Square Terminal

You can now capture your customers’ attention and showcase your brand through a series of rotating images on Square Terminal. Easily add your business name, logo, and any information you want your customers to see, which can be changed at any time. This new feature is just one more way we’re helping your business build trust with your customers.

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2. [New] Appointments Service Type Booking Filter & Suggested Templates

🏷️ Square Appointments

We are introducing a new booked service filter and the ability to segment booking dates over a span of time (e.g. booked between 1/1-5/1), as well as suggested smart group templates built specifically for Appointments sellers. And as a reminder, we also have filters available for last booking date, first booking date, and booked with. Segmenting your clients allows you to more quickly and effectively communicate with them, as well as understand their booking habits.

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3. [New] Square Online Customization Features Give You More Control Over Your Brand

🏷️ Square Online

Building a branded eCommerce or online ordering site is critical for driving customer engagement and conversion. Similarly to how you make an investment to build a well-designed, seamless shopping experience in-store, Square Online offers you the ability to do the same online. With advanced customization features on Square Online, you can make your site stand out with a few quick updates. Check out five ways to leverage Square Online's new website customization features to make your brand stand out.

➡️ Read the full update

4. [New] Square Team Communication

🏷️ Square Team Management

We’re excited to launch a completely new product -  Square Team Communication, a real-time messaging and knowledge sharing tool for you and your team. Benefits of Square Team Communication:

• One-on-one and group messages can be sent and received on mobile devices through the Square Team app

• Share important announcements, news, updates and knowledge with your team

• See which team members have read important messages and conversations

• Keep communication flowing with fun, work-appropriate emojis that let your team react to messages with one tap

• Give your team one place to communicate, view their schedules and timecards, and stay in sync on the go with the Square Team app

➡️ Read the full update

5. [New] HR and Compliance Resources, Plus Access to HR Experts

🏷️ Square Payroll

We’re excited to announce the launch of HR Manager, Powered by Mineral®! With this subscription, you’ll get access to a suite of HR & compliance features that will help you:

• Stay informed: You’ll get email alerts when relevant employment laws change, so you can stay ahead of any updates that may impact your business. 

• Save time: You’ll be able to create and manage essential HR documents, like employee handbooks, with a library of resources on key HR topics and document templates. 

• Access HR expertise: Whenever HR questions or situations arise, you can count on certified HR experts to provide guidance and support. They are just a call or message away.

➡️ Read the full update

6. [Improvement] Location Selection on the Booking Site

🏷️ Square Appointments, Square Online

The Square Appointments and Square Online teams just made it easier for your clients to select locations on your online booking site. We know managing multiple locations can be a challenge, and you want to give clients the choice to decide which location to go to based on proximity, services offered, preferred staff, etc. We recently rolled out a few improvements to make managing bookings at your locations easier.

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7. [New] Subscriptions CSV Download Tool

🏷️ Square Subscriptions

It is important for you to have your finger on the pulse of your subscription business! Having the ability to access all of your subscription data allows you to:

• Track how many subscribers you have for each of your plans

• Track how much revenue does each subscription plan generate

• Who subscribes to more than one of your subscription plans 

• How many subscribers of each status (active, cancel) do you have

• Generate a list of emails for all of your subscribers

➡️ Read the full update

8. An Important Update About Square KDS on iOS

🏷️ Square Restaurant KDS

Earlier this year, we launched Square KDS on Android, offering sellers larger devices that display up to 10 more tickets than an iPad, and offering 45% less expensive 10” devices. We’ve also released exciting new features on Android that add control over ticket filtering by dining type (i.e. dine-in vs. to-go) and item category (i.e. hot, cold, appetizer). Plus, Bump Bar compatibility will be available exclusively to KDS on Android later this year. 

➡️ Read the full update

9. [New] Create and Sell Bundles for Retail

🏷️ Square Dashboard, Square Retail POS, Square Subscriptions

We’re excited to announce that we’ve added the ability for Square for Retail Plus sellers to create and manage Bundles in Square Dashboard! This feature allows you to combine multiple components into one item bundle and sell those items together while still having the ability to track inventory of the individual components. This is great for all types of retail sellers that want to create gift sets, product sets and can even be used with Square Subscriptions.

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10. [Update] Pickup and Delivery Settings in Dashboard

🏷️ Square Online

We recently made an update to the pickup and delivery fulfillment settings for your Square account. All of the existing pickup and delivery settings from Square Online were moved to its new location in the Account and Settings page within Square Dashboard. Any updates to the pickup and delivery preferences will now be automatically updated for both in-store and online orders.

➡️ Read the full update

11. [New] Identify Customers with QR Code/Barcode Scanning

🏷️ Square Restaurant POS

We’re excited to share that with Square for Restaurants, you can now identify diners by scanning their barcode or QR code using a physical scanner or camera via the Square for Restaurants app on iPad. This feature helps you know who your diners are, faster, by surfacing their information, preferences, and order history. 

➡️ Read the full update

12. [New] Dashboard Android App Beta

🏷️ Square Dashboard

We’re thrilled to announce that the Square Dashboard app is now available on Android for beta testing! We know it’s important to keep a finger on the pulse of your business. With the Dashboard app’s reporting features, you can track sales week over week or year over year. Compare sales at multiple locations and gain valuable insights into your best-selling products and categories.

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