Yandex.Browser

History

2024

Yandex Browser bypassed Google Chrome for the first time in terms of market share in Russia

On October 29, 2024, it became known that at the end of September 2024, the share of users visiting sites through the Yandex Browser, Yandex with Alice and Yandex Start applications reached 36.23% and for the first time exceeded Google Chrome in Russia. This was reported by the press service of Yandex. Google's product share was 34.79%, down 1.44 percentage points.

As noted in Yandex, according to statistics, on mobile devices the share of Yandex Browser is 37.31%, while Chrome holds 32.01%. Yandex associates the increase in indicators with regular updates and improvements in browser functionality. In particular, the company updated the mobile application, which allowed users to quickly find the desired results and expanded the possibilities of integration with other Yandex services.

Yandex Browser overtook Google Chrome for the first time in terms of market share in Russia

According to Kommersant, the growing popularity of the browser was also influenced by the growing share of the Yandex search engine in the Russian market. As of the third quarter of 2024, the share of Yandex Search among all search engines in Russia amounted to 65.51%, which is 2.9 percentage points higher than in the same period in 2023. This growth was the largest since 2015 and reflects the changes made to the functionality of the search engine.

In 2024, Yandex added thematic blocks to the search results that allow users to quickly find goods, medical and financial services. Now the service database includes more than 2.7 billion offers from online stores and more than 740 thousand registered doctors in Russia. With these updates, users can not only see product offers, but also compare the cost and images of goods, as well as immediately go to the seller's website. A similar approach is applied to the search for financial services: on request, for example, "contribution for three months," the search engine offers a thematic block with bank offers, which simplifies the process of choosing financial products.^[1]

Browser Device Qualification for Organizations

Yandex Browser In for organizations, the function of device certification has appeared. This was Yandex announced on September 25, 2024.

It allows you to provide access to enterprise web resources only from devices that meet your organization's security requirements. This will help protect the corporate IT infrastructure from attacks through compromised devices of employees or contractors and prevent sensitive data leaks.

With this feature, organizations can better control the protection of internal IT resources, as well as the devices of employees and contractors. For example, you can check whether a login password is set, whether the disk is encrypted, whether the operating system is updated, or whether the security software is installed.

The function works in three modes: "Quiet," "Warning" and "Lock mode."

Add Group Policies

Yandex Browser In for organizations, there are additional group policies for. information protection Now administrators can add digital watermarks to web pages, control the operation of the clipboard and the drag-and-drop function in. browser This will help to protect confidential ones even more reliably. data

Digital watermarks are QR codes that are placed on web pages with important information to protect it from leakage. Such QR codes are visible in screenshots and screen photos and contain information about viewing the page, for example, from which device it was opened. Digital watermarks can be added to both internal and external resources where the company stores data. To do this, it is enough to indicate the list of sites where you need to place QR codes, set their size, number and transparency.

Added group policies allow you to configure the drag-and-drop function, which helps to transfer information, load it into vaults, attach files and images to letters. IT administrators or security officials can now list sites for which drag-and-drop will not work. This means that important texts, images and other data will not be outside the company.

It is also possible to set the size of data (text, images, etc.) that employees can copy to the clipboard or, conversely, paste from the clipboard. This will protect sensitive information without completely disabling the copy function - this option was implemented earlier.

Additional features are available in the extended version of the Organization Browser. In addition to these functions for data protection, it now has additional options for filtering files and sites, and also the ability to restrict login to Yandex ID under personal accounts. In addition, additional types of events have appeared in the translation of events into information security monitoring systems (SIEM). More information about these features can be found on the Browser blog in Zen.

Real-time site security check

now Neuronets Yandex Browser check the security of sites in real time. Yandex announced this on March 29, 2024.

This allows you to protect yourself from fraudsters - every day Yandex Browser records 1.5 million attempts to visit phishing resources.

This instant check of sites allows you to track fraudulent resources, even if they have just been created and no one has visited them yet. Since the beginning of testing neural networks, Yandex Browser has already identified more than 400 thousand fraudulent sites.

Algorithms analyze hundreds of factors: for example, when a resource was created, how often they visit it, how much time they spend on it, how often they return to it, whether they are looking for a site in search and how they visit it - directly or by link.

