Point of Sale Disruption

Our engineering team has implemented a fix for the earlier connectivity issue we saw between Square’s Contactless + Chip Reader and Apple iOS 14. We recommend updating the Square Point of Sale app to version 6.8.2 to resolve this issue.

Thanks for your patience as we’ve worked on this!

Our engineering teams are continuing to work on a fix for the issue impacting the Contactless + Chip Reader's connection to the Square Point of Sale app for sellers using Apple devices running iOS version 14.
Thank you for bearing with us, we'll be back with more updates as we have them. For now, if you experience this issue, please ensure that your iOS device is up to date and try to repair your device.

We've identified an issue impacting the Contactless + Chip Reader's connection to the Square Point of Sale app for sellers using Apple devices running iOS version 14.

Upon attempting to connect the reader, sellers will see the error "Please update the Square app". As a workaround, we recommend that impacted sellers update their devices if an iOS update is available.

Our team is continuing to work on a fix and we’ll share more as it becomes available. Thanks again for your patience as we work to resolve this issue.

At this time, our engineers are still investigating the disruption that is impacting the Contactless + Chip Reader's connection to the Square Point of Sale app. We will continue to post updates here, as we receive them.

We appreciate your patience as we continue to work towards a fix.

We are currently experiencing a disruption that is impacting the Contactless + Chip Reader's connection to the Square Point of Sale app. On iOS devices in app version 6.8, the error message, "Please update the Square app" pops up, preventing Sellers from connecting readers to their devices through the app.

We understand how important it is for your business for all of our services to be up and running, and our Engineering team is actively working on a fix. Thank you for your patience with us as we work to resolve this issue.