Introducing Wallet Notifications on MetaMask Extension

Stay updated with wallet activity notifications now available on Extension.

by MetaMaskAugust 1, 2024
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After launching notifications in Portfolio in November 2023, we’re excited to introduce real-time wallet activity notifications on MetaMask Extension, allowing you to stay in the loop for key occurrences like:

  • Sending and receiving funds (ETH and ERC-20 tokens)
  • Sending receiving NFTs (on ETH and Polygon)
  • Staking and unstaking ETH (on Lido and Rocket Pool)
  • Swapping tokens
  • Bridging tokens

Supported networks are:

  • Ethereum
  • Arbitrum
  • Optimism
  • Binance Smart Chain
  • Polygon
  • Avalanche
  • Linea

 

How to access notifications on MetaMask wallet


For Extension: Notifications can be turned on in Settings in MetaMask Extension by clicking the 3 dots at the top of the menu to access the new “Notifications” section. Learn more in our guide here.

notification screenshot

How to navigate notifications if you have MetaMask Snaps installed


If you have snaps installed, you will see the notifications list split into three sections, “All”, “Wallet” and “Web3” where you will see snaps notifications under the “Web3” tab:

notifications snaps

You can also receive browser push notifications so if you don’t have the MetaMask Extension open, you can still be alerted when there is a wallet activity!

notifications browser

Stay tuned for more MetaMask UX updates. Enjoy!

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