{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c63e6a7975e45b691b7ac4d5","clusterId":"c_8bc7121099e1f2d65760580a","slug":"square-announces-square-kiosk-a-1-999-self-ordering-terminal-for-restaurants","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Square Announces Square Kiosk, a $1,999 Self-Ordering Terminal for Restaurants","summary":"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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe terminal takes card payments and runs on Square\u0026#39;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.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Square Kiosk's $99 monthly software fee means the hardware costs $1,999 once but the subscription costs $1,188 a year, so the terminal's real price depends on how long a restaurant keeps it.","twitterPost":"Square Kiosk costs $1,999 up front and $99 a month, so the subscription overtakes the hardware price in under two years.","threadsPost":"Square Kiosk is $1,999 plus $99 a month, and that monthly fee passes the hardware price in under two years. The terminal ships only in the United States and in English, so the menu suggestions tied to store location and time of day stay inside one market for now.","newsletterBlurb":"Square announced a restaurant ordering terminal called Square Kiosk, which pairs a 21.5-inch display with three directional microphones for voice orders and card payments. It suggests menu items based on store location and time of day, and syncs price and inventory changes across all units. The hardware costs $1,999 with a $99 monthly software fee; at the time of writing it is sold only in the United States, in English.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261015-square-kiosk/\",\"title\":\"Square announces payment terminal 'Square Kiosk'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4545,"outputTokens":573,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792036342,"createdAt":"2026-10-15T03:49:42.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T03:51:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T03:51:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8bc7121099e1f2d65760580a","canonicalTitle":"Squareが決済端末の「Square Kiosk」を発表","representativeArticleId":"a_b6b080879671bb6f7575b5af","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Square Kiosk\"],\"studios\":[\"Square\"],\"people\":[\"Jack Dorsey\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-15T02:01:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-15T02:01:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T03:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261015-square-kiosk/","title":"Squareが決済端末の「Square Kiosk」を発表"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Square Kiosk"],"studios":["Square"],"people":["Jack Dorsey"],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}