diff --git a/lib/gui/app/modules/progress-status.js b/lib/gui/app/modules/progress-status.js
index 9ed1cd89..19399ac8 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/modules/progress-status.js
+++ b/lib/gui/app/modules/progress-status.js
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ const utils = require('../../../shared/utils')
  *
  * @example
  * const status = progressStatus.fromFlashState({
- *   type: 'write',
+ *   flashing: 1,
+ *   validating: 0,
+ *   succeeded: 0,
+ *   failed: 0,
  *   percentage: 55,
  *   speed: 2049
  * })
@@ -37,25 +40,26 @@ const utils = require('../../../shared/utils')
  * // '55% Flashing'
  */
 exports.fromFlashState = (state) => {
-  const isChecking = state.type === 'check'
+  const isFlashing = Boolean(state.flashing)
+  const isValidating = !isFlashing && Boolean(state.validating)
   const shouldValidate = settings.get('validateWriteOnSuccess')
   const shouldUnmount = settings.get('unmountOnSuccess')
 
   if (state.percentage === utils.PERCENTAGE_MINIMUM && !state.speed) {
-    if (isChecking) {
+    if (isValidating) {
       return 'Validating...'
     }
 
     return 'Starting...'
   } else if (state.percentage === utils.PERCENTAGE_MAXIMUM) {
-    if ((isChecking || !shouldValidate) && shouldUnmount) {
+    if ((isValidating || !shouldValidate) && shouldUnmount) {
       return 'Unmounting...'
     }
 
     return 'Finishing...'
-  } else if (state.type === 'write') {
+  } else if (isFlashing) {
     return `${state.percentage}% Flashing`
-  } else if (state.type === 'check') {
+  } else if (isValidating) {
     return `${state.percentage}% Validating`
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/gui/app/os/window-progress.js b/lib/gui/app/os/window-progress.js
index 65308748..30952aed 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/os/window-progress.js
+++ b/lib/gui/app/os/window-progress.js
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ const INITIAL_TITLE = document.title
  *
  * @example
  * const title = getWindowTitle({
- *   type: 'write',
+ *   flashing: 1,
+ *   validating: 0,
+ *   succeeded: 0,
+ *   failed: 0,
  *   percentage: 55,
  *   speed: 2049
  * });
@@ -78,7 +81,10 @@ exports.currentWindow = electron.remote.getCurrentWindow()
  *
  * @example
  * windowProgress.set({
- *   type: 'write',
+ *   flashing: 1,
+ *   validating: 0,
+ *   succeeded: 0,
+ *   failed: 0,
  *   percentage: 55,
  *   speed: 2049
  * })
diff --git a/lib/gui/app/pages/main/controllers/main.js b/lib/gui/app/pages/main/controllers/main.js
index fc8a3792..a99d7bbb 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/pages/main/controllers/main.js
+++ b/lib/gui/app/pages/main/controllers/main.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const exceptionReporter = require('../../../modules/exception-reporter')
 const availableDrives = require('../../../../../shared/models/available-drives')
 const selectionState = require('../../../../../shared/models/selection-state')
 const driveConstraints = require('../../../../../shared/drive-constraints')
+const messages = require('../../../../../shared/messages')
 
 module.exports = function (
   TooltipModalService,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ module.exports = function (
   this.settings = settings
   this.external = OSOpenExternalService
   this.constraints = driveConstraints
+  this.progressMessage = messages.progress
 
   /**
    * @summary Determine if the drive step should be disabled
diff --git a/lib/gui/app/pages/main/styles/_main.scss b/lib/gui/app/pages/main/styles/_main.scss
index 4a25aced..f28ba2ae 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/pages/main/styles/_main.scss
+++ b/lib/gui/app/pages/main/styles/_main.scss
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 .page-main {
-  margin-top: 75px;
+  margin-top: 50px;
 }
 
 svg-icon > img[disabled] {
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ svg-icon > img[disabled] {
 