In 90% of cases, users switch to fraudulent resources from a mobile phone - including from instant messengers, letters and applications.

The update will help protect against new types of phishing. So, recently there have been sites that imitate bank applications and platforms for working with crypto exchanges that have disappeared from history.

Release of the version with neural networks. It erases language barriers and generates pictures

On February 13, 2024, Yandex presented an updated version of its browser. The main innovation is neural networks that allow you to improve texts and generate images. In addition, a translation of video from eight languages ​ ​ has become available in the application.

The neurobrauser erases language barriers and changes the way it creates and consumes content on the Internet. Users will be able to improve their texts and generate images right in the interface of the updated Yandex.Browser, Yandex said in a statement.

Yandex has presented an updated version of its browser

Working with text in a browser will be facilitated by YandexGPT 2: using a neural network, users will be able to change the format, reduce and correct errors in their texts on sites and web applications. In addition, neural network translation and voicing of videos from Japanese and Korean languages ​ ​ appeared.

According to the developers, the neural network that corrects spelling was trained in the corresponding Rosenthal dictionary and allows you to correct up to 96% of errors. Also, the browser gives its user the opportunity to improve the style of text so that it is better read.

True, while the functions of neuroediting text work only in desktop versions of Yandex.Browser, which are installed on Widows, Linux and Mac OS - the developers believe that large texts are edited on such devices. In addition, the work of a neuro-editor may be incompatible with such web editing services as Google.Docs, Microsoft Office 365 and even Yandex.Docs. The developers say that over time, support for popular web editors will appear in their browser. However, now a similar mechanism for creating texts can be used mainly on social networks.

The head of Yandex.Browser, Ilya Shibanov, presented the "superpowers" of his neurobrowser

The neurobrauser is able to translate the video thesically in the retelling format, it can be voiced by the voice of "Alice." In addition, the neurobrauser will be able to open QR codes from the video screen.

Also, the update paid attention to security. If the browser detects signs of danger on the site, it will prompt the user not to switch to it. In addition, they improved the browser on old computers with weak hardware.

According to the developers, Yandex.Browser has begun to load much faster on computers with outdated hardware. The start speed in systems installed on the slowest hard drives has more than doubled: from 45 to 20 seconds.

Other innovations include:

• cloud tabs and tab groups. You can open the tab on your smartphone and continue to work with it on your laptop and vice versa. The main thing is to log in to both devices under your Yandex ID;
• quick transfer of settings and bookmarks from any other browser to Yandex.Browser: you need only one click after installation.^[2]

The browser monetization model is as old as the world, "said Ilya Shibanov, head of Yandex.Browser, in a conversation with TAdviser. - All companies make money on search, and they need their own browser so that the search in it is set by default. This is what all players do, including Yandex.Browser. The search engine has its own monetization model, and the browser that distributes this search engine. Yandex invests a lot in the development of generative neural networks and the functions associated with them. Some functions that appear in the browser are transferred over time to the search engine. An example is the retelling of videos, which first appeared in the browser, and then was integrated into the search engine. Where the new browser function can be conveniently implemented in search, we will definitely implement it.

At a minimum, the integration of neuroediting into Yandex.Documents web tools suggests itself, but so far the developers are not ready to confirm this direction of joint development of their solutions.

2023

Launch the opportunity to advertise under the search bar

Yandex on June 5, 2023 launched the possibility of advertising under the search line.

The banner under the search bar is the only advertising format on the ya.ru page and allows you to cover the attention of more than 50 million users of the page and Yandex Browser.

This format is shown in a noticeable position under the search bar in both the version for and in the computers mobile version of the ya.ru page and browser. According to the results of closed tests of this format, the advertiser was able to increase the memorability of advertising by 14%, the number of brand searches in search by 10%, and the number of those who preferred the product increased by 13%.

To solve business problems, advertisers need high-quality coverage inventory. And responding to a market request, we continue to develop advertising formats. So, at the end of 2022, we launched two premium media products that allow brands to be noticeably present on services and in Yandex searches. Now, to maximize coverage, advertisers can be placed in a new banner under the search bar, which for June 2023 is shown on the ya.ru page and in a new browser tab, "said Anna Sorokina, head of Yandex's media project development department.

