Odoo 19 is on the horizon, bringing a wealth of exciting new features and improvements across all modules. This sneak peek into the R&D plans reveals significant upgrades that will enhance user experience, streamline business processes, and introduce innovative capabilities to the already robust Odoo platform. Let's dive into what's coming in this major release.
Website and Content Management Improvements
The website module is getting a substantial overhaul with new snippets, improved SEO tools, and better accessibility features.
New Snippets and Design Elements
Odoo 19 introduces the OpenWood Collection and several event-specific snippets including s_event_cta_badge, s_event_menu, and s_event_aside. These new building blocks will make it easier to create attractive, function-specific website sections without coding knowledge.
Enhanced SEO Capabilities
The SEO toolkit is being expanded with more comprehensive checks and automated content analysis. New features include:
- Automatic content checking for keyword usage
- Improved meta description guidelines
- Accessibility compliance checkers
- Content idea generation based on Google searches.
Additional Website Improvements
Several other significant improvements are in the pipeline:
- OWL migration for better performance
- Blog layout and feature enhancements
- Enhanced portal customization
- Event pages as standalone experiences
- Improved text editing with a floating toolbar
- Reduced bundle size for faster loading
- Better breadcrumb management.
eCommerce Revolution
The eCommerce module is receiving a transformative update with customizable page designs and seamless integrations.
Customizable Shop and Product Pages
Odoo 19 will introduce design templates for both shop pages and product pages, allowing businesses to easily select layouts that best showcase their products.
Dynamic Snippets and Integrations
New dynamic snippets will enable more interactive product displays, while expanded marketplace integrations will include:
- Shopee for APAC regions
- Lazada for APAC markets.
Performance and Feature Enhancements
The eCommerce experience is getting substantial improvements:
- Dynamic ribbons for product promotions
- Editable checkout steps
- Automated suggested products
- Improved URL structures
- Enhanced microdata management
- Optimized pagination
- Visibility restrictions for categories and attribute values
- Improved price filters and sorting
- Revamped cart, wishlist, and comparator experiences.
Point of Sale Reimagined
The Point of Sale (POS) system is being redesigned with field experience in mind, featuring customizable presets and a dark mode option.
Combo System for Retail and Food Service
A powerful new combo system will allow businesses to create multi-choice product combinations with sophisticated pricing rules. This is particularly valuable for restaurants and retail operations offering bundled items.
Integration and Legal Compliance
The POS system is expanding its hardware and legal compliance capabilities:
- Refund processing directly through payment terminals
- Integration with Glory cash machines
- Support for meal vouchers via Viva Wallet
- Legal compliance for various countries including:
- NF525 in France
- Scale certification across the EU
- Fiscal printer support in Italy
- Black Box integration in Belgium
- Updated fiscal compliance for Germany and Austria
- Tyro integration for Australia.
Inventory and Purchase Management
Inventory and purchasing modules are receiving significant upgrades focused on usability and efficiency.
UoM & Packaging Revamp
The Units of Measure and Packaging systems are being merged into a simplified model that eliminates redundancy and improves user experience.
Key improvements include:
- Elimination of the separate packaging model
- Removal of UoM categories
- Support for multiple purchase units
- Support for multiple sales packagings
- Streamlined columns on sales orders, purchase orders, and other documents.
Pack In Pack Capabilities
A new multi-level packaging system will allow for creating package hierarchies, with either an Odoo sequence or pre-printed rolls for package tracking.
Purchase Dashboard and Workflow
The purchase module is getting a new dashboard with easy creation options, including suggestions and sales order imports.
Additional inventory improvements include:
- Custom serial numbers by product
- Enhanced availability widgets in sales order lines
- Replenishment process improvements
- Better intercompany operations
Manufacturing Enhancements
The manufacturing (MRP) module is being revamped with a focus on the shop floor experience.
Work Order Revamp
The work order interface is being redesigned for improved usability and efficiency, with updated layouts and controls.
Shop Floor Design Update
The shop floor interface is getting a modern refresh with clearer layouts and more intuitive controls.