 .page-main .step-footer {
   margin-top: 10px;
-  margin-bottom: -40px;
   color: $palette-theme-dark-disabled-foreground;
   font-size: 10px;
 }
@@ -106,3 +105,47 @@ svg-icon > img[disabled] {
 .page-main .step-size {
   color: $palette-theme-dark-disabled-foreground;
 }
+
+.target-status-wrap {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  margin: 8px 28px;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+}
+
+.target-status-line {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-family: inherit;
+
+  > .target-status-dot {
+    width: 8px;
+    height: 8px;
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    margin-right: 5px;
+  }
+
+  &.target-status-flashing > .target-status-dot {
+    background-color: $palette-theme-warning-background;
+  }
+  &.target-status-validating > .target-status-dot {
+    background-color: $palette-theme-primary-background;
+  }
+  &.target-status-succeeded > .target-status-dot {
+    background-color: $palette-theme-success-background;
+  }
+  &.target-status-failed > .target-status-dot {
+    background-color: $palette-theme-danger-background;
+  }
+
+  > .target-status-quantity {
+    color: white;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    min-width: 32px;
+  }
+
+  > .target-status-message {
+    color: gray;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/gui/app/pages/main/templates/main.tpl.html b/lib/gui/app/pages/main/templates/main.tpl.html
index 2265cb1f..da9ffb11 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/pages/main/templates/main.tpl.html
+++ b/lib/gui/app/pages/main/templates/main.tpl.html
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@
           <span ng-bind="main.state.getFlashState().speed.toFixed(2) + ' MB/s'"></span>
           <span>ETA: {{ main.state.getFlashState().eta | secondsToDate | amDateFormat:'m[m]ss[s]' }}</span>
         </p>
+
+        <div class="target-status-wrap" ng-if="main.state.isFlashing()">
+          <div class="target-status-line target-status-{{ type }}"
+            ng-repeat="(type, quantity) in main.state.getFlashQuantities()">
+              <span class="target-status-dot"></span>
+              <span class="target-status-quantity">{{ quantity }}</span>
+              <span class="target-status-message">{{ main.progressMessage[type]() }}</span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/lib/gui/css/main.css b/lib/gui/css/main.css
index b5c0a66d..20317e02 100644
--- a/lib/gui/css/main.css
+++ b/lib/gui/css/main.css
@@ -6499,7 +6499,7 @@ svg-icon {
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 .page-main {
-  margin-top: 75px; }
+  margin-top: 50px; }
 
 svg-icon > img[disabled] {
   opacity: 0.2; }
@@ -6539,7 +6539,6 @@ svg-icon > img[disabled] {
 
 .page-main .step-footer {
   margin-top: 10px;
-  margin-bottom: -40px;
   color: #787c7f;
   font-size: 10px; }
 
@@ -6570,6 +6569,37 @@ svg-icon > img[disabled] {
 .page-main .step-size {
   color: #787c7f; }
 
+.target-status-wrap {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  margin: 8px 28px;
+  align-items: flex-start; }
+
+.target-status-line {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-family: inherit; }
+  .target-status-line > .target-status-dot {
+    width: 8px;
+    height: 8px;
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    margin-right: 5px; }
+  .target-status-line.target-status-flashing > .target-status-dot {
+    background-color: #ff912f; }
+  .target-status-line.target-status-validating > .target-status-dot {
+    background-color: #5793db; }
+  .target-status-line.target-status-succeeded > .target-status-dot {
+    background-color: #5fb835; }
+  .target-status-line.target-status-failed > .target-status-dot {
+    background-color: #d9534f; }
+  .target-status-line > .target-status-quantity {
+    color: white;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    min-width: 32px; }
+  .target-status-line > .target-status-message {
+    color: gray; }
+
 /*
  * Copyright 2016 resin.io
  *
diff --git a/lib/shared/messages.js b/lib/shared/messages.js
index 309ae260..72bf6d3f 100644
--- a/lib/shared/messages.js
+++ b/lib/shared/messages.js
@@ -25,6 +25,30 @@
  */
 module.exports = {
 