Advertising placement is available only on a fixed CPM, you can choose both cross-platform placement and placement on mobile or desktop devices. Read more about the banner under the search bar and the cost of placement on the Advertising Portal.

Add Forty Security Policies

On April 13, 2023, Yandex announced the release of a major browser update for organizations. A total of forty policies have been added to make Yandex Browser safer and the system administrator more convenient.

Among them: the ability to restrict access to sites with expired or self-signed security certificates, prohibit screen recording and communication of applications with browser extensions.

Important security policy updates

• Prohibit the transition to sites with expired or self-signed security certificates. If this policy is enabled, the user will not be able to ignore the browser warning and go to the malicious site.
• Prevent messaging between the application and an external extension. An extension installed in the browser can exchange data with applications on the computer, for example, share a login and password for sites. Attackers can use this mechanism to collect the information they need unnoticed by the user. The new policy allows you to block communication with external applications except for the allowed list.
• Screen interception and recording ban. Some sites are able to record what is happening on the user's screen. This is how attackers can spy on the contents of the desktop and gain access to internal data. With the help of the new policy, you can disable APIs that can keep a hidden record of an open tab, browser window or desktop.

Yandex Browser for organizations has several important functions that simplify the work of the system administrator.

• Policy Grouping
  In the policy template file, we added grouping by category, for example, security, personal data, interface, and so on. So the system administrator can quickly find the desired policy.

• Session Recovery Management
  It is possible to configure a list of sites that will automatically open when the browser starts. It can be mail, a calendar, a task tracker or an internal portal page. This can be done through a session recovery management policy. In addition, it remains possible to configure the scoreboard - site widgets on the start page - and applications on the sidebar.

Release of an extended version of Yandex.Browser for organizations

Yandex on March 7, 2023 presented an expanded version of the Browser for organizations. The extended version of Yandex Browser for organizations increases the level, safety data excludes sending usage statistics outside the company, opens access to priority technical support and makes the work of system administrators more convenient. The update is focused only on business applications and is not intended for home users.

The product implements protection against trackers - with it it will be more difficult for attackers to carry out targeted attacks on individual employees to gain access to the internal data of the entire enterprise. In addition, the extended version of Yandex Browser for organizations allows you to receive answers when contacting the support service within an hour. To solve especially difficult issues, you can request a group call with the participation of Yandex developers, engineers and testers.

Yandex Browser for organizations has a personal account for administrators. In it, you can communicate with support, monitor the change log and quickly return to previous assemblies. There is a panel for configuring corporate resources, and over time, the personal account will become a single control center for all browsers of the company.

Many enterprise applications are deployed in cloud services. Employees see them as tabs in the browser and spend more than half of their working time in them. That is why the browser becomes one of the key elements of the company's infrastructure, so much emphasis is placed on its security and convenience, said Ilya Shibanov, head of the Yandex Browser development project office.

Inclusion of Rosa IT Research and Development Center in the repository

Yandex's browser is now available for download directly from the repository of operating systems the company, ROSA which announced this on February 21, 2023. The experts of STC IT ROSA conducted test tests and were convinced of the correctness of the operation of OS ROSA CHROME 12.3 and ROSA COBALT 7.9 Yandex browser with and all its elements. More. here

2022

Updating the design and list of functions of the mobile Yandex.Browser

On February 9, 2023, the company Yandex announced a design update mobile Browser and the addition of a feature in. application So, search and navigation buttons are now located at the bottom. Important settings are in sight, and the search bar will always be at hand. So do. Alice

The appearance of tabs in the Browser on iOS has also changed - now they are located vertically. Due to this, there are more of them on the screen, and it is more convenient to move between open tabs. The updated look of the mobile Browser simplifies the search for information on the Internet.

From the main page, you can quickly switch to incognito mode - the button for enabling it lives right on the new tab. Also, an arrow "back" appeared on the main screen - now you can return to the last open site. And there was also quick access to the account, Yandex ID where are stored passwords and. bank maps

A special button has appeared on the panel with icons of the most visited pages, which will allow you to add new sites to the main screen. You can immediately select resources in different categories - for example, entertainment, online banks, marketplaces. Yandex itself will offer sites known to users, but you can add any you need manually.

