Screenshots shared by software documenter Albacore on March 17 reveal the early stages of Microsoft’s new Web3 wallet, which could potentially be non-custodial with no access given to Microsoft for passwords and recovery keys.
The wallet will also be “embedded in Edge” instead of being an installed browser extension. The screenshots show that users will be able to swap, send, and purchase crypto assets, with crypto exchange Coinbase and Web3 infrastructure company MoonPay being integrated into the wallet to help purchase and deposit crypto.
Newest in the gauntlet of questionable upcoming Microsoft Edge features, a crypto wallet
Not really sure how to feel about this kind of thing being baked into the default browser, what are your thoughts?
More screenshots of the UI in the next tweet
— Albacore (@thebookisclosed) March 17, 2023
The user interface of the Web3 wallet states that users can “browse different marketplaces to find your first NFT; as you build your collection of NFTs, we’ll organize them here.” If Microsoft moves forward with this new offering, it would be yet another significant upgrade to Edge, lagging behind popular competitors like Google Chrome and Apple Safari. On February 7, Microsoft announced new upgrades to both Bing and Edge browsers, including the integration of AI-powered search engines, and chatted through OpenAI’s ChatGPT.