+  /**
+   * @summary Progress messages
+   * @namespace progress
+   * @memberof messages
+   */
+  progress: {
+
+    flashing: () => {
+      return 'Flashing device(s)'
+    },
+
+    validating: () => {
+      return 'Validating device(s)'
+    },
+
+    succeeded: () => {
+      return 'Done device(s)'
+    },
+
+    failed: () => {
+      return 'Failed device(s)'
+    }
+  },
+
   /**
    * @summary Informational messages
    * @namespace info
diff --git a/lib/shared/models/flash-state.js b/lib/shared/models/flash-state.js
index 37479f51..b7d4c3bc 100644
--- a/lib/shared/models/flash-state.js
+++ b/lib/shared/models/flash-state.js
@@ -114,25 +114,38 @@ exports.unsetFlashingFlag = (results) => {
  * });
  */
 exports.setProgressState = (state) => {
+  if (!_.isString(state.type)) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid state type: ${state.type}`)
+  }
+
+  // NOTE(Shou): we can most likely remove `state.type` when multi-writes
+  // is in proper, thanks to the status quantities.
+  const isValidating = state.type === 'check'
+  const type = isValidating ? 'validating' : 'flashing'
+  const data = _.assign({
+    flashing: 0,
+    validating: 0,
+    succeeded: 0,
+    failed: 0,
+    percentage: _.isNumber(state.percentage) && !_.isNaN(state.percentage)
+      ? Math.floor(state.percentage)
+      : state.percentage,
+    eta: state.eta,
+
+    speed: _.attempt(() => {
+      if (_.isNumber(state.speed) && !_.isNaN(state.speed)) {
+        // Preserve only two decimal places
+        const PRECISION = 2
+        return _.round(units.bytesToMegabytes(state.speed), PRECISION)
+      }
+
+      return null
+    })
+  }, { [type]: 1 })
+
   store.dispatch({
     type: store.Actions.SET_FLASH_STATE,
-    data: {
-      type: state.type,
-      percentage: _.isNumber(state.percentage) && !_.isNaN(state.percentage)
-        ? Math.floor(state.percentage)
-        : state.percentage,
-      eta: state.eta,
-
-      speed: _.attempt(() => {
-        if (_.isNumber(state.speed) && !_.isNaN(state.speed)) {
-          // Preserve only two decimal places
-          const PRECISION = 2
-          return _.round(units.bytesToMegabytes(state.speed), PRECISION)
-        }
-
-        return null
-      })
-    }
+    data
   })
 }
 
@@ -164,6 +177,15 @@ exports.getFlashState = () => {
   return store.getState().get('flashState').toJS()
 }
 
+exports.getFlashQuantities = () => {
+  return _.pick(exports.getFlashState(), [
+    'flashing',
+    'validating',
+    'succeeded',
+    'failed'
+  ])
+}
+
 /**
  * @summary Determine if the last flash was cancelled
  * @function
diff --git a/lib/shared/store.js b/lib/shared/store.js
index 43dba628..24700bf1 100644
--- a/lib/shared/store.js
+++ b/lib/shared/store.js
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ const verifyNoNilFields = (object, fields, name) => {
  * @private
  */
 const flashStateNoNilFields = [
-  'type',
   'percentage',
   'eta',
   'speed'
@@ -88,6 +87,10 @@ const DEFAULT_STATE = Immutable.fromJS({
   isFlashing: false,
   flashResults: {},
   flashState: {
+    flashing: 0,
+    validating: 0,
+    succeeded: 0,
+    failed: 0,
     percentage: 0,
     speed: 0
   },
@@ -241,9 +244,14 @@ const storeReducer = (state = DEFAULT_STATE, action) => {
 
       verifyNoNilFields(action.data, flashStateNoNilFields, 'flash')
 
