Ambire Wallet Extension supports the basic functionalities of the legacy Smart Accounts, originally created with the Web version of Ambire Wallet. These accounts are now referred to as v1 accounts, while Smart Accounts created directly in the Extension are referred to as v2 accounts.

Although you can continue using your v1 account with the Extension, we recommend creating a new EOA (or use existing one) and transferring your assets from your v1 account to it. This allows you to take the full advantage of the features and improvements available with the EOA accounts, that wasn't available when Ambire Wallet and v1 Smart Accounts was introduced.

The process for importing a v1 account into the Extension depends on the type of signer key used with the account — email and password, an EOA/Web3 wallet, or a hardware wallet.

Select your v1 account's signer type below to follow the relevant tutorial:

Note: Importing a v1 account into the Extension does not convert it into a v2 account. The account remains a v1 account and continues to be compatible with the Web version of Ambire Wallet.

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Step 1: Navigate to the "Accounts" menu in Ambire extension, click on "+Add Account", and select "Connect a hardware wallet":
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Step 2: Select the type of your Hardware Wallet device. Ambire Wallet supports all devices of Trezor, Ledger and Grid+
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Step 3: When you connect your hardware wallet device, you will be presented with a list of EOA and Smart Accounts (those are the Ambire Wallet v2 accounts, that you can create with this Hardware Wallet device).

Your v1 Ambire Wallet accounts will be displayed under the "Linked Smart Accounts" menu.

Keep in mind that if your signer key address is not on the first page, your Linked Smart Account(s) won't be shown on that same page. Navigate to the page where your signer key is, and there will also be a menu and list of Linked Smart Account(s), related to ththe signer keys from that page.

Step 4: Select the v1 account you want to add and use, click on "Done," and then continue to add and personalize the account.

Step 5: You can now manage your v1 Ambire Wallet account with the Extension and sign transaction, using the hardware wallet device.

Step 1: Navigate to the "" menu, click on "Add Account", select "Import an account" and then select "Recovery phrase".
​Note: If you already added this Recovery phrase. If that is the case - then use the "Add from stored recovery phrases" option)
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​Step 2: When you enter your Recovery phrase, you will be presented with a list of EOA and Smart Accounts (those are the Ambire Wallet v2 accounts, that you can create with this Private key/Seed Phrase).
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Your v1 Ambire Wallet accounts will be displayed under "Smart Accounts" menu.

Remember that if your signer key address is not on the first page, your Linked Smart Account(s) won't be shown on that same page. Navigate to the page where your signer key is, and there will also be a menu and a list of Linked Smart Account(s), related to the signer keys from that page.

Step 3: Select the v1 account you want to add and use, click on "Done," and then continue to add and personalize the account.

Step 5: You can now manage your v1 Ambire Wallet account with the Extension and sign transaction, using the web3 wallet.

It's not possible to directly import email+password v1 accounts in the Ambire Wallet extension.

To do it, you have to add EOA signer key to your account. Keep in mind that signer keys are specific to the blockchain networks, and you have to add such to each of the networks you want to use in the extension.

Once done, you can follow one of the above guides, depending on the signer key type you have used:

Adding signer to your v1 account can be done only though the legacy "web version" of Ambire Wallet, available here.
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Step 1: Log-in with your email and open the Security on the left side menu of your Dashboard.
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Step 2: In the "Authorized signers" field, select "Add signer" option.
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A pop-up window will appear, where you can select the new signer you want to add. The available options are Trezor, Ledger and Grid+ as hardware wallet signers, and EOA.
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You have two options - to straight away add the address of the new signer or select the address from one of the available options - hardware or Web3 wallet. Then click on "Add" button.
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Step 3: Review and sign the transaction.

Note: Be careful with the address you are adding as a signer!

Adding signer to your v1 Account means that once the transaction is signed and mined on the network, this new signer have full control over your account and can also remove other signers.

Step 4: Confirming the transaction

Depending on how you logged in, by using email, Metamask, Trezor, Ledger or Grid+, there are a few transaction confirmation options you could be presented with after clicking on Sign and Send.