Trezor Suite features, explained one screen at a time

Overview: five areas, one interface

Trezor Suite is a companion application, not a wallet in itself. Its purpose is to translate what the blockchain says about your addresses into something a person can read and act on, then hand anything sensitive to the hardware wallet for approval.

The interface settles into five areas:

1. Dashboard — total portfolio value, allocation and recent activity.
2. Accounts — one per coin (or per purpose) with balance, addresses and history.
3. Send / Receive — the transaction workflow, always confirmed on the device.
4. Trade services — buy, sell, swap and staking options offered by third-party providers.
5. Settings — device security, firmware, network privacy, display and data preferences.

Everything else is a detail inside one of those five. Once you know where a task lives, the app stops feeling like a control panel and starts feeling like a checklist.

Portfolio dashboard

The dashboard answers "what do I hold, and is anything moving?" without requiring any account creation or cloud sign-in. It aggregates the accounts currently loaded from the connected device and shows:

• Total value in a fiat currency you select, converted from live exchange-rate data.
• Allocation by asset, so concentration is visible at a glance rather than buried in a list.
• Recent transactions across all accounts in chronological order.
• Price movement over selectable periods for the assets you actually hold.

Two practical notes. First, the value shown is a mark-to-market estimate based on aggregated rates — it is not a statement you can trade at. Second, if you use a passphrase, the dashboard reflects the wallet currently unlocked, which is exactly what you want when you keep long-term funds separate from spending money.

Accounts, labels and transaction history

One account per purpose

Within a single coin you can hold several accounts. A common arrangement is one account that receives regularly and another that stays untouched, so that spending habits and savings never mix. Because each account has its own addresses, the split is real on the blockchain, not just a visual grouping.

Labels make old history readable

Accounts, individual addresses and single transactions can all be renamed. Labels are stored locally with the app's data, which keeps them private — but it also means they do not follow you to a different computer unless you move that data deliberately.

History and exports

Every account keeps the full list of transactions with confirmations, fees, amounts and the labelled counterparty. The list can be filtered and exported as CSV, which is what most people need when a record of activity has to be handed to an accountant or imported into bookkeeping software.

Tip: label transactions the day they happen. Retroactive labelling is the single most common reason people give up on portfolio tracking.

Sending and receiving

Receiving is the simpler half. You open an account, choose Receive, and the app presents:

• A fresh address, so addresses do not have to be reused.
• A QR code for phone wallets to scan.
• An option to verify the address on the hardware wallet screen before sharing it.

Sending is where the app earns its keep. You enter a recipient and amount, then pick a fee level (economy, normal, high or custom). Before anything is broadcast, the hardware wallet displays the destination address and the exact amount, and you approve on the device. If the address in the software has been tampered with, the two screens disagree — which is the entire point of the arrangement.

Other useful details in the send flow:

• Replace-by-fee — a stuck transaction can be reissued at a higher fee where the network supports it.
• Address verification — for large amounts, check the full address on the device display, not just the first and last characters.
• Address book — save frequently used recipients so an address is never retyped from memory.

Fees, priority and coin control

Network fees are estimated from current conditions and offered as a set of levels. Choosing economy accepts slower confirmation; high priority pays for faster inclusion in a block. A custom option exists for anyone who follows the mempool closely and wants to set the rate themselves.

Coin control is the more advanced capability and the one experienced users value most. Instead of letting the app decide which of your coins fund a payment, you choose the specific outputs to spend. That matters for two reasons:

• Privacy — you avoid merging coins from unrelated sources into one address, which is how on-chain analysis links identities together.
• Cost — consolidating many small outputs at a quiet moment can be far cheaper than spending them during congestion.

Availability of staking, replace-by-fee and coin control varies by network, and the app only shows what the connected coin supports.

Buy, sell, swap and stake without leaving the app

Suite integrates third-party services so that acquiring and converting coins can happen inside the same window as custody. Because those services are separate companies:

• They set their own rates, limits, supported regions and identity checks.
• They receive the information needed to complete the order, including an address.
• Their terms and privacy policies apply to the transaction, not the wallet maker's.

The practical advantage is the direction of travel: purchased coins arrive at an address belonging to your hardware wallet instead of sitting on an exchange, and coins you sell are signed on the device. Compare offers before confirming — as with any brokerage, the quoted price includes the provider's margin.

On supported proof-of-stake networks, staking and reward claiming happen through the same flow: the app builds the operation and the device signs it.

Market data and news, in context

Price charts appear next to balances rather than on a separate trading site, and a news feed surfaces headlines from crypto publications. The intent is context: seeing that a position moved 8% is more useful when you can see the story that moved it.

Read both with the usual scepticism. Headlines in this space are routinely written to generate clicks, and a curated feed is still somebody else's selection. Treat the feed as a prompt to research, never as the reason to trade.

Device settings and firmware

Settings covers everything that belongs to the physical wallet. Available actions include:

• PIN — set or change the code that unlocks the device.
• Passphrase — enable a word or phrase that unlocks an additional, hidden wallet, with its own separate backup requirement.
• Backup — create a new backup and, on supported models, choose between a single recovery seed and a multi-share scheme.
• Firmware — check the installed version and update. The device verifies the signature of the firmware itself, so an altered file will be rejected.
• Wipe and restore — erase the device before reselling it, or restore a wallet from an existing backup.
• Display and device name — adjust display behaviour and label the device so several wallets stay distinguishable.

Every one of these operations ends with a confirmation on the device screen. If the app asks for something the device does not confirm, stop and check what you are running.

Privacy features

A wallet app inevitably learns which addresses you watch. Suite gives you levers to limit who else learns it:

• Tor — route the app's network traffic through the Tor network so blockchain queries are not tied to your IP address.
• Custom backend — point the app at your own node or Electrum-style server, so address queries never reach a third party at all.
• Local data — labels, accounts and preferences are stored on the machine, with no mandatory account or cloud profile.

The security and privacy guide walks through setting each of these up and describes what they do and do not protect against.

Good habits inside the app

• Keep one installation as your source of truth. Updating the app on one machine keeps its data and settings together.
• Update firmware before you need it. A prompt arriving mid-payment is a bad time to be thinking about verification.
• Label as you go. Two seconds now saves an hour later.
• Test with small amounts after any change — a new passphrase, a new backup or a restored device.
• Treat every unsolicited link as hostile. No app feature requires you to enter recovery words.