diff --git a/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim b/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim
index 3157be83261..1d2c1658229 100644
--- a/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim
+++ b/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import app_service/service/market/service as market_service
 import app/modules/onboarding/module as onboarding_module
 import app/modules/onboarding/post_onboarding/[keycard_replacement_task, keycard_convert_account, save_biometrics_task]
 import app/modules/main/module as main_module
+import app/modules/keycard_channel/module as keycard_channel_module
 import app/core/notifications/notifications_manager
 import app/global/global_singleton
 import app/global/app_signals
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ type
     # Modules
     onboardingModule: onboarding_module.AccessInterface
     mainModule: main_module.AccessInterface
+    keycardChannelModule: keycard_channel_module.AccessInterface
 
 #################################################
 # Forward declaration section
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@ proc newAppController*(statusFoundation: StatusFoundation): AppController =
   result.marketService = market_service.newService(statusFoundation.events, result.settingsService)
 
   # Modules
+  result.keycardChannelModule = keycard_channel_module.newModule(statusFoundation.events)
   result.onboardingModule = onboarding_module.newModule[AppController](
     result,
     statusFoundation.events,
@@ -299,6 +302,9 @@ proc delete*(self: AppController) =
     self.onboardingModule.delete
     self.onboardingModule = nil
   self.mainModule.delete
+  if not self.keycardChannelModule.isNil:
+    self.keycardChannelModule.delete
+    self.keycardChannelModule = nil
 
   self.appSettingsVariant.delete
   self.localAppSettingsVariant.delete
@@ -346,6 +352,9 @@ proc initializeQmlContext(self: AppController) =
   singletonInstance.engine.setRootContextProperty("globalUtils", self.globalUtilsVariant)
   singletonInstance.engine.setRootContextProperty("metrics", self.metricsVariant)
 
+  # Load keycard channel module (available before login for Session API)
+  self.keycardChannelModule.load()
+
   singletonInstance.engine.load(newQUrl("qrc:///main.qml"))
 
