Metamask releases a new roadmap aimed at enhancing user experience

MetaMask wallet service provider has revealed a new roadmap aimed at improving user experience. The self-custodial wallet also plans to incorporate smart contract features as well as native Bitcoin and Solana support.

Popular self-custodial crypto wallet for the Ethereum (ETH) network MetaMask has announced new developments in a bid to improve user experience. The wallet service provider published a detailed thread explaining some of the features users should expect on the platform soon.

MetaMask unveils plans to overhaul its UI/UX design

You want an overhaul? It’s coming.

This is a preview of a new MetaMask home screen. pic.twitter.com/ILsPqO869J

— MetaMask.eth 🦊 (@MetaMask) February 28, 2025

The self-custodial wallet said it would overhaul its UI/UX design (user interface) and gave a snippet of the wallet’s new look. The wallet provider also announced it will introduce native Solana and Bitcoin support to enhance user experience, increasing the diversity of the various crypto assets that users can hold. 

According to the announcement, users will no longer be required to have a separate wallet for Bitcoin or have to use wrapped tokens on the wallet.

Solana will become the first non-EVM chain supported by the wallet’s infrastructure. The wallet provider highlighted that all its users will buy, sell, swap, and interact with dApps across the entire Solana ecosystem.

MetaMask also announced an upcoming CAIP-25 multichain API meant to aid dApps link to more than one network concurrently. The wallet explained that the API will seamlessly connect to both EVM and non-EVM networks such as Ethereum, Linea, Solana, and Bitcoin. The multichain API integration is set to storm the platform sometime in June to improve multichain utility, such as portfolio rebalancing, bridging, or deploying and managing tokens on multiple chains at once.

“Our CAIP-25 multichain API will let dApps connect to more than one network simultaneously, EVM and non-EVM alike: a user will be able to connect to Ethereum, Linea, Solana, and Bitcoin networks all at once. This improves all sorts of use cases that involve multiple networks like portfolio rebalancing, bridging, or deploying and managing tokens on multiple chains at once.”

–MetaMask

The wallet also announced it intends to incorporate smart contract functionalities into its current wallet after successfully implementing the Pectra upgrade. The self-custodial wallet provider is an Externally Owned Account (EOA) controlled by a public and a private key. 

These types of wallets typically lead to loss of funds when subjected to human error, such as forgetting your private keys. The other type of wallet that exists on Ethereum is Contract Accounts (CAs). These wallets are controlled by lines of code, which gives them recovery mechanisms and security protocols for approving transactions.

MetaMask to include gas in swap quote 

The wallet’s team also announced new developments regarding gas fees. The wallet said that users will execute their transactions without needing ETH as they can pay for it with any token. The gas will be included in their swap quote and is settled in the token they’re swapping. The announcement detailed that the swap feature will be general to all transactions starting in March.

The team also revealed that it is introducing the MetaMask debit card in select states in the U.S. from mid-March. The card has been in production for a few months and was initially available to users in the United Kingdom and European Union.

The card aims to solve the key industry UX challenge of incorporating crypto assets into real-world utilities. The card capitalizes on Mastercard’s payment network, which connects the cardholder’s self-custody wallet with Mastercard vendors globally.

The team wrote in their blog that cardholders can earn staking rewards or yields on different protocols and spend those yields on any Mastercard vendor worldwide.

MetaMask introduced Smart Transactions back in 2024 to improve the swapping and transacting experience. According to the MetaMask blog, Smart Transactions have significantly improved the wallet’s transaction success rate to 99.995%. MetaMask plans to further improve this feature by introducing ERC-5792 batched transactions. The feature will allow users to perform common sequences of transactions like “Approve & Swap” in one click, saving them time, gas cost, and mental effort.

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