Shopify is always evolving, with new features and updates rolling out regularly to help retailers stay ahead—but keeping up shouldn’t be a chore. That’s why we created this monthly hub to track every POS update and relevant Shopify change in one place.
If you have multiple retail locations, it’s best practice to use an MDM (Mobile Device Management) to manage app versions, and to test each new release on a few devices before rolling it out to all stores.
Scroll down to see the February 2026 updates below, or click the Retail Release Roundup post for the latest news and most recent updates!
- Limit staff access to customer information
- See matching text in POS search results
- Speed that comes from staying in context
- Checkout stays in motion
- Post purchase, simplified
- More controls when selling offline
- Order the Shopify POS Hub
- Updates to POS Editor
- Improved inventory reports
- Complete end-to-end inventory transfers
What’s new: February 2026
Shopify POS v11: Built for speed when it matters most
When a store gets busy, everything happens at once.
Lines form. Customers ask questions. Staff need to move fast without losing their place, their confidence, or the cart they’re building.
With Shopify POS version 11, we redesigned the core selling flow around the work retail teams do hundreds of times a day. This release introduces a faster, clearer selling experience focused on removing friction from the highest-frequency cart and checkout tasks.
Fewer taps. Fewer interruptions. More flow.
Take a quick interactive product tour of Shopify POS v11.0 to see some of the latest improvements.
Shopify POS app v11.1 updates (Latest)
Limit staff access to customer information
Keep customer privacy in the right hands at the register. With the new View Customer Details permission, you can choose which staff members can see personally identifiable customer information—like names, emails, addresses, and phone numbers—while still letting them ring up sales as usual. It’s an easy way to limit access to sensitive data for roles that don’t need it, and help you stay aligned with your privacy and data protection requirements.
POS App version: 11.1
Learn more about POS permissions
See matching text in POS search results
The POS global search in version 11.1 now displays the exact text that matches your query, such as SKUs or barcodes, in product, order, and customer search results. This lets your staff quickly confirm they’ve found the right item without needing to open additional details.
With this update, when searching by SKU or barcode, the relevant matching text is shown directly in the results, reducing search effort and speeding up cart building. It also improves order searches by showing product context alongside customer info for easier confirmation. This results in fewer taps, less confusion, and a smoother experience for your retail staff.
POS App Version: 11.1
Shopify POS app v11.0 updates
Speed that comes from staying in context
Retail speed doesn’t come from rushing. It comes from not having to stop.
In version 11.0, the cart stays visible while staff work. Actions open alongside it, not on top of it, so teams can make changes without backtracking or second-guessing what’s just happened.
This single design principle shows up across the entire selling flow where it matters most.
A faster, more flexible cart
The cart is where every sale takes shape and in v11.0, it’s designed to move as quickly as your staff does.
Edit one item or many
The cart now supports multi-select, so staff can apply changes to one product or several at once. No repeating the same steps.
Actions where they belong
Cart actions are simpler and more intentional:
- More actions now includes only order-level actions
- Item-specific actions live directly on the line item
- Actions open in the left panel, while the cart stays visible
This makes it easier to find what you need and see the impact immediately.
Adding customers, without breaking flow
Adding a customer to the cart is one of the most common and time sensitive actions in POS. In v11.0, this experience is more accurate and faster from the start.
Better search results
Customer search now prioritizes the fields staff use most—name, email, and phone number—so the right customer appears faster.
Side panel instead of modals
When adding a customer from search, the cart, or the smart grid, the experience opens in the side panel, keeping the cart visible the entire time.
Inline customer creation
If no results are found, staff can create a new customer inline, with fields prefilled based on what was searched, making it faster to add net-new customers without restarting the flow.
Checkout stays in motion
Cart building and checkout has been rebuilt to perform and feel faster.
Instead of pushing staff through a series of transitions, checkout in v11.0 is anchored by the cart and designed to feel like a single, continuous flow.
Clear payment selection
- Larger tap targets make payment methods easier to select
- Cart payments are clearer and ready by default
- The reader state is more visible, reducing hesitation at the counter
Faster cash and split payments
- Cash and split payments now use an inline number pad, replacing the native keyboard
- Fewer taps, faster entry, and easier corrections
- Cash shortcuts are preserved for speed
Few transition screens
Multiple screen transitions have been replaced with on-page animations, removing hundreds of milliseconds per step and making checkout feel smoother from start to finish.
Post purchase, simplified
After payment, everything staff need is now easier to find.
When it’s time to turn the screen to the customer, v11.0 keeps things moving with clearer tap targets for receipt selection.
The post-purchase screen brings all actions into the left panel and keeps the cart visible, making it faster to wrap up the sale and move on to the next customer.
More controls when selling offline
If you’re using offline payments, store managers can now control offline checkout on a per-device basis. This makes it easier to enable offline selling where it’s needed, independent of network conditions or internet connectivity.
More improvements shipped this month
Solve Bluetooth disconnections with the POS Hub
The Shopify POS Hub connects your iPad or Android tablet to essential checkout hardware—like card readers, receipt printers, barcode scanners, and cash drawers—over reliable wired USB, eliminating Bluetooth disconnections so you can keep selling.
- Made for Shopify POS: Built-in software actively monitors and manages connected devices, with real-time status and alerts in POS.
- Apple Certified: Apple MFi certification ensures reliable multi-device connectivity on iPad.
- Fast, simple setup: Plug in, connect hardware, and follow the guided setup in Shopify POS.
POS editor updated for a seamless editing experience
Making changes to your layout shouldn’t mean deleting tiles and rebuilding them from scratch. That’s why the POS editor now supports editing Smart Grid tiles and key screen settings directly, so you can keep layouts up to date faster and with less busywork.
We’ve also made screen customizations easier to discover and manage. Lock Screen and Customer display options in the POS editor are now available in their own dedicated layout section, instead of being tucked away under Settings.
Whether you’re updating a single tile, adjusting a fee, swapping a featured product collection, or refinding your customer facing display, these improvements make editing the heart of your POS feel quicker and with minimal rework, so layouts can confidently evolve over time.
Learn more about the POS editor
Improved inventory transfer reporting
You can now track inventory transfers between locations using two new reports in Analytics.
The Transfer Orders and Shipments Report provides detailed information on orders and their shipment status, including what was ordered, shipped, received, accepted, or rejected. The Transfers Report offers a quick summary of all transfers, even drafts, making it easy to check their status and contents. Both reports allow you to filter by transfer ID, origin, destination, status, product variants, and date range. You can also customize columns and export data with a single click.
To get even more tailored insights, use Sidekick to create and edit transfer reports with simple, plain-language prompts. Sidekick, Shopify’s AI assistant, understands the specific transfer report you’re viewing and generates a valid ShopifyQL query to deliver exactly the data you need.
Learn more about inventory reports
Complete end-to-end inventory transfers
Shopify POS 10.20 introduces a complete inventory transfers workflow to the POS device. Retail staff can now fulfill (outgoing) and receive (incoming) inventory transfers between locations natively—no need to rely solely on Shopify Admin or external apps.
Staff can now pick, pack and send shipments using Outgoing transfers under the Orders tab, and verify and receive incoming shipments under the Products tab. Staff can scan items to confirm inventory movement, track transfer status in real time, and operate with improved accuracy right from the sales floor.
If you use the Inventory Transfers extension powered by Stocky in your Smart Grid, please remove it and switch to the new integrated transfers in POS navigation for a more seamless experience.
Available to locations that are on the Shopify POS Pro subscription.
POS App version: 10.20
