Most Shopify POS guides are written from a US perspective and describe a setup that is not
Shopify POS works in India, but the first-party hardware and payments experience available in the US and UK does not transfer directly.
GST-compliant invoicing is the single largest gap and usually needs an app or an integration with existing accounting software.
The unification benefit — one catalogue, one customer, one inventory pool across online and retail — is real in India and is the actual reason to choose it.
Verify payments, hardware and tax handling for your specific setup before committing, because the answer changes by year and by city.
Yes, Shopify POS is usable in India. The differences from markets like the US and UK are in payment processing and hardware, where Shopify Payments supports its own card readers
The full guide has the formats, the deadlines and the worked examples.