Square Announces Square Kiosk, a $1,999 Self-Ordering Terminal for Restaurants
Square is moving from the checkout counter into the ordering and menu-suggestion layer of restaurants, pricing its own hardware and subscription alongside the payment fees it already charges.
Reporting from 1 source: GIGAZINE.
Square, the payment service founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, announced Square Kiosk, a restaurant payment terminal with a 21.5-inch display and three directional microphones. It shows menus, suggests items based on store location and time of day, takes orders by voice, and accepts card payments. Price is $1,999 with a $99 monthly software fee. At the time of writing it is sold only in the United States, in English.
The terminal takes card payments and runs on Square's existing systems, so price and inventory changes made in Square appear on every connected unit. Orders can be placed by touching the screen or speaking into the microphones, and the device answers questions about what to order. It installs on a floor, counter, or wall, or through a VESA mount, and connects over Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet. Payment processing fees are billed on top of the hardware price and the monthly software charge.
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- GIGAZINE Squareが決済端末の「Square Kiosk」を発表