 proc onboardingDidLoad*(self: AppController) =
diff --git a/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/constants.nim b/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/constants.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..523aa7b4f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/constants.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## Constants for keycard channel operational states
+## These values must match the strings emitted by status-keycard-qt
+
+const KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_IDLE* = "idle"
+const KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_WAITING_FOR_KEYCARD* = "waiting-for-keycard"
+const KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_READING* = "reading"
+const KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_ERROR* = "error"
+
+
diff --git a/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/controller.nim b/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/controller.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..294080279d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/controller.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import ./io_interface
+import app/core/eventemitter
+import app_service/service/keycardV2/service as keycard_serviceV2
+
+type
+  Controller* = ref object of RootObj
+    delegate: io_interface.AccessInterface
+    events: EventEmitter
+
+proc newController*(
+  delegate: io_interface.AccessInterface,
+  events: EventEmitter
+): Controller =
+  result = Controller()
+  result.delegate = delegate
+  result.events = events
+
+proc delete*(self: Controller) =
+  discard
+
+proc init*(self: Controller) =
+  # Listen to channel state changes
+  self.events.on(keycard_serviceV2.SIGNAL_KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_UPDATED) do(e: Args):
+    let args = keycard_serviceV2.KeycardChannelStateArg(e)
+    self.delegate.setKeycardChannelState(args.state)
+
+
diff --git a/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/io_interface.nim b/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/io_interface.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfbc0aee51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/io_interface.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+type
+  AccessInterface* {.pure inheritable.} = ref object of RootObj
+  ## Abstract class for any input/interaction with this module.
+
+method delete*(self: AccessInterface) {.base.} =
+  raise newException(ValueError, "No implementation available")
+
+method load*(self: AccessInterface) {.base.} =
+  raise newException(ValueError, "No implementation available")
+
+method isLoaded*(self: AccessInterface): bool {.base.} =
+  raise newException(ValueError, "No implementation available")
+
+# View Delegate Interface
+# Delegate for the view must be declared here due to use of QtObject and multi
+# inheritance, which is not well supported in Nim.
+method viewDidLoad*(self: AccessInterface) {.base.} =
+  raise newException(ValueError, "No implementation available")
+
+method setKeycardChannelState*(self: AccessInterface, state: string) {.base.} =
+  raise newException(ValueError, "No implementation available")
+
+
diff --git a/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/module.nim b/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/module.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79b77c47857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/module.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import nimqml
+
+import io_interface, view, controller
+import app/global/global_singleton
+import app/core/eventemitter
+import ./constants
+
+export io_interface
+export constants
+
+type
+  Module* = ref object of io_interface.AccessInterface
+    view: View
+    viewVariant: QVariant
+    controller: Controller
+    moduleLoaded: bool
+
+proc newModule*(
+  events: EventEmitter,
+): Module =
+  result = Module()
+  result.view = view.newView(result)
+  result.viewVariant = newQVariant(result.view)
+  result.controller = controller.newController(result, events)
+  result.moduleLoaded = false
+
+  singletonInstance.engine.setRootContextProperty("keycardChannelModule", result.viewVariant)
+
+method delete*(self: Module) =
+  self.view.delete
+  self.viewVariant.delete
+  self.controller.delete
+
+method load*(self: Module) =
+  self.controller.init()
+  self.view.load()
+
+method isLoaded*(self: Module): bool =
+  return self.moduleLoaded
+
+proc checkIfModuleDidLoad(self: Module) =
+  self.moduleLoaded = true
+
+method viewDidLoad*(self: Module) =
+  self.checkIfModuleDidLoad()
+
+method setKeycardChannelState*(self: Module, state: string) =
+  self.view.setKeycardChannelState(state)
+
diff --git a/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/view.nim b/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/view.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51128d5e7ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/modules/keycard_channel/view.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import nimqml
+
+import ./io_interface
+import ./constants
+
+QtObject:
+  type
+    View* = ref object of QObject
+      delegate: io_interface.AccessInterface
+      keycardChannelState: string # Operational channel state
+
+  proc setup(self: View)
+  proc delete*(self: View)
+  proc newView*(delegate: io_interface.AccessInterface): View =
+    new(result, delete)
+    result.delegate = delegate
+    result.keycardChannelState = KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_IDLE
+    result.setup()
+
+  proc load*(self: View) =
+    self.delegate.viewDidLoad()
+
+  proc keycardChannelStateChanged*(self: View) {.signal.}
+  proc setKeycardChannelState*(self: View, value: string) =
+    if self.keycardChannelState == value:
+      return
+    self.keycardChannelState = value
+    self.keycardChannelStateChanged()
+  proc getKeycardChannelState*(self: View): string {.slot.} =
+    return self.keycardChannelState
+  QtProperty[string] keycardChannelState:
+    read = getKeycardChannelState
+    write = setKeycardChannelState
+    notify = keycardChannelStateChanged
+
+  # Constants for channel states (readonly properties for QML)
+  proc getStateIdle*(self: View): string {.slot.} =
+    return KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_IDLE
+  QtProperty[string] stateIdle:
+    read = getStateIdle
+
+  proc getStateWaitingForKeycard*(self: View): string {.slot.} =
+    return KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_WAITING_FOR_KEYCARD
+  QtProperty[string] stateWaitingForKeycard:
+    read = getStateWaitingForKeycard
+
+  proc getStateReading*(self: View): string {.slot.} =
+    return KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_READING
+  QtProperty[string] stateReading:
+    read = getStateReading
+
+  proc getStateError*(self: View): string {.slot.} =
+    return KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_ERROR
+  QtProperty[string] stateError:
+    read = getStateError
+
+  proc setup(self: View) =
+    self.QObject.setup
+
+  proc delete*(self: View) =
+    self.QObject.delete
+
diff --git a/src/app_service/service/keycard/constants.nim b/src/app_service/service/keycard/constants.nim
index c162037d03d..0b4059e3d5a 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/keycard/constants.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/keycard/constants.nim
@@ -109,4 +109,7 @@ const ResponseParamWhisperKey* = RequestParamWhisperKey
 const ResponseParamMnemonicIdxs* = RequestParamMnemonicIdxs
 const ResponseParamTXSignature* = RequestParamTXSignature
 const ResponseParamExportedKey* = RequestParamExportedKey
-const ResponseParamMasterKeyAddress* = RequestParamMasterKeyAddress
\ No newline at end of file
+const ResponseParamMasterKeyAddress* = RequestParamMasterKeyAddress
+
+const SignalKeycardStatusChanged* = "status-changed"
+const SignalKeycardChannelStateChanged* = "channel-state-changed"
diff --git a/src/app_service/service/keycard/service.nim b/src/app_service/service/keycard/service.nim
index 32eec8db972..5710fca09ff 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/keycard/service.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/keycard/service.nim
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ QtObject:
       return
 
