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2024: SberBox 2

On May 22, 2024, SberDevices announced the next generation of the SberBox set-top box, which makes the TV smart. The development took into account feedback from users and added a number of changes that will make TV viewing more convenient.

SberBox 2

According to the company, the concept of an updated TV set-top box suggests that the appearance of the device should further express the ideas of manufacturability and openness to the new. To demonstrate engineering beauty, SberBox 2 used semi-transparent material and added smoothness to the bends of the housing made in the form of a turbine. The remote control of the device is also made in an updated design - due to its streamlined shape, it is conveniently located in the hand, and the retractable battery compartment opens with one simple press. For those who constantly lose the remote control in the room or on the expanses of the sofa, the SberBox 2 has a "Find Remote" function. It is enough to press the button on the console body twice - and the loser will immediately emit a signal sound.

The changes also affected the configuration, this makes the use of the device more convenient and solves the issue of its placement. Now the set-top box is attached to the TV using velcro-velcro. And with a removable HDMI cable, you don't have to worry about where the TV is located - if necessary, you can take the wire longer. The charging wire connector is located on the side and does not take up much space behind the TV.

SberBox 2

SberBox 2 is equipped with a modern Amlogic S905Y4 chip that supports 4K resolution and HDR technology, and together with 2 GB of RAM, the processor provides optimal speed for the device. 16 GB of internal memory allows you to install various applications on the set-top box. The added LAN connector makes it possible to connect to the Internet via a cable.

In combination with the platform Salute TV , users receive regular updates: 100 + free channels, online movie theaters the ability to install applications from, Internet voice control with Salyut assistant neural network and model. GigaChat

This update includes:

• a separate content library to aid in the selection of a film or series;
• end-to-end search, which allows you to search for films and series not only on all online cinemas and TV channels, but also on the VK Video application.

The recommended retail price for the new SberBox 2 is 5490. rubles The set-top box is already available for purchase in the official SberDevices online store and will gradually go to marketplaces and retail sales retailers partner outlets.

2023: Series exit with "VK Video" app quick access button

SberDevices released a series TVs Sber of SberBox TV consoles with exclusive remote controls - thanks to the branded button, they open up quick access to the application. VK Video The company VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on November 13, 2023.

Sber TVs and SberBox TVs run the Salyut TV operating system and open access to online television, various Smart TV applications and built-in VK services. The branded button on the remote control allows you to open the VK Video application and access a multimillion-dollar library - from popular shows and TV series to cartoons and sports broadcasts, as well as a catalog of educational videos and blogging content.

Studies by SberDevices have shown that when choosing a TV, users are equally important for the screen diagonal and image quality. When developing the flagships of the updated line, the company's engineers relied on large diagonals from 50 to 65 inches, high resolution 4K and technology - Q. As a LED result, the user gets the clearest picture with a bright image and color reproduction. Content VK Video allows you to evaluate the capabilities of Sber TVs, since the platform has support for 4K technology - not only for recorded videos, but even for live broadcasts.

The average time to watch content in an app on smart TVs has reached two hours a day. We strive for users to be able to watch VK Video wherever they are comfortable. With the advent of the VK quick access button on TVs and Sber TVs, you can do this with just one click, said VK video services director Fyodor Yezhov.

2022

Install third-party apps and 100 + channels for free

The SberBox set-top box with virtual assistants Salute received a large system update. Sberbank announced this on October 25, 2022. Now the device running on the Russian operating system Salyut TV allows you to install applications from the Internet, search for voice and watch content in 6 popular online cinemas. The packaging design has been updated, it has become more compact and environmentally friendly. Users who already have a set-top box will be able to use all the features that have appeared after it is updated, which will occur automatically.

When preparing the update, the SberDevices team analyzed the main wishes of users of Sber smart devices. One of the long-awaited changes is the ability to install applications. The most popular of them - Okko, Wink, Evie, KION, more.tv, PREMIER, viju, 24TV, Peers TV, Rutube, START - have already appeared in the branded catalog.

If the necessary application was not found, you can install it yourself. To do this, you need to enter your personal account on the apps.sber.ru/my, download the file and install it on the device. Downloadable files are scanned for viruses and TV compatibility to work correctly on the big screen.

Users will be able to evaluate applications thanks to 12 trial subscriptions from partners - for free or for 1 ruble. Among them are TV channels, sports, games, music and online cinemas.

All Sber devices have more free on-air TV: the Caretaker and 24TV app now give access to more than 140 without a subscription.

