Square’s $399 Handheld accepts tap-to-pay at your table

The Sq. Handheld is available today for $399 with assist for conventional card transactions and tap-to-pay, scanning merchandise, and managing stock, all from a single machine. That ought to convey tap-to-pay acceptance with out an iPhone to extra locations within the companies and eating places the place you’re already used to seeing the Square Stand and different comparable setups.

The Sq. Handheld features a splash and dust-resistant 6.2-inch touchscreen, a barcode scanner, and a 16 megapixel digital camera. Sq. says that the battery supplies sufficient juice to “energy by a complete day.” Belkin can be providing SheerForce protecting circumstances for the Handheld beginning at $39, which might help companies to higher tailor the machine to their model id and bolster it towards injury.

Sq. has additionally redesigned its POS app, giving the Handheld entry to seven modes that may be custom-made with industry-specific options corresponding to Fast Service mode, Bar mode, and Retail mode.