Trezor Suite update April 2021
Tags: Updates, Wallet, Product, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency

The latest version of Trezor Suite beta, version 21.4.1, is now available. From this month onward, updates will be delivered securely through the Trezor Suite desktop application. Installing these updates is optional. Users who have already updated Trezor Suite to version 21.2.1 or later can choose to install the latest version the next time they open Trezor Suite.

If you are currently using an older version of Trezor Suite, you should uninstall it and then download the update directly from the Trezor Suite landing page, suite.trezor.io. Other issues with the auto updater should also be resolved by removing the software and manually installing this latest version.

You can check what version of Trezor Suite you have installed by clicking on the gearwheel in the top-right to open the Settings tab, and then scrolling to the bottom of the General settings menu.

What’s included in this release?

Building on last month’s developments, the focus of this release is again to make sure that everything is primed and ready for Trezor Suite to leave its beta phase and become the main interface for managing your Trezor device.

That means a lot of behind-the-scenes improvements and bug fixes, so have a peek into our April Github project to see the progress we’ve been making in full detail.

New design for your accounts

Users who have become acquainted with Suite over the last few months will notice that a cleaner, more intuitive design for the Accounts section to clearly distinguish between account data such as transaction history, and actions such as sending, receiving or trading.

Not only does this make it easier to find your way around, it also introduces a separate tab for Account Details, which identifies the type of account you’re using for a particular coin (e.g. Bech32, P2SH or P2PKH for Bitcoin), and lets you access your account public key (XPUB) more easily. While you’re checking it out, you might also notice that we’ve also added Bech32 support for Litecoin!

Remember, sharing an XPUB will let others view all balances across all addresses derived from that key and therefore compromise your privacy, so only share it if you are sure of what you’re doing.

As before, you’ll find Invity’s Buy, Exchange and Spend features by clicking the Trade button. Very soon we’ll be introducing the Sell feature, too, so there’s some incentive to keep hodling on in the meantime!

Set a custom time for auto-lock

By default, your Trezor will automatically lock after ten minutes of inactivity as long as PIN protection is enabled. This is to prevent anyone from accessing your device while you are not around. Now, as long as you are running recent firmware (1.9.4 for Trezor Model One and 2.3.5 for Trezor Model T), you can easily set a custom auto-lock timeout in Suite between 1 minute and 6 days, to suit your personal usage environment.

Note that you can also configure a more precise auto-lock time and specify an exact number of seconds by using the trezorctl command-line interface.

In case you missed it

Admittedly, this isn’t the flashiest feature-packed release we’ve had, but we’re getting to the good stuff. Last week we gave a quick rundown on Twitter of where it’s all heading.

Check out the thread below for an early look at the most interesting and empowering features yet to come. From CoinJoin and full node support to a brand new Trezor Mobile App, we’ve got a busy year ahead. Make sure you don’t miss out and Download Trezor Suite today!