Especially for young users of Sber devices and their parents, the "Children's Room" section has appeared. It contains everything for children: thousands of cartoons and films, songs, fairy tales and podcasts, games and collections of interesting facts. Safe, moderated content will entertain the child when parents need to do business, and will help to have fun with the whole family. The voice command section is activated: "Salute, start the children's room."

Online cinema searches are becoming end-to-end: Okko, Wink, KION, more.tv, Evie and PREMIER directories on SberBox have a convenient voice search similar to what already works in the native Video application.

The packaging of the updated SberBox has become brighter and more environmentally friendly: the box allows you to reduce the volume of paper waste by more than 60 tons per year, keeping more than 1000 trees from felling.

Sales growth

The number of sold smart devices Sberbank exceeded 1 million. The developer company announced this on August 8, 2022. The calculation took into account all devices with Salute assistants: SberBox TV extender, SberPortal smart display, SberBox Top TV media center, SberBox Time smart media column, as well as TVs running Salute TV.

Sales rates are also increasing: in the first half of 2022, the number of Sber devices sold increased by 40% compared to the same period in 2021.

One million is an important symbolic milestone that we do not plan to stop at. I am sure that the demand for high-quality Russian devices that work entirely on domestic software will grow. This applies to both our new devices, for example, TVs running Salute TV, and flagship devices, in particular SberBox. A huge contribution to the success of Sber devices was made by users who actively provide feedback. Each request of users is processed by the support service, and the most frequent or interesting are sent to the product team. For example, third-party online cinemas have appeared on our devices - author Denis Filippov, CEO of SberDevices, vice president for digital surfaces of Salyut Sberbank.

Localization of production in Russia

SberDevices localizes the large-scale production of SberBox smart TV consoles in Russia at the facilities of the Technopolice GS innovation cluster (an investment project of the GS Group holding in Gusev, Kaliningrad Region). The devices were assembled at the enterprise NPO Digital Television Systems JSC (part of the cluster). This was announced on February 9, 2022 by Sberbank. Read more here.

2021

SberBox Time - smart 3 in 1 media column

On December 6, 2021, SberDevices introduced the SberBox Time smart media column. The device was created taking into account current trends in the field of product design and combines the capabilities of three devices at once - a smart speaker, a set-top box and a watch with the function of a music alarm clock. As in the entire line of Sber devices, virtual assistants of the Salute family live in SberBox Time.

Mechanical Clock and Virtual Assistant Column

The front part of the SberBox Time is made in the form of a stylish mechanical switch watch with an LED indicator of the operation mode of the device. Depending on which assistant is chosen at the moment - Sber, Athena or Joy - the indicator emits soft green, blue or orange light.

Like Sber's entire line of smart devices, SberBox Time supports voice control. Virtual assistants "Salute" will readily fulfill the user's instructions: they will turn on the music to the mood, launch their favorite radio station or podcast, give an exciting lecture to adults, and a bedtime story to children, or just chat. For connoisseurs of detailed conversations with artificial intelligence, a special mode even appeared, activated by the phrase "Salute, let's chat."

Using voice commands from SberBox Time, you can control devices smart home Sber and partners, find out the weather forecast, news, set a timer, reminders or alarm clock. And you can wake up in the morning for any composition of 65 million tracks in the library "" and SberSound use it as a melody for an alarm clock. You can also add devices connected smart home to the Sber platform to the alarm clock scenario: for example, adjust the color and brightness of the bedside lamp or turn on the coffee maker immediately after waking up.

Sound and recognition of voice commands even from the next room

Despite its compact size, SberBox Time produces high-quality and loud sound. Inside are two broadband speakers and a passive emitter, which provides the right balance of low, medium and high frequencies. SberBox Time can work not only as a smart, but also as a classic bluetooth speaker, as well as transmit sound to headphones or an external audio system.

Thanks to a matrix of five microphones, SberBox Time recognizes the user's voice commands well and, unless loud music plays, will hear them even from the next room. At the same time, if you want privacy, microphones can be easily disabled by pressing the mute button - they will turn off physically.

TV-connected speaker

SberBox Time is not just a smart speaker, but a device that can be used as a full-fledged TV media center by connecting to a TV via an HDMI cable. Salute assistants are always available, regardless of whether the device is connected to a TV or not. When connected to TV, control becomes multimodal - by voice, using the remote control and its virtual analogue in the Salute application, as well as from a gamepad.

The media center mode on SberBox Time opens access to a wide collection of video, audio game content and in the interface of the SberBox set-top box. In addition to all the features of no-screen mode, users will be able to watch TV channels, videos in, Internet movies, cartoons and TV series Okko in and others, online movie theaters search for any you need in information. browser SberBox Time supports video output in format and HDR. UHD 4K Using the Layer function, you can arrange karaoke parties, engage, online shopping order food or pizza for a movie watch from directly Delivery Club from the big screen. The ever-growing collection of the application catalog will offer hundreds of options, children's and game entertaining smartpads. training A special children's mode is also supported, blocking all "adult" content and payments.

