On April 4th, we attended the annual Odoo Partner Day in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium — a valuable day filled with product updates, strategic insights and networking with partners from all over Europe.
One of the main highlights of the event was the roadmap presentation for Odoo 19. This upcoming release focuses strongly on usability, flexibility and further integration across all business processes.
The biggest news of the day?
The company-wide integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Odoo. In version 19, AI becomes a structural part of the platform, designed to make users' work even easier and more efficient. AI will be applied at various levels within Odoo. For example, AI supports communication with customers or colleagues, such as through chat or email. In addition, AI will be embedded in Odoo screens, automatically providing suggestions or completing fields based on existing data. AI can also play a role in server actions, using available data in Odoo to automatically trigger workflows or optimise processes.
What else can we expect from Odoo 19?
Highlights:
Website & eCommerce
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Easier onboarding and new design snippets
- SEO enhancements and improved blog features
- Customer portal customization
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eCommerce upgrades like:
- product variant images
- shop page redesign
- Payments
- click & collect improvements
- UoM (Unit of Measure) selectors
Sales, POS & Inventory
- Extended catalogue customization
- Marketplace integrations
- Loyalty program improvements
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POS upgrades with dark mode:
- presets
- combo deals and better payment terminal integration
- Pack-in-pack functionality in inventory management
MRP & Services
- Flexible work order status
- Redesigned shop floor
- interface Custom lot & serial numbering
- Project and task templates
- Scheduling directly from the calendar
- Analyses
CRM, Marketing & Discuss
- Shared contact properties
- Improved chatter user experience
- Better pipeline analysis
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New Discuss features:
- mention roles,
- forward conversations,
- enhanced live chat reporting
Accounting & Finance
- More detailed income & expense accounts
- VAT return improvements
- New bank reconciliation process
- Introduction of the Odoo Expense Card
Looking ahead
The Partner Day once again demonstrated Odoo’s commitment to continuous innovation.
With version 19, we see a clear focus on usability, smarter processes and a more integrated user experience.
We look forward to working with these new features and discovering the added value they will bring to our clients.