The ability to detach a group of tabs from the top panel

On December 21, 2022, Yandex announced the update of the interface of tab groups in Yandex Browser.

According to the company, in the Browser, you can place frequently used links on the scoreboard, the tab manager on the sidebar allows you to quickly find the desired one. Tab groups will help, for example, organize work projects by importance or separate materials for a thesis from the list of New Year's purchases.

The updated tab group design is another step in this direction. Now they can be detached from the top panel and hidden in the vertical menu to save space.

In addition to the groups on the top panel Browser , there are tabs in. Previously updated features were added to the beta version of Yandex Browser 22.11.2 for. And Windows now this functionality is available to all users in normal mode - for Windows of the same version (22.11.2), and for and Mac - Linux version 22.11.3. After installing the update, the Browser must be restarted.

Updated the appearance of tab groups. Now they look more concise and take up less space. It is possible to detach groups from the panel (even a "house"). The detached tab group will not be visible in the panel, but will remain available in the vertical menu.

To open a vertical menu, click the arrow on the right side of the tab group bar. The menu displays all tab groups that you can switch between. Here you can pin or detach any groups, open the menu of the desired group, or create another.

Any group that is created is docked to the top pane of the Browser by default. You can disable this setting. To do this, go to the menu "Settings" > "Interface" > section "Tabs and groups" and press the tick in the item "pin the group when creating it." Groups will be created loose, they will not be visible in the panel - only in the vertical menu.

Made it easier to access the homegroup. Now the pinned tab homegroup is always visible. Even if all groups are not placed in the panel.

As of December 2022, work is underway to synchronize tab groups - on all devices on which the user launches the Browser. The composition of tab groups will be identical on all devices. If the user created a group of "Purchases" tabs on a working computer, then you can continue to work with it from your phone, as well as from your home computer.

Browser Release for Business

On November 21, 2022, Yandex presented a version of its browser for business. The program is available for installation on computers running Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems.

In Yandex. Browser "more than 100 group policies, so system administrators can integrate any extensions, proprietary programs or utilities from official application stores into it. For example, you can add the extensions "1C: Enterprise" or the "Cryptopro" utility for working with sites where there is crypto protection.

New policies will help make the enterprise browser more convenient for employees. Thus, the administrator will be able to add links useful to colleagues to the Bookmarks folder, for example, to an internal portal, webinars or necessary programs. You can also configure the work so that corporate programs open in the browser with which they are best compatible, noted in Yandex.

The company also talked about a new policy for downloading  isinternet files. Now with its help you can set one of three blocking options: all downloads from the Internet; only malware and dangerous files; malicious, unwanted, and dangerous file types. In the latter case, employees will be able to see pictures and files in.pdf, but the executable file (with the.exe extension) is no longer there.

Browser has an online configurator for Windows and Linux. Now, when downloading the desired version of the browser , the system administrator can select the services and extensions necessary for efficient operation right on the main screen.

According   to Ilya Shibanov, head of the Yandex browser development project office, according to the company's estimates  , the share of jobs  on macOS in the small and medium-sized business segment reaches 20%.

OS Alt users can download Yandex Browser from the Sisyphus repository

Users operating systems of the family "" Viola can now download "" Yandex Browser directly from the repository. OS This is Sisyphus part of the repository, one of the largest world packages in the repositories free, ON along with, and. This was Debian Red Hat SUSE announced BASEALT by the company "" on October 10, 2022. More. here

Inclusion in the Astra Linux Special Edition 1.7 repository

Yandex.Browser included in the extended repository OS Astra Linux Special Edition 1.7. This was GC Astra announced on September 6, 2022.

After comprehensive testing of Yandex Browser in the Astra Linux OS environment, experts were convinced of the correct operation of the software stack, including with the "Maximum" security level selected. Yandex Browser has received official Ready for Astra Linux certificates.

Now it can be freely installed using the tools built into the OS, for example, through the command line: sudo apt update & & sudo apt install yandex-browser-stable or through the synaptic package manager.