With the service cloudy gaming SberPlay , you can play top-end PC-games famous studios on the big screen and without buying expensive ones. consoles Current games with demanding graphics run on remote, and servers SberPlay broadcasts stream video in HD quality on SberBox Time. The ability to connect the device via Ethernet a cable to the network will improve the gaming experience if the network wireless is slow.

Color, Accessories and Availability

Thanks to smooth lines and laconic execution, the device will fit well into almost any interior. At the start, SberBox Time will be presented in black and white, but over time the color palette will expand.

To personalize the device, the SberDevices team has developed a set of accessories that children and DIY enthusiasts will like first. Deer horns and cat ears, princess crown, airplane wings, shark fins and even flames - a total of 16 3D models are available for download on the company's official website. You can use ready-made layouts or change to your liking, and then print on a 3D printer. Accessories can also be easily cut from cardboard or thick paper.

According to the company, the smart media column SberBox Time will be available for purchase at a price of 7990 rubles.

"The line of Sber devices has been replenished with a smart media column. It was important for us to create a device that would not limit the owner exclusively to audio content. Therefore, when developing SberBox Time, we took into account three variables at once - high-quality sound, rich multimedia capabilities and design. SberBox Time is a 3 in 1 device that combines the functions of a speaker, TV set-top box and mechanical switch clock, which will decorate the interior and create an "analog" comfort, - says Konstantin Kruglov, CEO of SberDevices, Senior Vice President for New Digital Surfaces at Sberbank.

Availability of additional online cinemas and applications with TV channels

On November 16, 2021, Sberbank"" announced that additional online movie theaters and applications with - TV channels for watching shows, films and TV shows on the big screen have become available to owners of smart SberBox extenders. The list of these services includes,, MEGOGO, and IVI. Wink more.tv KION Application icons can be found in the side menu section of the home screen when TV SberBox is connected to it.

SberDevices In strive that, together with the purchase of smart devices Sber , users have more and more opportunities to interact with. And content if earlier over 100 thousand films, TV series, cartoons and concerts could be watched on SberBox in a multimedia service, Okko now additional services have been added to it. The list of online cinemas and applications with TV channels will expand, as will the list of Sber devices on which they will be available.

The SberBox smart TV set-top box is controlled using a voice, remote control and its virtual analogue in the Salute application, as well as using gamepads. In Okko and SberSound, voice search is possible on SberBox - to turn on the desired film or song, just press the microphone activation button and pronounce the name of the work, performer, actor, director, genre in Russian and English. As of mid-November 2021, control is available in additional cinemas using the remote control.

"We hear and appreciate the feedback from our users, and try to respond to their requests. One of the common ones concerned the expansion of the list of online cinemas and applications with TV channels. We made the decision to move beyond ecosystem services, giving more choice to owners of Sber smart devices. Now SberBox users can watch content on different sites, the list of which will be replenished, "- Konstantin Kruglov, Senior Vice President for New Digital Surfaces of Sberbank, CEO of SberDevices.

SberBox expands the capabilities of TVs. For example, with its help you can watch movies and TV shows, video in, Internet listen to music, play games and solve everyday problems with the help of virtual assistants "Salute." They will write to a beauty salon or order ready-made food from - Delivery Club you just should say "Salute, I want pizza!" and choose your favorite food right in time the movie.

Person and Voice Confirmation

Owners of a smart display SberPortal and TV media center with a smart SberBox Top camera can now personalize access to their saved, to cards payment tool SberPay and configure the function of confirming payment by person and, by voice as well as choose which of the other users can make payments on a shared device. This function is designed to simplify the payment process in various services, as well as make sharing devices more convenient, reported on August 25, 2021 in. Sberbank More details. here

Safety check by BI.Zone experts

BI.Zone experts conducted a security assessment of Sber's smart devices, which was announced by the latter on July 5, 2021. The test passed, including SberBox. Read more here.

SberBox Top with smart camera

On May 20, 2021, SberDevices announced the launch of SberBox Top, a TV media center with a smart camera that allows you to make video calls, watch movies, listen to music, play, control your smart home and play sports with tracking the correctness of the exercises. Since, as in all smart devices from Sberbank, Salyut's virtual assistants "live" in SberBox Top, he will become an assistant in many everyday matters. At the same time, SberBox Top combines the capabilities of other devices from Sber - the SberBox set-top box and the SberPortal smart display.

