Social messaging platform Telegram has introduced a new in-app browser with built-in Web3 for close to a billion users globally. The features of the browser will include instant article viewing, bookmarking, and support for decentralized sites hosted on The Open Network (TON). It aims at combining communication and news by making it possible to switch easily between sites and messaging services. The browser is accessible on both mobile and desktop devices, and has an intuitive user interface which is friendly for the user to navigate around. It is also perfect for multitasking; users can easily collapse and reopen pages from the bottom bar.
Key Features and Capabilities
Aside from features like instant article viewing, bookmarking, and notifications for easy content viewing, the new in-app browse also supports mini-apps that can easily be accessed and used within the browser. With the in-app browse feature now available, people can gift stars to friends to make the social experience even better. It also added that responding to the notification from within the app has become easier since the browser is now integrated into the messaging app of Telegram.
Mini App Store and Decentralized Applications
Mini-Apps Telegram recently launched its own mini-app store. This one belongs to a completely new genre of mini-apps. There you can find games like Hamster Kombat, Banana Game, WatBird, Catizen. The potential of these games has been previously evaluated by the adaptation that was quantified as reaching over 300 million with Hamster Kombat alone. Other experiences comprise support for the upgraded Stories section, wherein custom story content can be accessed from the mini-app store.
Decentralized Browsing with Mini Apps
Telegram is changing the ways that interactions with decentralized websites and applications take place. Right now, it enables users to access Web3 easily, and this would further serve as a bigger use case through its already huge user base. Moreover, memecoins, AI-generated video and video messages will make the user experience quite engaging and interactive.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, the Web3 browser and mini app store of Telegram are set to democratize the structure of Web3. Adding mini apps to the browser allows one-click access to Web3 content like decentralized websites and applications. Additionally, the users of Stars will intensify and add a social aspect to it. Owing to the consistent evolution, Telegram is set to be one of the torchbearers for Web3 space.
Editor’s note: This article was written with the assistance of AI. Edited and fact-checked by Owen Skelton.