Yandex Browser has been used by Russian companies and private users for many years, like Astra Linux, the demand for which is growing rapidly as of September 2022. Both solutions implement functionality with which customers from business segments, the public sector, as well as private users successfully perform a variety of tasks.

The updated Yandex Browser for organizations is compatible with Windows and domestic Linux-based platforms, supports twice as many group policies as before, and it can be quickly configured for thousands of employees at once. The functionality of the product allows you to provide an additional level of security in the company and limit the list of available sites, issue access levels to different groups of users, set white and black lists of extensions, control the ability to record the screen, etc. A dedicated support line is running for system administrators.

As a rule, users prefer to perform different tasks in one place - in the browser. It is more convenient than installing many individual applications - work moves to web trackers, online document editors, web versions of applications, cloud services. Therefore, a high-quality corporate browser is becoming one of the most important elements of the digital infrastructure, its value is growing. It is important for us that Yandex Browser is available to users of all operating systems, and in particular to those who work on Astra Linux, said Ilya Shibanov, head of the Yandex Browser development project office.

Compatibility with BASEALT products

The companies "BASEALT" and Yandex ensured the compatibility of the browser with the Russian operational systems "Alt." This became known on August 10, 2022. The test results confirmed the correctness of the Alt Workstation 10, Alt Server 10, Alt Education 10 and Alt SP OS and the updated version of Yandex Browser.

Compatibility is confirmed by a two-sided certificate. Users can switch to a reliable domestic OS and at the same time use all the capabilities of Yandex Browser. This will increase the efficiency of work in the office and on home computers.

Almost a third of Russian users prefer to use Yandex Browser in 2022, so it is critical to ensure that it can be used among domestic Alt operating systems. The number of Alt OS installations on office and home computers has increased significantly and continues to grow rapidly. In the interests of Russian consumers, the company plans to continue to develop a technological partnership with Yandex Browser, noted Sergey Trandin, General Director of BASEALT.

Domestic operating systems based on Linux are famous in. Russia The company wants to be where our users are, so in the spring of 2022 they removed the Browser for Linux from the beta version of Yandex. Yandex's task: to ensure browser compatibility with Russian OS on kernel Linux, and in particular with operating systems of the Alt family. Their users now have access to well-known features of the flagship version of Yandex Browser, which help to customize the workspace for themselves and save money: time divide into information different projects using grouping tabs, use the usual online services in the format of web applications. For those who often come across working with a foreign one, content the browser will help translate texts, pictures, make voice-over voice translation of videos, told Ilya Shibanov, head of the Yandex Browser development project office.

Yandex Browser is a safe and fast browser, in 2022 its version was released for Russian OS on the Linux kernel. The browser is convenient for both business and end users. Representatives of organizations can quickly and simply configure the browser for thousands of employees: give out access or, conversely, limit the use of any resources. It will also be convenient for end users to perform work tasks - Yandex Browser has many features that help increase productivity, for example, separate different work projects in the browser, configure a convenient workspace where nothing distracts from business.

Operating systems "BASEALT" are developed on the basis of the repository of free programs "Sisyphus" Sisyphus (). This is one of the largest world packages in the repository of free, ON along with, and. Debian" Red Hat SUSE Sisyphus" is within and under jurisdiction. of the Russian Federation Repository development rules independently define "BASEALT." Alt operating systems are included in. Unified Register of Russian Software

Start Live Translation

Yandex has launched simultaneous translation of live broadcasts on YouTube in a browser. This became known on August 5, 2022..

Foreign broadcasts will now be available in Russian in real time. While the technology works in open beta testing mode - to translate broadcasts on a limited number of YouTube channels. Any user of Yandex Browser can test the technology on a computer.

As the developers emphasize, you no longer have to wait for the video with the translation to appear in the recording after the end of the event. Live broadcasts can be viewed immediately in Russian online: webinars, business conferences and presentations of large technology companies - for example, Apple's autumn presentation. Automatic voice-over translation of live broadcasts complements the technologies of voice translation of video and interactive subtitles.

