FreshBooks is constantly being updated and improved to make running your business even easier so you have more time to focus on what you love. Release notes (also known as a changelog) are below for all of the new features and improvements that have been added in 2021.
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December
Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
Expenses | Receipt Scanning for Bills & Expenses | Use Receipt Scanning which utilizes OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to extract details from your receipts which can then be quickly made into Bills or Expenses. |
Mobile | Filter by Archived and Deleted Invoices on iOS | Manage your archived and deleted Invoices by tapping on the Showing Active by [Sort By] section above your list of Invoices on the FreshBooks Mobile App for iOS. |
November
Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
Bank Connections & Expenses | Import Expenses from Specific Time for Salt Edge Connections | Bank Connections via Salt Edge can now choose how far back to import Expenses from. |
Bank Connections & Expenses | Import Expenses from Specific Time for Yodlee Connections | Bank Connections via Yodlee can now choose how far back to import Expenses from. |
Bank Connections & Expenses | Import Expenses from Specific Time for Plaid Connections | Bank Connections via Plaid can now choose how far back to import Expenses from. |
Bank Connections, Emails & Settings | Disconnected Bank Account Email for Plaid Connections | A new email notification has been added for whenever a Bank Account is disconnected from Bank Connections via Plaid to encourage prompt reconnection. |
October
Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
Payroll & Integrations | Employment Hero Payroll Information | The Employment Hero integration (for UK and Australian businesses) also brings in Payroll Information from your Payroll Runs into your FreshBooks account. |
Estimates & Proposals | Estimates & Proposals Advanced Search | Now you can use advanced search to narrow down your Estimates & Proposals with specific filters like Clients, amount, currency and more. |
Navigation & Accessibility | Colour Improvements | Fields in Advanced Search, Time Entry, modals and dialogs are labelled for screenreaders for correct announcements. Avatars, signup, login, password reset fields and the timer's buttons, placeholder text and input field outlines have improved colour contrast. |
September
Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
Mobile | Duplicate Invoices on Android | You can now duplicate Invoices on the FreshBooks Mobile App for Android. |
Accessibility | Improved Status Labels | Status labels have been updated throughout FreshBooks to be more legible with dark text on a colored background instead of colored text. |
Settings & Emails | Default Payment Reminders | Set new default Payment Reminders settings across all your Clients. |
Settings, Invoices, Estimates & Proposals | Default Logo & Theme | Set a new default Logo & Theme across all Invoices, Estimates, Proposals and Recurring Templates. |
Projects, My Team & Invoices | Cost Rate Updates and Assign Invoices to Projects | When updating a Team Member's Cost Rate, choose whether to apply the new rate to all past and future Time Entries, or to future Time Entries only. Past Invoices can also be assigned to Projects to track Profitability. |
August
Category | Changes & Updates | Details |
Payroll & Integrations | Gusto Payroll Information | The Gusto integration (for US businesses) also brings in Payroll Information from your Payroll Runs into your FreshBooks account. |
Mobile | Checkout Links on iOS | Create Checkout Links and share them on the go with links or QR codes on the FreshBooks Mobile App |