The SberBox Top kit includes the device itself, a remote control and batteries, joysticks that will help you turn your smartphone into a real gamepad, power adapter, HDMI cable, instructions and stickers. SberBox Top can be mounted on a TV or placed under it. The design of the device was created in conjunction with the NotAnotherOne design house, whose team worked with SberDevices on the SberPortal smart display.

The electronic part of the device is SberDevices' own development: it is the same technology platform as on SberPortal. SberBox Top has CPU, GPU and NPU processors for neural networks. All computing and video processing, computer-assisted vision for face recognition and gesture detection work in the device itself, and the video stream from the camera is not transmitted to the cloud.

SberBox Top can work not only as a regular extender, but also as a smart speaker in no-screen mode, that is, when the TV is turned off. Salute's assistants will answer any question, support the conversation, tell the weather forecast and exchange rates, turn on music, a timer, and with their help you can control a smart home. SberBox Top itself is a smart home device, and can also be trained in commands to control TV.

The family of assistants will also come to the rescue if you need to make an entry to a beauty salon or clinic thanks to the Duet concierge service.

One of the key features of the device is multimodality - the ability to control and interact with the gadget in different ways: using the remote control that is included in the kit, voice and gestures. As for voice control, the so-called near-field (communication with the device through the remote control) and far-field models (free communication with the device at a distance) are implemented on the device, the latter of which allows you to control the device, communicate with voice assistants from anywhere in the room.

Gesture control makes it possible to like, start or stop playback and call the virtual assistant without words. In addition, with SberBox Top, you can make video calls, communicate with friends, relatives or colleagues on the big screen. Thanks to the AI camera with smart focus, the speaker will be clearly visible from anywhere in the room. Calls work on the basis of Telegram and Jazz by Sber services - developed by Sberbank, which allows everyone to create and conduct video meetings of up to 100 people without a time limit with the ability to synchronously listen to music and watch videos on the Internet.

The AI camera also enables workouts with interactive fitness and yoga apps. It reads the position of the body and allows you to track the correctness of the exercise, as well as real-time progress on the big screen. Such a training is comparable to a personal trainer, which is especially important in sports in which the position of the body is of great importance.

So, in the WellBell application, the user selects a video workout from the proposed records or participates in life streams with coaches. In training, there is a competitive element - ratings are compiled for the intensity of training and the number of calories burned.

And Zenia, the first yoga application with a virtual assistant, will offer interactive classes for all levels of training, control the correctness of asanas and give a hint if something fails.

SberBox Top, along with the game service SberPlay, opens up access to games from well-known studios: modern games with demanding graphics run on remote servers, and SberPlay broadcasts streaming video in HD quality on SberBox Top, and you can use your phone as a controller. SberPlay also has the ability to play any game that is already purchased by the user.

And along with the game BeatDancer, specially designed for Sber devices, you can turn the living room into an augmented reality dance floor. At the same time, controllers are not needed to arrange a dance battle, a smart camera reads the player's position and displays the image on the screen.

SberBox Top turns TV into a large smart display, with all the capabilities of a classic set-top box. You can watch films through a multimedia service, Okko and the media center also provides access to 240 + TV channels through the Skazhyoshka service. You can listen to music in, and SberSound the catalog of games and applications available on devices from Sberbank continues to expand. SberBox Top allows you to order products without leaving the screen, and when watching movies with a video stopper function, you can buy the same things as on the heroes of the film, in partner online stores or airline tickets (S7 Airlines the service will even determine the location where the film takes place and offer to go there).

To use SberBox Top, you only need a TV with HDMI input and mains power. A compact size (178 x 66 x 25.6 mm) and a weight of only 300 grams allow you to take the console with you anywhere.

SberBox Top is a family-friendly device that will help parents and children immerse themselves in the world of augmented reality fairy tales, try on costumes and masks of heroes of popular children's stories and become participants in a real interactive AR performance right on the big screen. SberBox Top is friendly and safe for the smallest users: "Child Mode" is available on the device, which blocks all "adult" content and payments.

If the user does not want the device to respond to his gestures and does not need video during the call, it is enough to close the lens with a mechanical shutter - the sensor will turn off the camera at the system level. And if you do not need a microphone, you can turn it off by pressing the mute button, which will de-energize it at the physical level.

Over the decades of the existence of TV, its functions have practically not changed, and even the Internet connection did not add fundamentally new features to it. Therefore, SberBox Top is a completely unique device: it can do the same as a regular set-top box, but with a fundamentally important difference - with display on a large screen, adding a camera, microphones and great computing power to the TV, turning TV into a universal smart display. It combined the best of SberBox and SberPortal. This is SberBox with microphones and camera or SberPortal with a large screen! Working on a TV media center, we at SberDevices sought to make a truly central point for any home that is functional, convenient and meets the needs of all family members, - said David Rafalovsky, Sberbank Group service station, executive vice president, head of the Technology block of Sberbank.

