Google's search engine now offers information on Ethereum addresses. When you type an Ethereum address into the search bar on the largest website in the world, it now displays the amount of ETH that some wallets have.
The new function is accessible through the Ethereum blockchain information website Etherscan, a block explorer.
Han Hua, a cryptocurrency investor at Google Ventures, tweeted on Tuesday about the function. Decrypt attempted it with a number of addresses, but some of them worked while others didn't, which may indicate that Google is releasing the feature gradually.
By market capitalization, Ethereum is the second-largest cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin. Its blockchain is utilised to create well-known decentralised apps (known as dapps). It hosts DeFi and NFT trading activity worth billions of dollars.
Because Ethereum addresses are public, anyone with the correct tools may see how much ETH is stored in a wallet, what transactions have been conducted from it, and which applications its owner has used on the network.
Additionally, Google is planning to expand its Web3 features, according to Richard Widmann, head of strategy for Web3, Cloud, and Google, who spoke with Decrypt last month. This indicates that Google, perhaps one of the most significant digital corporations in the world, has its sights set on what is thought to be the next internet interface, which significantly depends on blockchains to function.
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