[August 03, 2015] |
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Xero Users Who Love Android Get Beautiful, Redesigned App
Xero
(@Xero) has today released a new version of its Xero Touch app for
Android (News - Alert), redesigned for a beautiful user experience. With the release of Google's
material design standards, Xero's designers took the opportunity to
revisit the entire Android approach and have developed a best-in-class
app that will deliver a seamless user experience.
Downloads of the Xero Touch app now number more than 470,000, an
increase of 82 percent year-over-year when compared to the same period
in 2014.
What's new?
Xero Touch for Android now offers a simpler, more consistent experience,
and it's faster than ever to input data. Uniform layouts, typography and
spacing throughout the app - and with other apps that take advantage of
Google's (News - Alert) new standards - provide an even more beautiful experience for
Xero customers.
The app's user-centric design gives small business owners greater
control, with consistency, simplicity and uniquely revised features,
including:
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A dashboard providing a summary of bank account information, the state
of invoices and receipts.
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Easy access menu links to Invoices, Receipts, Contacts, Files and more.
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Enabling bank reconciliation on the go so business owners to check
their accounts and reconcile them anywhere, any time.
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Easy expense and receipt management so businesses can claim personal
expenses and track business receipts to keep records always up to
date. Simply take a photo and claim the expense on the spot - no more
lost pieces of paper.
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Creating new invoices, chasing overdue invoices, or invoicing
customers on the spot, or on the road.
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Gainquick access to your customer and inventory information, making
it faster and more accurate to invoice your customers when the job's
done.
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Contact information is updated in real-time and always available via
the cloud, ensuring businesses have the latest updates when they call
or email contacts from within the app.
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All records in one place so they can be accessed anytime, anywhere.
Xero Touch on Android is used by Xero's mobile small business owners and
accounting providers worldwide, enabling them to create and send
invoices, add receipts, and create expense claims anytime, anywhere.
Xero Touch for Android even integrates with Google Maps in case users
need to visit a client or send them an invoice. Xero is making it easier
for small businesses to invoice their customers and capture receipts,
thus speeding up the process for them to get paid faster. Globally,
businesses using Xero are getting paid 24 days after invoicing their
customers, down from 54 days in 2011.
Xero is continually introducing new features to its core online
accounting solution and has now released over 1,000 product updates in
just 18 months. With over 600 of these updates occurring in 2015 alone,
Xero's speed of innovation continues to accelerate at a breakneck pace.
Every one of these updates was implemented to assist advisors in serving
their clients and to give small businesses better control of their
finances.
Comments on the News:
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"A superior user experience is at the heart of everything we do at
Xero," said Xero's Chief Marketing Officer Andy Lark. "Merging input
from our customers with beautiful, thoughtful design, drives both our
product innovation and our passion for supporting small businesses and
our accounting partners who can start their day using Xero mobile
solutions."
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"We've included extensive feedback from our Xero Android users to
ensure that it focuses on the tasks and details that are important to
them," said Xero's Chief Product Officer Angus Norton.
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"Xero Touch for Android is the ideal mobile companion, designed to
provide easy access to important information based on how our
customers work on the go - whether they are on the couch, meeting with
a customer or client or even waiting for a plane at the airport," said
Xero's Mobile Product Manager Luke Gumbley.
Assets
About Xero
Xero
is beautiful, easy-to-use online accounting software for small
businesses and their advisors. The company has over 540,000 subscribers
in more than 180 countries. Xero seamlessly integrates with over 400
third-party tools, and was ranked No. 1 by Forbes as the World's
Most Innovative Growth Company in 2014 and 2015.
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