Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) continues to evolve, and Odoo is leading he charge. With each new release, Odoo aims to enhance business performance, refine user experience, and bring intelligent automation to the fingertips of organisations. Odoo 19, the latest version in this dynamic series, promises to raise the bar once again.

Based on the sources provided, Odoo 19 is planned to include significant enhancements across various applications, focusing on user experience (UX), design, performance, and new features, particularly in key areas like Website, eCommerce, Point of Sale, Sales, Inventory, Services, CRM & Marketing, Accounting, and the core Framework. New technologies like AI and external services are also being integrated, and there is a strong focus on expanding localisation.

Here are some of the major new features and improvements planned for Odoo 19:

Overall Themes The roadmap emphasises significant enhancements across:

• User experience (UX).
• Design.
• Performance.
• Introduction of new features in key application areas.
• Expanding localisation.
• Integrating new technologies like AI and external services.

Website

• Improved Onboarding process for creating a business website, including streamlined list and search, layout adaptation, and the ability to reuse template pages.

• New Snippets are planned for greater flexibility and richer content, such as snippets for events, newsletters, customer testimonials, and images.

• SEO Enhancements featuring automated SEO checks for issues like missing H1 tags, alt attributes, and broken links, and suggesting using AI for optimisation.

• Additional improvements like OWL migration, blog improvements, enhanced portal customisation, events as standalone pages, better text edition with a floating toolbar, reduced bundle size, and breadcrumb management.

eCommerce

• More control over the shop and product page design with layout selection in onboarding and new design options for product pages.
• Dynamic Snippets, including eCommerce Categories, for more interactive content.

• Expanded Payment Methods integration, including Stripe, AMEX, Mastercard, VISA, PayPal, Apple Pay, G Pay, and Alipay.
• New integrations such as Google Merchant Center integration and Gelato (Worldwide print-on-demand service) for print-on-demand products.

• Feature enhancements like card variations, variant preview on the shop page, improved Click & Collect widget, UOM Selector, and relifting of the cart, checkout, wishlist, and comparator.
• Focus on SEO and performance with improved URLs, microdatas management, optimised pagination, improved price filtering and sorting, and visibility restrictions for categories and attributes.
• New design and content management features like dynamic ribbons, checkout steps edition, and automated suggested products.

Sales 

• Improvements to the Sales Catalog, including the ability to add SO sections and rename sections into Categories.
• Integration of new payment providers for various regions (Nuvei, Paymob, DPO, Redsys, Iyzico) and new marketplaces (Shoppee and Lazada in APAC).
• Significant Rental Enhancements, such as defining default start/end hours, linking to a work calendar for pickup/return, defining pricelist rules, and reworked rental transfers. Improvements to UI for combos and handling of optional/single choice products are also planned.
• Enhancements to the Loyalty Program, including new fixed price and percentage-based reward types, and a UI revamp.
• Additional sales improvements like hiding section details in print/portal SO and default headers/footers for the quotation builder.

Point of Sale

• Improved UX based on field experience, including setting date/time for future orders, quick counters on product cards, organising orders by courses, and defining presets.

• Ability to create presets and switch in 2 clicks for different order types, with configurable options like default pricelist, fiscal position, timing, capacity management, and identification requirements.

• Introduction of a Dark Mode interface.

• Enhanced functionality for managing product Combos, including defining free items and constraints.
• Various legal compliance features for different countries, including NF525 and Scale Certification for France, Black Box features for Belgium, fiscally up-to-date features for Germany & Austria, fiscal printer for Italy, and Tyro integration for Australia.
• Other improvements and integrations like self & kiosk revamp, global invoice, reloading data from the back-end, integration with Glory cash machines and Meal vouchers (Viva Wallet), and the ability to refund directly through payment terminals.

Inventory / Purchase

• Units of Measurement (UoM) & Packaging Revamp merging the Unit of Measure and Packaging models into one simplified model to streamline processes and improve handling of multiple units/packaging.

• Introduction of Pack In Pack to create multi-level packages and track them using Odoo sequences or pre-printed rolls.

• Purchase Improvements including a new Dashboard, easy creation with suggestions or SO import, custom serial numbers by products, improved availability widget in sale order lines, improved replenishment, and improved intercompany flows.

MRP

• Work Order Revamp offering full flexibility for status updates, allowing users to go back and forth easily.

• Shop Floor Design Update to make picking components easier, highlight the next instruction, and perform actions directly on the card instead of popups.

• Custom Lot/Serial feature allowing product-specific sequences for lot and serial numbers.

CRM & Marketing

• Improvements include shared properties on contacts, the ability to see and reply to cc’d addresses, and an improved % analysis in CRM.
• Other planned enhancements include a better chatter experience, improved views, and leads preferences.

Services

• Ability to create projects based on templates, schedule tasks automatically, and dispatch tasks based on project roles.

• Ability to schedule existing tasks from the calendar view.
• Helpdesk improvements including dispatching tickets based on tags and using an email alias to create to-dos.
• Field Service improvements including setting deadlines and tracking location when using the timer.
• Improvements related to Planning, including planning/attendance analysis and appointment integration.