-      if (!_.isString(action.data.type)) {
+      if (_.every(_.pick(action.data, [
+        'flashing',
+        'validating',
+        'succeeded',
+        'failed'
+      ]), _.identity)) {
         throw errors.createError({
-          title: `Invalid state type: ${action.data.type}`
+          title: 'Missing state quantity field(s)'
         })
       }
 
diff --git a/tests/gui/modules/progress-status.spec.js b/tests/gui/modules/progress-status.spec.js
index 67fbb6fe..434b949a 100644
--- a/tests/gui/modules/progress-status.spec.js
+++ b/tests/gui/modules/progress-status.spec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ describe('Browser: progressStatus', function () {
   describe('.fromFlashState()', function () {
     beforeEach(function () {
       this.state = {
-        type: 'write',
+        flashing: 1,
+        validating: 0,
+        succeeded: 0,
+        failed: 0,
         percentage: 0,
         eta: 15,
         speed: 100000000000000
@@ -22,80 +25,86 @@ describe('Browser: progressStatus', function () {
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('0% Flashing')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 0, type == write, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+    it('should handle percentage == 0, flashing, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
       this.state.speed = 0
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('Starting...')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 0, type == write, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+    it('should handle percentage == 0, flashing, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
       this.state.speed = 0
       settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false)
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('Starting...')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 0, type == check, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+    it('should handle percentage == 0, validating, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
       this.state.speed = 0
-      this.state.type = 'check'
+      this.state.flashing = 0
+      this.state.validating = 1
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('Validating...')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 0, type == check, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+    it('should handle percentage == 0, validating, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
       this.state.speed = 0
-      this.state.type = 'check'
+      this.state.flashing = 0
+      this.state.validating = 1
       settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false)
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('Validating...')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 50, type == write, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+    it('should handle percentage == 50, flashing, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
       this.state.percentage = 50
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('50% Flashing')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 50, type == write, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+    it('should handle percentage == 50, flashing, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
       this.state.percentage = 50
       settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false)
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('50% Flashing')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 50, type == check, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
-      this.state.type = 'check'
+    it('should handle percentage == 50, validating, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+      this.state.flashing = 0
+      this.state.validating = 1
       this.state.percentage = 50
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('50% Validating')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 50, type == check, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
-      this.state.type = 'check'
+    it('should handle percentage == 50, validating, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+      this.state.flashing = 0
+      this.state.validating = 1
       this.state.percentage = 50
       settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false)
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('50% Validating')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 100, type == write, unmountOnSuccess, validateWriteOnSuccess', function () {
+    it('should handle percentage == 100, flashing, unmountOnSuccess, validateWriteOnSuccess', function () {
       this.state.percentage = 100
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('Finishing...')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 100, type == write, unmountOnSuccess, !validateWriteOnSuccess', function () {
+    it('should handle percentage == 100, flashing, unmountOnSuccess, !validateWriteOnSuccess', function () {
       this.state.percentage = 100
       settings.set('validateWriteOnSuccess', false)
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('Unmounting...')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 100, type == write, !unmountOnSuccess, !validateWriteOnSuccess', function () {
+    it('should handle percentage == 100, flashing, !unmountOnSuccess, !validateWriteOnSuccess', function () {
       this.state.percentage = 100
       settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false)
       settings.set('validateWriteOnSuccess', false)
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('Finishing...')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 100, type == check, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
-      this.state.type = 'check'
+    it('should handle percentage == 100, validating, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+      this.state.flashing = 0
+      this.state.validating = 1
       this.state.percentage = 100
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('Unmounting...')
     })
 
-    it('should handle percentage == 100, type == check, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
-      this.state.type = 'check'
+    it('should handle percentage == 100, validatinf, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+      this.state.flashing = 0
+      this.state.validating = 1
       this.state.percentage = 100
       settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false)
       m.chai.expect(progressStatus.fromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal('Finishing...')
diff --git a/tests/gui/os/window-progress.spec.js b/tests/gui/os/window-progress.spec.js
index dd9cf55f..afdfd8d0 100644
--- a/tests/gui/os/window-progress.spec.js
+++ b/tests/gui/os/window-progress.spec.js
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ describe('Browser: WindowProgress', function () {
         }
 
         this.state = {
+          flashing: 1,
+          validating: 0,
+          succeeded: 0,
+          failed: 0,
           percentage: 85,
-          speed: 100,
-          type: 'write'
+          speed: 100
         }
       })
 
