Uniswap, a leading decentralized exchange (DEX), is expanding its reach by introducing its mobile Ethereum wallet for Android users, following a successful launch on iOS just months ago. This move marks a significant step in bringing decentralized finance (DeFi) closer to a broader audience.
As noted in an October 12 statement, Uniswap has painstakingly optimized its wallet to provide Android users with an exceptional swapping experience, mirroring what iOS users have been enjoying. With this mobile wallet, users can effortlessly discover top tokens, switch between Mainnet and layer-2 scaling solutions, and execute lightning-fast swaps.
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🎤The Uniswap wallet is coming to Android users 🌐
The beta is LIVE — sign up here to get early access ✅https://t.co/9OHhpSqbez pic.twitter.com/vXsn2NS5Sx
— Uniswap Labs 🦄 (@Uniswap) October 12, 2023
As such, users won’t need to navigate between different chains manually; the wallet intuitively detects the chain and switches accordingly. Supported chains currently include Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and BNBChain, with more to come, as per the company’s announcement.
Uniswap Android App Comes With Enhanced Security with Swap Protection
The platform recognizes that efficient swaps go hand-in-hand with security. To safeguard users from potential frontrunning and sandwich attacks that could impact swap prices, the Uniswap mobile wallet now defaults to a private transaction pool, ensuring better pricing and protection against Miner Extractable Value (MEV) attacks.
Moreover, transparency appears to be a key to Uniswap’s ethos. The mobile app and web interface have been updated to automatically identify tokens with associated fees. This ensures that users are well-informed about the costs involved in their swaps.
“Over the past few months, we’ve doubled down on what we think makes a great swap. We’ve shipped updates every other week to make swapping faster and added more tokens and chains to swap on,” the DEX platform added.
Beta Launch Attracts 35K+ Users in 5 Hours
As part of the initial beta release, Uniswap Labs is actively inviting members of the DeFi community from the Android waitlist to participate. This phase allows the company to fine-tune the wallet based on early user feedback. Impressively, it was announced that the waitlist attracted over 35,000 users in just 5 hours of launch.
35,000+ on the waitlist in just 5 hours. Intern has work to do 🤯 https://t.co/jUCX4b1iOh
— Uniswap Labs 🦄 (@Uniswap) October 12, 2023
This Android release follows the highly successful iOS launch, where Uniswap’s mobile app swiftly climbed the ranks to become one of the top three wallet downloads within its first month. The Android version is expected to follow a similar trajectory, with a broader release slated before the end of the year.