     let flowType = typeObj.getStr
+    if flowType == SignalKeycardChannelStateChanged:
+        return #nothing related to flows here
+
     let flowEvent = toKeycardEvent(eventObj)
     self.lastReceivedKeycardData = (flowType: flowType, flowEvent: flowEvent)
     self.events.emit(SIGNAL_KEYCARD_RESPONSE, KeycardLibArgs(flowType: flowType, flowEvent: flowEvent))
diff --git a/src/app_service/service/keycardV2/service.nim b/src/app_service/service/keycardV2/service.nim
index dda560c715a..ea7b56d7e03 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/keycardV2/service.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/keycardV2/service.nim
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import ./dto, rpc
 featureGuard KEYCARD_ENABLED:
   import keycard_go
   import constants as status_const
+  import ../keycard/constants as keycard_constants
 
 export dto
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const PUKLengthForStatusApp* = 12
 const KeycardLibCallsInterval = 500 # 0.5 seconds
 
 const SIGNAL_KEYCARD_STATE_UPDATED* = "keycardStateUpdated"
+const SIGNAL_KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_UPDATED* = "keycardChannelStateUpdated"
 const SIGNAL_KEYCARD_SET_PIN_FAILURE* = "keycardSetPinFailure"
 const SIGNAL_KEYCARD_AUTHORIZE_FINISHED* = "keycardAuthorizeFinished"
 const SIGNAL_KEYCARD_LOAD_MNEMONIC_FAILURE* = "keycardLoadMnemonicFailure"
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@ type
   KeycardExportedKeysArg* = ref object of Args
     exportedKeys*: KeycardExportedKeysDto
 
+  KeycardChannelStateArg* = ref object of Args
+    state*: string
+
 include utils
 include app_service/common/async_tasks
 include async_tasks
@@ -100,7 +105,6 @@ QtObject:
     if status_const.IS_MACOS and status_const.IS_INTEL:
       sleep 700
     self.initializeRPC()
-    self.asyncStart(status_const.KEYCARDPAIRINGDATAFILE)
     discard
 
   proc initializeRPC(self: Service) {.slot, featureGuard(KEYCARD_ENABLED).} =
@@ -110,10 +114,15 @@ QtObject:
     try:
       # Since only one service can register to signals, we pass the signal to the old service too
       var jsonSignal = signal.parseJson
-      if jsonSignal["type"].getStr == "status-changed":
+      let signalType = jsonSignal["type"].getStr
+      
+      if signalType == keycard_constants.SignalKeycardStatusChanged:
         let keycardEvent = jsonSignal["event"].toKeycardEventDto()
-
         self.events.emit(SIGNAL_KEYCARD_STATE_UPDATED, KeycardEventArg(keycardEvent: keycardEvent))
+      elif signalType == keycard_constants.SignalKeycardChannelStateChanged:
+        let state = jsonSignal["event"]["state"].getStr
+        debug "keycardV2 service: emitting channel state update", state=state, signal=SIGNAL_KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_UPDATED
+        self.events.emit(SIGNAL_KEYCARD_CHANNEL_STATE_UPDATED, KeycardChannelStateArg(state: state))
     except Exception as e:
       error "error receiving a keycard signal", err=e.msg, data = signal