Price and availability

SberBox Top is available for pre-order from 20.05.2021 on the Sberbank website and from 21.05.2021 on the M.Video website. The cost of the device will be 14,990 rubles, and those buyers who make a fully prepaid pre-order will receive an Okko Optimum subscription for two years as a gift.

Application availability with over-the-air radio stations

On January 27, 2021, SberDevices, SberSound and the Industrial Radio Player Association announced a partnership. Now on-air national radio stations are available to all users of smart devices from Sberbank with virtual Salyut assistants on board.

According to Mediascope research, the average monthly audience of radio is 87% of Russians, with almost a third (30%) including their favorite radio stations online, and this share continues to grow from year to year. The report also notes that in the first half of 2020, the prevailing number of Russians listened to the radio at home, overtaking the traditional radio listening in the car in the share.

As reported, the launch of the application with over-the-air radio stations on smart Sberbank devices expands their multimedia capabilities and offers a convenient way to listen to the radio.

Dozens of radio stations are available in smart devices in Sberbank, and their number will increase. In different countries and cities, the set of radio stations may differ - this is due to the licensing rights to broadcast.

As of January 2021, access to the radio player in the SberBox smart set-top box and the SberPortal smart display is free. You can launch the application in several ways:

• by widget in the main device menu interface;
• at the request of a particular station, for example, "Turn on Radio Dacha";
• at the request "Turn on the radio" a list of all available radio stations is opened.

2020 made significant adjustments to the lifestyle of almost every person. We began to spend much more time at home, the approach to the consumption of content, both informational and educational, and entertainment, was transformed. The launch of the player supports the trend towards online radio listening, including for owners of smart devices SberBox and SberPortal. told Konstantin Kruglov, Senior Vice President for Digital Surfaces of Sberbank

Our radio player is a radio receiver for online listening to almost all the leading over-the-air radio stations in the country. Cooperation with the Sberbank ecosystem is the first major partnership of the radio player and a large-scale step in the digitalization of radio. told Yuri Anisimov, General Director of the Association of National Broadcasters "Industrial Radio Player"

2020

Availability of myQuiz service

WaveAccess on December 22, 2020 announced that the interactive service MyQuiz was among the "smart" applications (SmartApps) on the open platform SmartMarket from Sberbank. It will be available to owners of the SberBox set-top box. Read more here.

Availability for SberBox owners of a free beta version of the SberPlay cloud gaming service

On December 25, 2020 Sberbank , he announced that a free beta version of the gaming service cloudy is available to all owners of the SberBox smart TV set-top box, SberPlay which allows you to run popular ones - PERSONAL COMPUTER on games TV without the need to buy an expensive game console or a powerful PC. More. here

Start of sales

On October 15, 2020, Sberbank announced the start of sales of the SberBox set-top box. Its cost is 3490 rubles. When buying until the end of the month, the price of 2990 rubles is valid.

The device received an Amlogic S905Y2 chipset, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of permanent memory. The media player supports UltraHD 4K and Dolby Digital Plus content playback standards. The set-top box is controlled by voice or using a remote control.

With SberBox, you can watch movies and videos on the Internet, listen to music, play games and solve everyday problems thanks to virtual assistants of the Salyut family. For example, an assistant will help you sign up for a beauty salon or clinic and order food for watching a film, turn on the desired TV channel, answer questions and show a step-by-step video receptor, Sberbank noted.

For watching movies and TV series, SberBox has an integrated multimedia service. Okko Users have access to the latest film premieres and classics of world cinema, TV shows and concerts, as well as children's content within the framework of the selected subscription. Some films support the video typing function: users can purchase their favorite goods or souvenirs with the symbols of their favorite film in online partner stores (, etc OZON Lamoda.).

When connected, the extender opens access to 185 TV channels from the Skiazhshka service, 20 of them are always free. The kit includes mobile joysticks that are attached to a smartphone for more accurate control in games.

The start of SberBox sales is an important event for our team, because now our Sber ecosystem produces not only services, but also devices, and some of the best on the market in terms of technical characteristics, - said the head of SberDevices Konstantin Kruglov.

Announcement of the service for video typing

On September 24, 2020, it became known about the video shopping service created by Sberbank. It is implemented as part of the SberBox smart voice-controlled TV set-top box, which works together with the Salyut family of voice assistants. The equipment was developed by SberDevices from the Sber ecosystem. Read more here.