@@ -73,19 +76,18 @@ describe('Browser: WindowProgress', function () {
         })
 
         it('should set the flashing title', function () {
-          this.state.type = 'write'
           windowProgress.set(this.state)
           m.chai.expect(this.setTitleSpy).to.have.been.calledWith(' \u2013 85% Flashing')
         })
 
         it('should set the validating title', function () {
-          this.state.type = 'check'
+          this.state.flashing = 0
+          this.state.validating = 1
           windowProgress.set(this.state)
           m.chai.expect(this.setTitleSpy).to.have.been.calledWith(' \u2013 85% Validating')
         })
 
         it('should set the starting title', function () {
-          this.state.type = 'write'
           this.state.percentage = 0
           this.state.speed = 0
           windowProgress.set(this.state)
@@ -93,7 +95,6 @@ describe('Browser: WindowProgress', function () {
         })
 
         it('should set the finishing title', function () {
-          this.state.type = 'write'
           this.state.percentage = 100
           windowProgress.set(this.state)
           m.chai.expect(this.setTitleSpy).to.have.been.calledWith(' \u2013 Finishing...')
diff --git a/tests/shared/models/flash-state.spec.js b/tests/shared/models/flash-state.spec.js
index d5529a82..99b13977 100644
--- a/tests/shared/models/flash-state.spec.js
+++ b/tests/shared/models/flash-state.spec.js
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ describe('Model: flashState', function () {
         flashState.resetState()
 
         m.chai.expect(flashState.getFlashState()).to.deep.equal({
+          flashing: 0,
+          validating: 0,
+          succeeded: 0,
+          failed: 0,
           percentage: 0,
           speed: 0
         })
@@ -94,17 +98,6 @@ describe('Model: flashState', function () {
         }).to.throw('Can\'t set the flashing state when not flashing')
       })
 
-      it('should throw if type is missing', function () {
-        flashState.setFlashingFlag()
-        m.chai.expect(function () {
-          flashState.setProgressState({
-            percentage: 50,
-            eta: 15,
-            speed: 100000000000
-          })
-        }).to.throw('Missing flash fields: type')
-      })
-
       it('should throw if type is not a string', function () {
         flashState.setFlashingFlag()
         m.chai.expect(function () {
@@ -267,6 +260,10 @@ describe('Model: flashState', function () {
         flashState.resetState()
         const currentFlashState = flashState.getFlashState()
         m.chai.expect(currentFlashState).to.deep.equal({
+          flashing: 0,
+          validating: 0,
+          succeeded: 0,
+          failed: 0,
           percentage: 0,
           speed: 0
         })
@@ -283,7 +280,15 @@ describe('Model: flashState', function () {
         flashState.setFlashingFlag()
         flashState.setProgressState(state)
         const currentFlashState = flashState.getFlashState()
-        m.chai.expect(currentFlashState).to.deep.equal(state)
+        m.chai.expect(currentFlashState).to.deep.equal({
+          flashing: 1,
+          validating: 0,
+          succeeded: 0,
+          failed: 0,
+          percentage: 50,
+          eta: 15,
+          speed: 0
+        })
       })
     })
 
@@ -377,6 +382,10 @@ describe('Model: flashState', function () {
         })
 
         m.chai.expect(flashState.getFlashState()).to.not.deep.equal({
+          flashing: 0,
+          validating: 0,
+          succeeded: 0,
+          failed: 0,
           percentage: 0,
           speed: 0
         })
@@ -387,6 +396,10 @@ describe('Model: flashState', function () {
         })
 
         m.chai.expect(flashState.getFlashState()).to.deep.equal({
+          flashing: 0,
+          validating: 0,
+          succeeded: 0,
+          failed: 0,
           percentage: 0,
           speed: 0
         })