Custom Lot/Serial Numbers
Manufacturing will now support product-specific sequences for lot and serial numbers, improving traceability and organization.
CRM & Marketing Evolution
The CRM and Marketing modules are receiving thoughtful updates focused on improving data quality and analysis.
Contact Properties and Communication
Shared properties on contacts will enhance data management, while new features like the ability to see and reply to CC'd addresses will improve communication flows.
AI-Driven Analysis
New AI capabilities will provide insights into contacts, highlighting positive and negative factors:
- Top positives like qualification stage and valid email addresses
- Top negatives such as missing phone numbers
- Improved percentage analysis for better forecasting
Services Module Improvements
The services modules are getting substantial enhancements to project management, scheduling, and support capabilities.
Project & Task Templates
New template systems will streamline project creation and management.
Calendar-Based Task Scheduling
Tasks can now be scheduled directly from the calendar view, improving planning and resource allocation.
Module-Specific Enhancements
Additional service module improvements include:
- Planning: Attendance analysis
- Helpdesk: Tag-based ticket dispatch
- To-Do: Deadline setting and email alias creation
- Field Service: Location tracking during timer use and appointment integration
Communication Tools Upgrade
Odoo's communication tools are being enhanced with more flexibility and intelligence.
Role-Based Mentions in Discuss
The Discuss module will support role-based mentions, allowing messages to be directed to functional roles rather than specific individuals.
Message Formatting Improvements
Enhanced formatting options will make messages clearer and more effective.
Live Chat Expertise Routing
The Live Chat module will gain the ability to forward conversations based on agent expertise, ensuring customers get connected with the most qualified staff.
The VoIP system is also receiving a complete overhaul with a modern interface and improved functionality.
Knowledge Management Enhancements
The Knowledge module is gaining new organizational features including toggle lists to hide text under foldable sections, making complex documents more manageable.
Accounting and Finance Improvements
The accounting modules are receiving smart upgrades focused on usability and compliance.
Smarter Chart of Accounts
Detailed income and expense accounts in the localized Chart of Accounts will now feature full text search capabilities.
Mobile-Friendly Bank Reconciliation
A completely redesigned bank reconciliation interface will work seamlessly on mobile devices.
Expanded Functionality
Additional accounting improvements include:
- Invoicing app with follow-up capabilities, aged reports, and bank synchronization
- Mixed expenses with private percentage tracking
- Streamlined invoice sending
- PEPPOL improvements
- Enhanced bank connection wizard
- Payment initiation with Ponto
- Expanded bank sync coverage
- SEPA workflow improvements
- Improved reporting engine
- PDF design enhancements
- Annual statements and customer statements
- Light audit trail
Global Localization Expansion
Accounting localization efforts are being expanded to more countries, with new tasks created for numerous regions since January 2025.
HR and Payroll Advancements
The HR and Payroll modules are getting significant upgrades to better handle time tracking and compensation.
Extra Hours Management
The extra hours system is being revamped with:
- Work entries based on duration rather than date ranges
- Different rates for extra hours compensation
- Automatic balance adjustments when extra hours are paid
Time Off Improvements
The time off management system is receiving:
- Interface redesign
- Localized data without requiring payroll
- Automatic public holiday loading on database creation
- Better handling of overlapping time off requests
Payroll Refactoring
The payroll application is undergoing a major refactoring with:
- History tracking for records
- Merged contract and employee data
- Other inputs on contracts
- Improvements to live localizations for Belgium, Luxembourg, Kenya, US, UAE
- New certifications for Australia and Switzerland
- Upcoming localizations for Mexico, Spain, Germany, and Indonesia
Recruitment Enhancements
The recruitment module is being upgraded with improved UX and talent pool management.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
A new ESG module is being introduced to help businesses track and report on their environmental impact.
