Yandex TV Stations (Smart TV, Smart TVs)

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2025: TV Station "Pro" with MiniLED screen and TV Station "Base" with QLED screen

On August 19, 2025, the company Yandex announced that sale it had received two - AITV Yandex on the X platform YaOS. The technological flagship was TV Station Pro with a MiniLED screen, 144 Hz frequency and image optimization using. artificial intelligence The segment of budget TVs has been replenished with TV Base Station with a QLED screen and all the capabilities of an AI assistant. TV Station Pro MiniLED is available in diagonals 55, 65 and 75 inches and costs from 89,990 to 149,990, TV rubles Station Base QLED - in diagonals 43, 50, 55 and 65 inches costing from 34,990 to 69,990 rubles.

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Фото: Yandex

As reported, to the release of devices, Yandex added a mode to all TV Stations for comfortable viewing of content at night, assistance from an assistant when passing computer games, optimized content recommendations and voice control of third-party applications.

TV Station Pro MiniLED

TV Station Pro is the first Yandex TV with a MiniLED screen. It features an increased number of LEDs and darkening zones, which makes the image bright and contrasting - at its peak, the brightness reaches 1300 nits. Frame rate of 144 Hz, Dolby Vision, MEMC and HDR10 provide optimal image detail and smooth personnel changes, which are especially important when watching dynamic content and playing computer games. Real-time color saturation optimizes artificial intelligence using Yandex's AI Picture Quality function. Interface elements are available in 4K, as are video.

The TV is equipped with two speakers with a total power of 30 W and a 20 W subwoofer. This allows you to achieve surround sound, as in a cinema. The device supports Dolby Audio technology and passes sound tuning by Yandex engineers.

TV Station Pro MiniLED can be made the center of your smart home. The TV allows you to control Zigbee devices, such a model appeared in Yandex for the first time. It also supports the Matter and Wi-Fi protocols, that is, it is compatible with most smart home devices. Video from cameras and sensor readings can be displayed directly on the screen - this function has become available in all TV Stations.

TV Base Station QLED

TV Base Station has a frame rate of 60 Hz, a brightness of 350-450 nits and a contrast ratio of 5000:1. The QLED screen provides bright and rich colors. The device is equipped with speakers with a total power of 20 to 30 W (depending on the diagonal) and supports Dolby Audio technology. With the help of a TV, you can control your smart home and use all the capabilities of the AI assistant that are available in other TV Stations - including the high price segment.

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Фото: Yandex

Features of the YaOS X platform and AI assistant:

• Application management. Owners of TV Stations can now control the voice of third-party applications: for example, IVI, VK Video, Wink and Rutube. This feature works on the basis of function calling technology. Thanks to her, Alice can control not only Yandex TV and content, but also third-party applications - for example, search and run their content.
• Helping gamers. Alice began to help play games on popular game consoles. The AI assistant recognizes in real time what is happening on the screen, determines the context of the game and gives hints if you need help. For example, you can ask: "Alice, how to pass the level?" and get advice. The skill works on the basis of the Yandex multimodal neural network (Visual Language Model, VLM).
• Night Session mode. In this mode, the TV Station adapts the screen brightness to lighting and adjusts the color palette for more comfortable video viewing. At night, the device also changes the sound settings: sharp and loud sounds are smoothed and muted, and speech remains clear.
• Updated recommendations and collections. Alice has become better at compiling collections of films in response to a request - even if the user himself does not know what exactly he wants to watch. For example, you can ask an assistant to find feature films about France of the 17th century or films about those who know how to stand up for themselves.

TV Stations are already available on the largest federal networks and online.

2022: Announcement of "smart" TVs with "Alice"

October 25, 2022 Yandex"" introduced its first "smart" TVs with a virtual voice assistant Alice"." The lineup includes six devices.

First, 43 ″ and 50 ″ models will go on sale. In addition to the diagonal, they are no different: frameless display, 5000:1 contrast ratio and Dolby Audio multi-channel sound. More detailed specifications at the time of the announcement of the TVs are unknown, but there is information about the functionality of Alice. She can:

• Recognize voice commands: change the volume, switch channels, turn on the TV.
• Work in tandem with the Yandex speaker and other smart home devices.
• Select movies and TV shows based on user preferences.

Yandex presented its first own TV with Alice

You can use one team to pull the curtains and muffle the light for the evening screening. Or set up a motion sensor in the hallway so that it responds when the user returns home - the TV with his favorite TV series will immediately turn on in the living room or relaxing music will start. If you ask Alice about the weather or the situation on the roads, she will show everything on the big screen.

{{quote 'By releasing smart speakers and various devices on the Yandex TV platform, we realized how Alice can make interaction with the TV even more convenient. People are used to Alice and want to see her in devices they spend a lot of time with. We used the accumulated experience and close integration with our and partner services to develop the first Yandex smart TV. For us, this is another category with which we would like to make people's homes smart, "said Sergei Melnik, head of Alice and Yandex smart devices. }}

The cost of new products has not yet been disclosed, however, according to the head Sergei Melnik, we are talking about the middle price segment. Earlier, Yandex announced the expansion of the functionality of the voice assistant "Alice," adding the ability to control a "smart" home by several family members at once.^[1]

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