Love the 4 digit pin in place of email and full password. Makes it much easier to login on a mobile device.

Ok shopping for new phone – this is awesome

I was very dissappointed to hear that Xero won’t be working on an Android or Windows Phone 7 app. Android is now at least as relevant as the iPhone, and Windows Phone 7 is an emerging player in the enterprise market.

There’s a certain irony that Xero is working toward the Cloud Office space in conjunction with Microsoft while refusing to natively support this extraordinary mobile platform that’s simply ideal for enterprises.

@ Chris
According to #xerocon the android version of this app is on it’s way.

Was supposed to say business “Credit Card” in last comment sorry.

Great job guys, just what I had been waiting for!

Doesn’t let me reconcile transactions or do any reporting?? Not much ggod to me otherwise?

Very cool! How about search functionality so we do not have to go through 12 pages of clients.

Woohoo! Finally arrived! An excellent start & I also like PIN to login. Are you able to advise the enhancement plan for regular tasks (eg. view transactions, reconcile, etc.)

Looks like a good app, but would rather see you guys work on improving the main Xero functionality. I think it’s about time Xero has proper inventory (detail) tracking and costing. Love Xero but we’ll have to transition to another platform in the coming months due to lack on inventory features. Not every business is a service business. Something to consider.

So… when is this going on the Xero front page?

Can the contacts section function as a searchable database?

Hi tjfsu,
Gareth from Unleashed here. If you are needing an inventory solution that integrates directly with Xero, we would be happy to show you our solution and step you through its benefits. It doesn’t cost a lot, and could be exactly what you need, and help avoid a costly change of accounting systems too. Feel free to call or email us, we would be happy to accommodate you.

Looks great and realy lookng forward to giving it a try. However, with the nice little video…..if you’re within the UK, I’d be a litlle bit careful about throwing away your receipts!

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/exb/overview/recordkeeping.htm

Great work guys, really like the 4 digit pin code. My only request is to be able to submit expenses for approval.

Yep being able to include inventory items would let it be used as an on-the-road sales tool (have reliable confirmation that unleashed is great otherwise).
I’d like users to at least be able to comment on transactions, if not reconcile them.
Uploading receipts for direct reconciliation with transactions, i.e. bypassing expense claims without cheating, that’d be might handy too.
I blame you entirely Xero that our expectations of accounting software are so darn high now :p

Xero, you’ve got my vote for the android version. Recently bought an Asus transformer and can’t wait to try out Xero Touch on it. Btw, with Asus coming out with the Padfone – http://event.asus.com/mobile/padfone/, the timing seems right for Xero.

BTW, I’m getting a lot of error messages when I try to load a company after logging in.

Loving the app, however it would be fantastic if the expense claims section supported multi-currency. I tried this out in the demo account but the functionality didn’t seem to be there? Am I missing something?

Specifically I’ve got a client who’s a travel journalist. He’s constantly on the road and incurring expenses in various currencies by cash. At the moment i’ve got him snapping photos of the receipts into Evernote which are entered into Xero at a later stage (with a manual conversion to AUD).

What I’d love for him to be able to do would be upgrade to the large plan and let Xero handle the currency conversions. So he can actually capture his rickshaw receipts in Japanese Yen straight to Xero.

Any plans to include multi-currency?

Hi Andrew,

Regarding multi-currency, the problem is the amount that hits your bank statement can be at any rate and include other fees. So I always end up having to overwrite anyway. Haven’t worked out how to solve that yet.

Cheers

Rod

Any sign of a Windows Phone 7 app? I don’t ever intend to downgrade to an iPhone.

Hi Rod,

Cheers for the reply. In this case no amount hit’s the bank statement. Client is a sole trader and expense claims are “paid” against funds contributed.

Any expenses he’s incurring through the bank account are recorded separately.

Thoughts?

Creating invoices on the road is my main use case for Xero Touch. Being able to choose the invoice branding is great. Agree with a few others above that inventory items would round it out.

That is a very slick advert video you put together, the standard exceeds so many TV ads, nice work.

I will be awaiting the Android app too!!

Pleased to see some offering but disappointed that reconciling invoices isn’t available. Yes the 4-digit PIN for login is great – can we have that as an option on the website?

Hi, I’ve got two further major problems with Xero Touch.

First, and critical because we can’t use it with this problem, when creating an invoice it’s impossible to add a new tracking option. We use tracking to keep a rudimentary track on job costs, and the first invoice is the “prompt” to add a job number into tracking. I understand that tracking was probably not imagined for job costing, but it is what support suggest for our type of use, and it is our only option given the cost and over sophistication of the available addons.

Second, there appears to be no way to add a credit note? I accept that Touch has to be limited compared to full Xero, but it strikes me as such a no brainer

Sorry about the (partial) double post! I hit submit too soon, and there’s no edit option

i run my own business, and I when i have to spend money out and about I don’t spend it personally and then get it reimbursed as expenses – I spend it on the company debit card, and then need to put the receipt in the file against the transaction.

Please could Xero Touch help me with this? It must be common behaviour?

The expenditure will of course be picked up by the bank statement, as I don’t want to waste time entering a Spend Money transaction if I don’t have to. But it would be good to have the receipt uploaded, perhaps with just a value added to it, so it could be auto-suggested? Or if that’s too complex then at least the facility to add a Spend Money transaction with a receipt photo.

@Philip – I’m in the same boat as Nigel wanting to add an expense (and receipt image) as Spent Money and not needing to be reimbursed as using company account. Could you please share the tips on how this is done. Thanks

Thanks Philip, It’s great to hear so much development is happening constantly. Is there a way I can use the expense option (iPhone App) say when buying fuel then approve it without reimbursing myself.

Touch is great, except it doesn’t make a lot of sense on the iPad, as the larger screen makes this quite useable with the full online version of Xero. The only issue here is why have Xero chosen to use flash for the graphs, etc, on your homepage? Surely a more platform-friendly JavaScript option would have been better, or even a dynamically generated image? Obviously flash is a no-go on the iPad, but I also prefer to have flash turned off on my desktop too, as it is notoriously buggy.

I have been using the application on the ipad and iphone and think that this has huge potential. It is a real shame that Accounts payables are not included in the application. This makes the utility of the application that much more limited as a management tool. Do Xero have any plans for expanding the application in the near future?

Hmmm not really ideal. I agree with Jonathan that there is huge potential with the mobile version, this was what actually pulled me away from my previous supplier. A little disappointing now. Hopefully it’s not too long before the app gets an update.

When uploading an expense receipt, I can’t seem to input anything in the “from” field, so I end up with a “blank” on the Current Claim Screen once I’ve saved the expense receipt. I can then go back into the record and add a name to the “From” field, but surely I’m missing something in the original screen?!

Sorry if it has been answered already – but has the android app version been released yet?

Xero looks like a fantastic service and im really keen on switching my accounting serivce to you guys. The one thing stopping me at the moment is the lack of the Andriod App… seems its been on the wish list for some people here for a while now. Any rough time frame?

FYI – its the app that allows the camera functionality that is stopping at least 3 new customers from joining you at the moment.

Many thanks

I am hoping Xero will be bringing out an Andoid app this year and that we will be able to send invoices via the app! I am on the road with,my customers 24/7 and i use a tablet instead of a laptop and would find it so more helpful.

+1 for the android app. Any closer to a release date? wanting to use this asap.

Is there a way to let me view the app in landscape mode vs. portrait? I am using a keyboard with the iPad for some things business-related, and its a pain to have to take the iPad out of the keyboard and switch it to portrait mode just for this app, if I already am using it in a keyboard case with landscape mode.