We continue to improve technologies that help erase the language boundaries in. Internet For example, in 10 months, Yandex Browser users watched 81 million videos with voice-over translation. Then we took up subtitles, and now the time has come to translate live. The next step is to translate streams and videos not only to YouTube, but also, for example, in. We taught Twitch you how to neuronets translate broadcasts into,,, and English. German French Italian Next, Spanish we will add new pairs of languages, the European as well as others Chinese. Japanese said the head of the Yandex and Yandex Browser application Dmitry Timko[3].

AlterOS compatibility

and ALMIS Group of Companies Yandex completed testing for compatibility and correct operation of Yandex.Browser under management. In operating system AlterOS March 2022, the companies signed a technology partnership agreement. This was announced by ALMIS of partner company on June 20, 2022. More. here

Yandex launched interactive subtitles for video in four languages

On March 30, 2022, it became known that interactive subtitles for videos in four languages ​ ​ - English, French, German and Spanish - appeared in Yandex Browser for computers. Subtitles can be included both in the original language and in Russian. Interactive word-backlit subtitles will complement the video voice-over function and come in handy when it is inconvenient to watch video content with sound.

The backlight option in words will help not to lose meaning of what has been said, which is especially important for those who study the language and do not yet have enough confidence in it. When you click on an unknown word, the user will receive an instant translation without interrupting the process.

"We are committed to ensuring that users have access to content in different languages. And, of course, we want to make the product quite convenient: for example, it is not always possible to watch videos with sound - so we made interactive subtitles and added translation. We take into account the needs of our users: those who are more convenient to perceive information in their native language can also include Russian subtitles for videos. In the future, we plan to add more pairs of languages, "- said the head of the Yandex application, Yandex Browser and Yandex homepage Dmitry Timko.

To turn on subtitles in Russian or foreign language, you need to hover the cursor over the playback window and in the pop-up block "Translate Video" select the activation of subtitles in the settings. At the end of March 2022, the option is available in Yandex Browser on a computer.

The operation of the technology and the correspondence of the original speech are determined by the use. neuronets Translation is done in several stages. First, Yandex recognizes speech turns it into text and with the help neural networks of breaks it down into sentences. Already at the first stage, the neural network notes where the beginning and end of each word in the video. Thanks to this, the word on the screen is highlighted exactly when it is pronounced. The option is available for movies on. YouTube^[4]

The Ministry of Digital Development recommends installing Yandex.Browser in order to have access to all sites in Russia

On March 9, 2022, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation issued a recommendation - to use Yandex.Browser to access all Internet resources in the country.

To have access to all sites and the necessary online services, including State Public services, we recommend installing browsers that support the Russian certificate. Now there is such functionality, for example, Yandex.Browser or Atom [developed by VK - approx. TAdviser], the agency said in a statement quoted by TASS.

The Ministry of Digital Development noted that by March 9, 2022, there may be problems with the work of certification authorities that check the safety and reliability of Internet resources, as a result of which some sites in Russia may not open.

On March 4, 2022, the Ministry of Digital Development announced that in the near future regulatory acts governing the work of the national certification center for the free issuance of TLS certificates to Russian legal entities will be adopted, which will help users maintain safe access to sites that have had TLS revoked. TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a cryptographic protocol for organizing secure communication on the Internet.

The department clarified that it will be possible to obtain a TLS certificate on the State Public services portal in a fully remote mode. All browsers and operating systems will have to support the work of TLS certificates on the sites that will receive them, and the full list of domains for which certificates are issued can be seen on the State Public services portal.

According to the StatCounter service for February 2022, Yandex.Browser ranks second most popular among all browsers in Russia with a share of about 16%. In first place is Google Chrome with a 55 percent rate.^[5]

2021

Russian authorities forcibly made Yandex a default search engine on all gadgets

For the third time in the last two months, the Russian authorities have expanded the list of pre-installed programs for devices sold in Russia. They also approved Yandex as the main search engine selected by default. This became known on September 28, 2021. Also, the Russian authorities added Yandex.Browser programs to the list of mandatory preinstallation programs. Read more here.

Yandex showed the technology of voice-over translation of video from English

In mid-July 2021, Yandex introduced voiceover technology for videos in foreign languages, which, according to the company, has no analogues in the world. The system combines machine translation, biometrics, speech recognition and synthesis technologies. Read more here.

