All the Xero Product Updates - February 2026

Xero Product Updates

3 Mar

Written By Hayley Pritty

Please find below our round-up of Xero Product Updates from the last few months.

As well as all the best from our blog.

Let’s dive straight in! 🙂

Xero Accounting App

You can now connect Stripe as a payment service, straight from within the Xero Accounting app.

Find out more here: https://central.xero.com/s/article/Stripe

Xero Payroll

You can now bulk upload your employees’ past earnings with a file from your previous payroll system or a template provided in Xero.

Purchase orders

Xero have improved the purchase order description page with a new layout and options to customise columns.

You can now Approve & email, or Approve & print PDF from the purchase order approval menu.

You can now see quantity on hand for items on the description page.

Work smarter with JAX

Utilise JAX for easier workflows, such as:

Describe what you need like: “Create invoices for this client portfolio,” and JAX handles the heavy lifting.
Ask JAX to identify overdue accounts or pull specific payment histories in seconds.

Get your sales invoices branded

Upload your logo with the new invoice template editor and Xero pulls your brand colors to create professional invoices that speak your brand. Tweak fonts, rename columns, add payment details, and more.

"Pay Now" on your customer statements

I know we had this on the last quarterly update, but this is something that's been needed for a while so I've kept it in case you missed it..

Xero have added a "Pay Now" button to statements, so customers can pay multiple sales in one payment when you send them a statement.

Find out more here:

https://central.xero.com/s/article/Allow-customers-to-pay-outstanding-invoices

Accept deposits from your customers

Brand new as of writing this, you can now accept deposits from your customers before you start work to secure cash flow & cover upfront costs.

Find out more here: https://central.xero.com/s/article/Request-a-deposit-from-a-customer

Credit Notes screen

The new layout is designed to work just like your invoicing, including how it’s laid out, where buttons are located, and overall how you navigate through your screen.

Small Business Insights

Check out the latest data here: https://blog.xero.com/uk/data-insights/small-business-insights-data-late-payment-results/

COMING SOON

You will be able to let customers commit to a future payment date from the moment they receive the invoice – helping them avoid missed due dates, they get flexibility, you get predictable cash flow that helps you plan ahead.

From mid March 2026, when you upload, email or snap a photo of a receipt, invoice or rental statement using the Xero app, advanced AI technology will:

Auto-read key details: All the key information from your document is read automatically, line by line.
Pre-populate records: When you create a record for the document, all the data is automatically prefilled for you.
Smart matching: The system checks the extracted data from the record against your bank feed and automatically suggests matches for you.
Currently, this workflow supports Invoices, Receipts, and Rental Statements. Support for Bills will arrive in April 2026.
You can read more here: https://www.xero.com/uk/campaign/smart-document-capture/