From tee sheet improvements to hospitality updates, here’s what’s new in October.
Lightspeed Golf
New
Request House Account payments by email
Payment Requests are available to clubs with House Accounts version 2 and an active Lightspeed Payments gateway. Send a payment link to any email address to collect payment toward a House Account balance. The recipient doesn’t need to log in, and anyone with the link can pay, so share it only with the intended recipient.
Update
Find moved reservations in the Activity Log
When a reservation moves to another tee time, its Activity Log entry now includes a link to the other tee time. Use it to move between the logs for the original and new tee times.
Update
Review paid rounds and guest names in BI
The BI dashboards now include these updates:
- Use the Paid State filter in the Rounds and Tee Sheet Export dashboards to identify paid and unpaid rounds.
- Tee Sheet Export now includes guest names.
- PRO Daily Sales Trends now includes forecasted revenue for the current date.
Lightspeed Retail POS (R-Series)
Update
Strengthen employee PIN security
R-Series now blocks easy-to-guess PIN patterns and temporarily limits authorization attempts after repeated failures. Staff with access to certain sensitive permissions must use a PIN with at least six digits when they next change or receive a PIN.
This new length requirement only applies when a staff member changes their PIN or an admin assigns a new one.
Lightspeed Restaurant (K-Series)
Some features take effect automatically, while others require an update. To access all new features, update the Lightspeed Restaurant app through the App Store outside of business hours on all POS devices.
New
Lock prep station displays
Set designated cooking stations to view-only mode to help prevent accidental ticket clearing. Line cooks can see incoming orders, while ticket bumping and completion actions remain available at expediter and pass stations.
- Open Quick Settings on the KDS cooking station.
- Enable or Disable cooking station interactions.
- The station displays tickets in view-only mode, with bump, complete, and status actions locked.
New
Add item-specific allergen warnings and notes
Add allergen warnings or custom notes to individual menu items on the POS register screen. Tags appear on the screen and print on kitchen tickets and KDS displays.
- On the POS register screen, tap the three dots on an individual line item.
- Tap Add Allergen, Add Note, or both.
- The tags appear on screen and route to kitchen printers and KDS displays.
New
Set reservation limits and combine tables
Set reservation limits by percentage or choose specific bookable tables to preserve space for walk-ins. You can also combine tables for larger parties and choose whether capacity limits apply only to online reservations or to bookings made through POS and Back Office.
- Open Reservations settings.
- Go to Online reservations > Reservation availability.
- Choose Set available capacity by percentage or Select bookable tables.
- Choose whether the limits apply to online reservations only.
- Under Table combinations, select Add combination to define tables that can be booked together.
Update
Get operational insights on the go
Chat with Lightspeed AI in the Pulse app to view live sales, staff performance, and checklist metrics. Managers can use full-screen chat on their mobile devices without logging in to a desktop browser.
No setup is required. Tap the chat icon in the Pulse app.
Update
Keep active orders visible while browsing menus
On handheld POS devices, the menu now slides over the active order. Staff can open or collapse the menu to check added items without switching screens.
No setup is required. The update is enabled automatically on handheld POS devices using the Composable Layout if new POS Navigation is already active.
Update
Connect Google Business Profiles and review performance
Multi-location businesses can connect Google Business Profiles in bulk, including Google Groups, and set up ordering links from the Order Anywhere homepage. Google Business Insights includes custom date ranges and Search-versus-Maps performance graphs.
- Go to the Order Anywhere Homepage in Back Office.
- Open the Google Integrations tab and connect your Google Business Profile, including Google Groups accounts.
- View order and traffic analytics under Google Business Insights.