With its color and multisession text capabilities, the VT525 provides four full-color, independent sessions. Each session offers 16 colors from a 4,096-color palette. The use of color text allows users to highlight crucial information in applications. For example, a finance administrator can identify particular information on a screen full of numbers. Likewise, a retailer can be alerted to an out-of-stock situation on a crucial product through the use of VT525 color.

With an easy-to-use Windows-like setup, the VT525 supports up to 25 languages and a choice of five setup languages. All keys are programmable to eight levels, and contents are storable in non-volatile memory.