2020

Detection of vulnerability to address bar spoofing

Rapid7 specialists, together with Pakistani security researcher Rafay Baloch, have discovered ten vulnerabilities in seven mobile browsers that can fake URLs in the address bar. This became known on October 21, 2020. The list of vulnerable browsers also includes Yandex.Browsers. Read more here.

AppGallery Availability

On April 8, 2020, it became known about the full integration company mobile applications Yandex in the app store. AppGallery More. here

2019: Instant Messaging Service Beta Test

On February 22, 2019, it became known that Yandex was conducting beta testing of the messenger built into Yandex.brauser. According to reports, the function appeared at the end of 2018 and is still available only to a limited number of users.

As reported, Yandex has built an instant messaging service mobile into its own version browser for and. operating systems Android iOS As of February 2019, the feature is in beta testing mode, so it is not available to all users, according to the product support page of the company's official website. The company has not publicly announced the new product.

The Yandex messenger built into the browser allows you to communicate with other users both in private and in public chats that can be created by marking a point on Yandex.karts. directly in the browser. In addition, chats are created automatically at points on the map where there are many visitors. To launch the messenger, you need to click on the "chats" button located on the left in the Yandex browser search bar and adjacent to the "Alice" voice assistant call button.

The editors CNews reported that they tested a stable version of Yandex.Browser with Alice version 19.1.2 (build 337 of February 14, 2019) for Android and found that a application set of pre-prepared thematic chats was also available in, uniting people by interest or type of activity. So, among them it was possible to find a chat for students of the city's universities, cyclists and cat lovers.

In chats created automatically, there is always at least one participant - Yandex.robot, who tries to start a conversation using a question that coincides with the topic of the chat. For example, a school chat may contain a question like "Labor or fiz-ra? Which is easier?. " All messages of the "robot" date back to December 26, 2018, so it can be assumed that it was on this day that testing of the service started.^[6]

2018

Artificial intelligence for translating web pages

On July 3, 2018, it became known that Yandex.Browser began using artificial intelligence to translate web pages. The browser analyzes the contents of the page, looks at where the text is located and how it is designed, determines its type and takes this into account when translating. As a result, the translation is more accurate.

In addition to the main text of the page, the browser distinguishes between the texts of navigation elements and headings. Each of them has its own characteristics. For example, English headings are often long phrases with special grammar. The browser compares speech turns, vocabulary and other features of headings in different languages ​ ​ and then independently forms rules that help to recognize the title on the page and correctly translate it.

As for navigation elements, more than half of such texts are only two thousand standard short phrases. The Yandex machine translation command compiled a database of them, which the translator accesses every time he sees a button or menu item.

Yandex.Browser began to translate not only more accurately, but also faster, since not the entire page is translated, but only the part that the user now sees. You can also select a separate word or fragment of text and find out its translation. So far, the browser takes into account the type of text only in the most popular translation directions, including from English to Russian, from German to Russian, from Chinese to Russian and English and from English to Turkish.

The presented translation model works in a browser for computers and for Android devices, and will also appear soon in the Browser for iOS. The desktop browser will be updated automatically within a few days, but the update can also be installed manually - in the "about browser" settings menu^[7].

Voice Assistant Alice

In March 2018, Yandex Holding announced the appearance of its built-in voice assistant Alice Yandex.brauser application for systems under the control of the OS family. Microsoft Windows Voice assistant in the desktop version of the browser is presented on the market for the first time. Previously, Alice was only available on mobile devices running OS and. Google Android Apple iOS

The Windows version of Yandex.brauser has received all the already known functionality of the voice assistant. According to the company, the list of Alice's skills will constantly increase^[8].

For the first time, voice assistant Alice was presented in early October 2017. The company calls the service "the best in the world for recognizing Russian speech, as well as the world's first program of this kind that you can just chat with." When creating Alice, the emphasis was on understanding natural colloquial speech. It is claimed that the assistant even knows how to joke.

Alice works with numerous Yandex services such as Search, Maps, Music and Weather. At the request of the user, the voice assistant can open, browser for example, Wikipedia or a channel to YouTube or restore the last closed tab in Yandex.Browser.

