The much-awaited Odoo 19 was officially unveiled at Odoo Experience 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. In his keynote, CEO Fabien Pinckaers highlighted how this release focuses on refined usability, embedded AI, stronger compliance, and industry-specific solutions—making it one of the most significant Odoo updates to date.

As an Official Odoo Partner, Aarav Solutions engaged with clients, partners, and technology leaders at the event—exploring how Odoo 19 enables organizations to achieve operational excellence and accelerate digital transformation.

Here’s a module-wise look at what’s new in Odoo 19 and why it matters.

Simpler, Smarter User Experience

Odoo 19 brings a user-first design, reducing friction across day-to-day operations.

Activities Module

• Streamlined task creation with an improved modal.
• Filters by due dates: tomorrow, this week, this month.
• Create activities directly from “My Activities” view.
• Easy rescheduling (today, tomorrow, next week).
• Completed activities retained for audit and context.
• Clearer activity card titles for faster scanning.

Other UX Enhancements

• Compact “Add Stage” button in Kanban views.
• Address autocomplete with Google Places API.
• User avatars on filters for easier identification.
• Badge notifications for alerts or milestones.
• Mobile improvements: primary action button always visible, secondary actions under ellipsis.
• Revamped contact forms, export wizard, and document layouts.
• Productivity boosts: pull-to-refresh in PWA, shared filters, PDF preview in chatter, SMS via Twilio, rich-text editor upgrades.

👉 Impact: Teams get fewer clicks, faster inputs, and more intuitive navigation.

AI & Automation Everywhere

Odoo 19 embeds intelligence across workflows, making AI a part of everyday business—not a standalone feature.

• AI Agents & Chatbots: Retrieve records, perform tasks, and support customers in real time.
• AI Button & Ask AI: Natural-language queries automatically converted into Odoo searches.
• AI Fields: Autofill data with context-aware inputs.
• Document AI: Sort, trigger actions, generate summaries, and draft emails.
• Voice Transcription: Real-time meeting notes and AI-driven summaries.
• Web Generation: Create website pages from prompts.
• Live Chat AI: Seamlessly integrate AI into lead generation and customer support.

👉 Impact: Odoo is evolving into an intelligent operating system for business.

CRM & Marketing: Smarter Engagement

Odoo 19 strengthens customer-facing operations with deeper CRM capabilities.

• Enhanced lead management with language-based assignment and quick contact creation.
• AI-powered predictions on lead conversion, improving sales forecasting.
• Improved chatter experience for richer communication.
• Support for percentage analysis on opportunities.
• Shared properties on contacts and better visibility into CC’d addresses.
• Rule-based lead assignment ensuring high-value prospects reach the right sales reps.

👉 Impact: Sales teams gain sharper insights, faster lead allocation, and more accurate forecasting.

Industry Packages for Faster Deployments

Odoo 19 introduces preconfigured industry solutions, reducing implementation time and effort.

Examples of supported industries:

• Retail & F&B: bakeries, food trucks, wine shops, thrift stores.
• Services & Hospitality: salons (with split bookings), hotels, campsites, cleaning companies.
• Events & Recreation: concert halls, gyms, escape rooms, wedding planners.
• Manufacturing & Trade: textiles, carpenters, HVAC, microbreweries.
• Professional Services: law firms, marketing agencies, non-profits.
• Logistics: dropshipping and third-party logistics providers.

👉 Impact: Organizations go live faster with industry best practices embedded.

Stronger Accounting & Finance

• Finance and compliance receive significant attention in Odoo 19.
• Account Descriptions for clarity and guidance.
• Smarter default taxes applied only to invoices and bills.
• Fiscal Categories enable flexible, non-duplicated tax setups.
• Automated tax validation and taxable supply date support.
• Composite annual statements (Balance Sheet, P&L, trial balance).
• Asset import templates and deferred entries.
• Bank reconciliation improvements: keyboard shortcuts, draft reconciliations, and write-offs.
• OCR upgrades: duplicate detection and multi-line extraction.
• ISO20022 payment enhancements with priority instructions.
• Debit note button, invoice reset, and WhatsApp payment reminders.
• Cleaner UI with refreshed menus and audit trails.

