Odoo 20: All the New Features and the Release Date in 2026

Every year, as September approaches, the first previews of the new version of Odoo begin to circulate. This year, it’s the turn of Odoo 20, which is scheduled to be officially unveiled at Odoo Experience 2026 in Brussels from September 24 to 26.

There is no final announcement yet: what exists is a preliminary roadmap that Odoo has been releasing and which, as the company itself notes, may change before launch. Even so, it’s already quite clear where this version is headed: more artificial intelligence applied to specific tasks, an architecture designed to ensure the system can keep pace with your company’s growth, and cross-functional improvements in point of sale, accounting, human resources, and planning.

In this article, we take a look at what to expect from Odoo 20 and what that means, in practice, for a company that already uses Odoo or is considering making the switch.

When will Odoo 20 be released?

Following Odoo’s usual schedule—Odoo 19 was released in October 2025—everything points to Odoo 20 following the same pattern: an announcement at the Odoo Experience in September and general availability in the weeks that follow. As with any new version, it’s wise to wait for the first maintenance releases before considering an update in production, and not to rush into it in the first few weeks after launch.

The Most Important Updates in the Roadmap

More artificial intelligence, applied to specific tasks

Odoo has been gradually incorporating AI over several versions, and Odoo 20 continues that evolution with more specific features:

• Natural-language search across the entire database to find information without relying on technical filters.

• Creating and updating records based on natural language instructions.

• A native MCP server in the Enterprise edition, with read access enabled by default and write access disabled as a security measure.

• An AI assistant for timesheets and anomaly detection features in accounting, designed for internal auditing.

An architecture designed for scalability

One of the most talked-about technical changes is the addition of a read replica database: Read operations—such as extensive reports and dashboards—can be distributed across separate instances of the main database so they do not compete for resources with day-to-day write operations. This improvement is designed for companies with growing data volumes and increasing numbers of concurrent users.

Added to this is a mobile interface redesign, with the form views reorganized for small screens.

Point of Sale (POS)

• Access to connected local devices from the browser (Chromium), without relying on a specific app.

• Automatic application of combos.

• New payment integrations, including Mollie, M-Pesa, and Bancontact/Wero.

• A redesigned floor plan editor, with new features and greater flexibility.

Web and E-commerce

• Technical SEO improvements: microdata (JSON-LD) and more careful management of redirects and canonical URLs.

• A visual marketing workflow generator that supports email, SMS, WhatsApp, and AI integrated directly into the workflow.

Human Resources and Payroll

• A new list of pending tasks: bank accounts to be verified, contracts to be signed, deductions to be reviewed.

• Simplification of payroll, which is now calculated directly from absence data, without relying on intermediate work entries.

Accounting

• Direct payments from Odoo, with a single signature or SEPA XML generation.

• Automatically generated journal entries for exchange rate differences.

• Flexible tax display, with the option to show taxes included or excluded depending on the document.

• Support for multiple tax ID numbers per business partner, with format validation.

Planning (formerly Field Service)

The Field Service module is now called Planning, and it brings together resources, roles, tasks, and scheduling in one place, with the ability to assign materials to employees and a built-in timer on timesheets.

New Sectors

The roadmap includes specific packages for Hotel+ (occupancy management and channel manager), construction (quotes with a breakdown of work and progress-based billing), recruitment agencies, vehicle and industrial equipment repair shops, and care centers and nursing homes.

What does this mean for your company?

Beyond the list of features, what matters most is the direction: Odoo remains committed to ensuring that artificial intelligence isn't just an added layer, but rather an integral part of the daily workflow—searching, creating, detecting anomalies—and to an architecture that can scale with growth without requiring you to add more infrastructure on your own.

For a company that already uses Odoo, this usually means less time spent on repetitive tasks and more room for decisions based on up-to-date data. For those who haven’t made the switch yet, each new version narrows the gap between what a modern ERP can do and what is currently handled manually or with standalone tools.

How to Prepare for the Migration to Odoo 20

As with every version update, the recommendation remains the same: don’t update on the very day of the release; instead, plan the transition well in advance. At Dynapps, we approach migration as a process of continuous evolution, not as a one-time project: we audit the current state of your instance, identify which customizations need to be reviewed before updating, and support your team throughout the entire process so that the version upgrade doesn’t disrupt daily operations.

If you're already using Odoo 19, this is also a good time to review which features of the current version you aren't yet taking advantage of, before adding the new features from the next one. And if you're still considering What is Odoo? And if it's a good fit for your business, Odoo 20 is a good place to start: starting with the latest version helps you avoid having to migrate to intermediate versions later on.

In summary

As of today, Odoo 20 is still a roadmap and not a confirmed release. But the direction is clear: more artificial intelligence applied to specific tasks, an architecture designed for scalability, and cross-functional improvements in point of sale, accounting, human resources, and planning. We’ll keep updating this article as Odoo confirms the details at Odoo Experience 2026.

If you want to plan ahead and assess what’s best for you—whether to stay with your current version and rest easy or lay the groundwork for Odoo 20—at Dynapps, we’ll help you decide based on real data from your instance, not assumptions.