The system will:
- Allow assignment of pre-loaded emission factors
- Automatically create emissions based on purchases using the formula: Emission Factor × Activity Data = Emissions
- Generate comprehensive reports
- Support voluntary reporting standards for SMEs
Document Signing Revamp
The Sign module is getting a complete overhaul with:
- Revamped user experience
- Support for envelopes with multiple documents
- Improved multiple signers interface
- More field types and customization options^1
IAP (In-App Purchase) Improvements
New Partner Autocomplete: Dun & Bradstreet
Odoo 19 will integrate with Dun & Bradstreet for partner autocompletion, offering:
- Worldwide availability
- Detailed company database with instant search
- Reliable data from a curated source
New SMS Solution: Twilio
A new Twilio integration for SMS sending will provide:
- Worldwide deliverability
- Country-specific numbers
- Compliance with local regulations
AI Integration
Odoo 19 is embracing artificial intelligence with out-of-the-box integrations:
- Server actions that update fields via prompts
- Field definition through Studio & Properties
- Better integration in chatter, mail composer, and editor
- Personal assistant agents for user support
Framework Improvements
Calendar Multi-Edit
A new calendar multi-edit feature will allow users to:
- Define presets in the side panel
- Select a cell or area on the calendar
- Create records according to the presets
Gantt Chart Enhancements
The Gantt chart is receiving several improvements:
- Smart zoom based on scale
- Sparse mode to display unscheduled records
- Tooltips on drag & drop/resize actions
- Fold off-hours option
Automated/Server Actions
Server actions are being enhanced with:
- "New" trigger support
- New actions: Send Message & Duplicate
- Reordering capabilities
Mobile Experience
The mobile interface is being refined with:
- Bottom sheets replacing dropdowns
- Compact status indicators
- Better visibility for primary buttons
- Secondary buttons under an ellipsis menu
- Pull-to-refresh functionality
Access Rights Overhaul
The access rights system is being redesigned to:
- Compute group implications instead of manually adding users to all dependent groups
- Provide a new interface for customizing groups, privileges, and sections
- Merge access rights and record rules to avoid security breaches
- Replace default user with default access rights
- Limit app access to the installing user by default
Performance Optimizations
Several performance improvements are being implemented:
- Cached menus for 200ms faster page loads
- Search optimizations replacing "=" operator with "in"
- Read group unity to batch record reads
- Calendar rendering speed improvements
Industry-Specific Solutions
Odoo 19 continues the expansion of industry-specific solutions with new verticals and updates to existing ones.
New Industry Solutions
New industry templates being introduced include:
- Environmental Agency
- Cake Store
- Condominium
- Microbrewery
- Eyewear Store
- Hair Salon
- Law Firm
- Photography
- NGOs
- Talent Acquisition
- Beverage Distributor
- Architecture Firms
- Wellness
Updated Industry Solutions
Existing industry solutions receiving updates include:
- Real Estate
- Dropshipping
- Florist
- Electrician
- Candy Shop
- Veterinarian
- Outdoor Activities
- Bowling Alleys
- Guest House
- Holiday House
- Accounting Firm
- And many more
Industry-Empowering Features
Cross-industry features being added include:
- Membership management replacing the Members App
- Better integration with Subscription & CRM
- Easily managed member grades and price lists
- Excise management with category models
- Computations for fiscal deposit movements
- Industry-specific support (Microbrewery, Beverage Distributor)
- Warranty management with product bundling
- Expiration date computation from delivery
- Easy access to warranty information from contacts, field service tasks, and repairs
Download Odoo 19 R&D Sneak Peek
Conclusion
Odoo 19 represents a significant leap forward in functionality, user experience, and integration capabilities. With improvements spanning every module and several brand-new features, this release demonstrates Odoo's ongoing commitment to providing a comprehensive, modern business solution.
Whether you're focused on eCommerce, manufacturing, services, or accounting, Odoo 19 brings valuable enhancements that will help streamline operations and improve efficiency. The addition of AI capabilities, improved mobile experiences, and expanded industry solutions further cements Odoo's position as a versatile, powerful platform for businesses of all sizes.
Stay tuned for the official release, and start planning now for how these exciting new features can benefit your organization.