👉 Impact: Finance teams benefit from compliance-ready, audit-friendly accounting with reduced manual overhead.

Expenses & Payments: Smarter Spend Management

Expense management takes a leap forward in Odoo 19 with tighter control and real-time visibility.

• Physical and virtual cards introduced in collaboration with Stripe, making employee reimbursements and expense tracking seamless.
• Direct synchronization of card transactions into Odoo.
• Smarter deductibility handling with “allowed percentage” logic.
• Streamlined submissions: multiple expenses grouped into a single bill per employee.
• Stronger reconciliation for mixed expenses (business/private).

Payment Ecosystem Expansion

• New providers: Nuvei (Americas/Europe), Paymob (Middle East), DPO (Africa), Redsys (Spain), Iyzico (Turkey).
• Extended marketplace integrations: Shopee and Lazada (APAC).

👉 Impact: Businesses get global-ready payments and expense control within a unified system.

Inventory, Supply Chain & Manufacturing

Efficiency improvements extend across warehouse, logistics, and production workflows.

Inventory & Barcode

• Nested packaging for complex logistics.
• Unified unit-of-measure and packaging model.
• “Late availability” filter to flag delayed stock.
• Smarter reorder rules and multi-route sales line support.
• Direct stock updates from product forms.
• WhatsApp shipping notifications.

Manufacturing

• Default batch sizes in Bills of Materials.
• Gantt view for Manufacturing Orders.
• Editable deadlines and clickable “Pick” links.
• Multiple serial/lot number generation per MO.
• Improved subcontracting and MO splitting.
• Labor costs tied to work centers for accurate product valuation.

👉 Impact: Stronger supply chain resilience and lean manufacturing operations.

E-Commerce & Digital Experience

Customer-facing applications see significant enhancements.

• Flexible site editor with new building blocks and templates.
• Product pages with carousels, variant previews, and attribute filters.
• Cleaner cart and checkout flows with mobile-first design.
• “Pick up in store” now smarter with stock availability checks.
• Dynamic ribbons and customizable checkout steps.
• SEO optimizations: better URLs, pagination, schema markup, and Google Merchant integration.
• New integration with Gelato for print-on-demand.
• Smarter wishlist and comparator layouts for improved UX.

👉 Impact: Businesses deliver faster, smoother, and more discoverable online experiences.

Collaboration & Productivity

Collaboration tools continue to strengthen in Odoo 19.

• Documents App: bulk actions, previews, access rights management.
• Sign App: digital certificates, completion references, auto-assign signers.
• Knowledge App: collapsible toggles, templates, public/portal search.
• Live Chat: smarter routing, chat forwarding, visitor panels, chatbot-driven lead creation.

👉 Impact: Enterprises can consolidate tools and reduce external dependencies.

Localization & Regional Compliance

Global businesses get stronger compliance support.

• Belgium: XBRL annual statements, VAT API integration, payroll DMFA via SFTP.
• India: GSTR-1 reporting, PAN/TDS compliance, ESIC reporting, MSME support.
• GCC: Arabic layouts, VAT compliance, POS enhancements.
• Netherlands: Corrective settlement XML files.
• Luxembourg: Payroll support for new benefits and credits.

👉 Impact: Odoo 19 is more compliance-ready for global operations.

Why Odoo 19 Matters

With its refined UX, embedded AI, industry packages, compliance features, and enhanced customer-facing modules, Odoo 19 goes beyond being just an ERP release. It is moving closer to becoming a comprehensive business operating system.

For enterprises, this translates to:

• Higher adoption rates through intuitive design.
• Faster deployments via vertical packages.
• Improved decision-making with AI support.
• Stronger compliance across regions.
• Leaner supply chain, finance, and expense operations.
• Richer customer engagement via CRM and eCommerce enhancements.

Conclusion

Odoo 19 marks a decisive shift in ERP maturity—bringing together usability, compliance, AI, and industry specialization in one unified platform.

At Aarav Solutions, we enable enterprises to harness the full potential of Odoo 19—driving efficiency, reducing risk, and ensuring seamless adoption across industries.

📩 Ready to explore Odoo 19 for your business? Write to us at cocreate@aaravsolutions.com to schedule a consultation with our experts.