v2026.4 is a service-and-money release. Three shipped features tackle long-standing dealer pain in the parts of the workflow that happen away from a desk: on a dock, in a service bay, at a boat show. Plus four smaller improvements built from the dealer request backlog.
1. Stripe Terminal mobile deposits
The "$10K deposit dance" — handwritten check, runner to the bank, photo-of-check via text, reconciliation two weeks later — ends today. BoaterOS Mobile (iOS and Android) now speaks Stripe Terminal.
The flow: salesperson pulls up the deal on their phone at the dock, taps Take deposit, the Stripe Terminal reader beeps, buyer taps card or phone, receipt emails instantly, and the deposit posts to the deal record in real time. Funds settle next business day. No bank runner. No photo of a check. No reconciliation spreadsheet.
Supports Tap to Pay on iPhone (no hardware needed for deposits up to $1,000), and the BBPOS WisePOS E reader for larger amounts. Fully PCI-compliant. Boat-show-tested: we ran it at the Miami International Boat Show with four BoaterOS dealers and processed $1.4M in deposits over five days with zero card failures.
2. Warranty claim filing from the service bay
Service techs can now file a warranty claim with Mercury, Yamaha, or Volvo Penta from an iPad in the service bay without leaving BoaterOS. The form is pre-filled with hull HIN, engine serial, service history, and fault code. Tech adds the diagnostic narrative and photos, taps submit, claim lands in the OEM's portal.
Before this, the typical flow was: tech finishes the job, hands a paper form to an admin, admin logs into the OEM portal (three different logins for three OEMs), re-enters all the fields, uploads photos. Median time from service-complete to claim-submitted: 6 business days. With the new flow: under an hour.
Direct OEM integrations live today for Mercury (MercMonitor API), Yamaha (YamahaCSO), and Volvo Penta (VODIA). BRP (Rotax/Evinrude) is in closed beta, shipping v2026.5.
3. Rebuilt parts catalog
The parts catalog was our oldest module, last rebuilt in 2023. It showed its age. v2026.4 ships a full rebuild with three specific wins:
- Live OEM pricing. Mercury, Yamaha, and Volvo Penta prices update every 6 hours direct from the OEM feeds. No more "let me call the rep" on a $47 impeller.
- Cross-reference search. Search by part number, OEM code, or plain English ("gear oil 25W 20 gallon"). The LLM layer handles the ambiguity.
- Kit-aware. Common service kits (100-hour Yamaha F300, 300-hour Mercury Verado) are pre-built. One click adds all parts to a service order with correct markup.
"The parts desk is now the second-fastest terminal in the building, behind the deposit iPad. Six years I waited for that."
Four smaller improvements
- CRM bulk SMS with TCPA audit trail. Send a promotional SMS to a filtered lead segment. Consent is verified per-recipient, audit log is immutable. Requested by 14 dealers.
- Inventory CSV re-import. Bulk update specs, pricing, or status on up to 500 hulls at once. Dry-run mode shows the diff before applying. Requested by 22 dealers.
- Customer portal saved searches. Buyers can save "new pontoons under $60K at any location" and get an email when a match hits the lot. Requested by 31 dealers.
- Dealer-principal weekly digest. Every Monday 7am, an email summary of the prior week: leads, closings, service revenue, AI conversation volume. Unsubscribable per-user. Requested by Ron at Fish Tale.
What's next
v2026.5 (mid-April): BRP warranty integration, Trident Marine Credit direct pre-approvals from the AI Companion (currently they re-direct), and a rebuilt reports module. v2026.6 (early June): multi-language AI (Spanish first, then French for our Quebec dealers).
Dealers: v2026.4 is rolling out now. Your workspace will update automatically over the next 48 hours, zero downtime. The release notes inside your dashboard have specific walkthroughs for each feature. Questions to help@boateros.com or directly to your CSM.
Marcus Chen is Head of Product at BoaterOS. He ships a release every three weeks and writes the notes the morning of.