Discuss

• Chat enhancements such as mentioning roles, formatting messages, using the :emoji: shortcut, and getting push notifications for call invitations.

• Live Chat improvements allowing conversations to be forwarded based on agent expertise, with a new step type to ‘create lead & forward’. Other improvements include improved time off integration, operator expertise management, reporting and access rights overhaul, limiting concurrent sessions, and ensuring files/pictures are transferred when creating a ticket.

VoIP

• VoIP Revamp with a new UI, Do not Disturb feature, ability to manage multi-numbers, an advanced keypad, and a complete history view. Caller Details Before Answering is listed as coming soon.

Knowledge

• New features for the Knowledge application including Article templates and Foldable Toggles via a new command.

Accounting

• Focus on "Accounting, but smarter" with detailed income & expense accounts in the localised Chart of Accounts with full text search and appropriate tax including deductibility already suggested.

• Improved handling of Tax Returns with Return Obligation Timelines, Validation Checks, and easy customisation by localisation.

• A new bank reconciliation that works on mobile.
• Extensive additional improvements across invoicing, banks, and reports, including follow-up, aged reports, bank sync, mixed expenses, streamlined invoice sending, PEPPOL improvements, improved bank connection wizard, Payment Initiation with Ponto, bank sync coverage, SEPA workflow improvements, improved engine and PDF design for reports, annual statements, customer statements, and Light Audit Trail.

• Continued effort on expanding accounting localisations globally.

Expense

• Introduction of the Odoo Expense Card as a major new feature to save time for employees and accounting, offering expense control for managers.

HR / Payroll

• Improved management of Extra Hours by using work entry duration, different rates for compensation, and removing payment from the balance to pay.

• Time Off interface rework with better formatting in mobile and button style. Other improvements include localised data without payroll, loading public holidays on database creation, and handling overlapping time off.

• Payroll & Recruitment refactoring of the payroll app, history of records, merging of Contract & Employee, and other inputs on contracts.
• Continued improvements to live Payroll Localisation for various countries, with upcoming localisations planned.
• Recruitment improvements including UX enhancement and Talent Pools.

ESG

• Introduction of features to support ESG Reporting, allowing users to assign pre-loaded emission factors to activities and purchases, automatically calculate emissions based on purchases (Emission Factor x Activity Data = Emissions), and create reports like carbon footprint reports.
• Preparation for the CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) with a voluntary reporting standard for SMEs.

Sign

• Revamped Sign UX allowing for "envelopes" with multiple documents and a multiple signers interface. More field types and customisation options are also planned.

In-App Purchases (IAP)

• Introduction of a New Partner Autocomplete feature using Dun & Bradstreet, offering worldwide availability, a detailed database of companies, instant search, and reliable data.
• Integration of a New SMS Solution: Twilio, promising worldwide deliverability, number by country, and compliance with local regulations.

AI

• Featuring Out-of-the-box AI integrations allowing users to update fields via prompts in Server Actions, define fields via Studio & Properties, and interact with Agents (personal assistants).
• Broader AI integration is planned in areas like the chatter, mail composer, and editor.

Framework

• Calendar Multi Edit for easier bulk editing by defining a preset and selecting cells or areas.

• Gantt Chart Improvements including smart zoom, sparse mode to display unscheduled records, tooltips on drag & drop/resize, and ability to fold off-hours.

• New features for Automated/Server Actions including a new trigger, new actions like Send Message & Duplicate, and the ability to reorder actions.

• Significant Mobile Improvements including Bottom Sheets, fewer dropdowns, compact status, better visibility of primary buttons, secondary buttons under an ellipsis, and pull to refresh.

• Access Rights management revamp with automatically computed implications, a new user interface for customisation, merging access rights and record rules to avoid breaches, default user replaced by default access rights, and initial access granted only to the app installer.
• Several Performance Enhancements such as menus in cache for faster page loading, optimising search operations, read group unity for batching record reads, and speed-up in calendar rendering.

Industries

• Introduction of Industry Empowering Features such as Membership (replacement of the Members App with better Subscription & CRM integration and easier management of grades/pricelists), Excises (computation and reporting for excise taxes, supporting industries like Microbrewery and Beverage Distributor, and enhancing traceability), and Warranty (bundling of extended warranty products, expiration date computation, and easy access to information).

• A list of new updates and ongoing/upcoming industry-specific features is provided, indicating continued expansion into vertical markets.

This briefing provides a high-level overview of the planned features and improvements in Odoo 19 based on the provided sources.

Why Odoo 19 Matters

Odoo 19 is more than an update; it's a strategic toolkit for companies aiming to modernise and grow. With better automation, AI support, and personalized UI/UX, this release is ideal for businesses ready to streamline their operations, reduce costs, and boost agility.

Thinking of Upgrading?

If you’re still using Odoo 14–17, now is the time to start planning your upgrade. The leap to Odoo 19 means access to future-ready capabilities and the infrastructure to scale smarter.

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