Developers: | Yandex |
Date of the premiere of the system: | October 2022 |
Branches: | Entertainment, leisure, sports |
Technology: | Audiovisual systems |
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2022: Announcement
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.
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]