Alice knows how to control not only with the "Browser," but also with a computer. The voice assistant can launch a third-party application - such as Word or a calculator - or open screen settings. You can ask Alice to put a certain song, and at the same time adjust the volume of the sound. With a neutral request to launch music, Alice turns on Yandex.radio.

At the end of the work, Alice on the command "Turn off the computer" will fulfill the request. In addition to voice communication, assistant Alice also maintains chat correspondence.

2017

Inclusion in the Register of Domestic Software

On July 23, 2017, the register of Russian software was replenished with 109 products, including Yandex.Browser. Prior to that, only one similar software product was listed in the registry - the Sputnik browser. ^[9]

The enterprise version of the browser includes a configuration module

On July 4, 2017, Yandex announced the availability of a designer for configuring the corporate version of Yandex.Browser.

During assembly, you can set the main appearance parameters, include the required add-ons - and download the finished distribution kit^[10]

Office workers spend a significant part of the day at the computer and solve many tasks in the browser. Therefore, the browser should be as practical and convenient as possible. With extensions, you can, for example, block ads so that they do not distract from work. And in the tab - fix links to internal resources, calendar or magazine of the company, and put on the background a branded logo or just something pleasant. Dmitry Timko, head of Yandex.Browser

The browser assembly prepared in the designer is installed on computers using an MSI file. Employees will not be able to change its settings themselves, and updates will not change the specified parameters. The administrator can make changes to the browser configuration on all computers at once - through group policies in the domain.

Now the administrator can prevent the browser from exchanging certain types of data with external servers. In addition, the browser checks downloaded files for viruses, protects passwords and warns users about dangerous sites - using the built-in Protect technology.

The assembly of the corporate Yandex.Browser, prepared in the designer, is suitable for organizations where you do not need to integrate the browser into internal systems, for example, into accounting programs.

Yandex.Browser Light

In June 2017, a light experimental version of Yandex.Browser for Android was released - Yandex.Browser Light. The application will be useful for those who want to save space on the device and who need a fast and convenient browser without additional functions. For example, to go on social networks or open links from other applications.

The lightweight version of the Browser has only the essentials. In the address bar, you can search for sites, including simply by name, as well as ask Yandex questions. In the visual bookmarks pane, which opens in a new tab, save your favorite sites. In the feed of personal recommendations Zen - read interesting news and articles.

The application is suitable as a second browser on the device: according to Yandex, more than a third of Android smartphone users use another one in addition to the main browser. Some divide them into home and work, others keep a spare in case of problems with the main one, and someone needs to go to the same service from different accounts and it is convenient to do it from different browsers.

The lightweight browser distribution weighs less than a megabyte. The installed application is a little heavier, but still tens of times lighter than most browsers. And to keep its weight small and further, you can clear the cache from time to time in the application settings. If necessary, it can be transferred to a memory card: it will work there as well.

Yandex.Browser will warn about the interception of encrypted data

Yandex.Browser has learned to warn about the interception of encrypted data. It shows a message about the danger if it understands that passwords, payment data and other user information that is transmitted via HTTPS can fall into the hands of attackers. A browser with this function appeared on the market for the first time.

Before transferring encrypted data, any browser requests a digital certificate from the site and checks its reliability. Most often, for verification, information about certificates that are stored in the operating system of the computer is used. Attackers add their own to this data - so that the browser trusts their certificates and transfers confidential information. Thanks to this, they intercept traffic. Usually, cybercriminals' data enters the computer unnoticed by the user - for example, along with some program downloaded from a dubious site.

According to research, 4% to 11% of users suffer from interception of HTTPS traffic. To identify "wiretapping," Yandex.Browser conducts additional verification of certificates that the computer's operating system considered reliable. To do this, data from several authoritative manufacturers is used operating systems - this information cannot be changed by attackers. If the reliability of the certificate is not confirmed, the user receives a signal that traffic can be "listened to" - so it is better to contact a specialist to delete the data of the attackers and the program that entered them.

LANIT-Integration will implement Yandex.Browser

LANIT-Integration (part of the LANIT group of companies) became a partner of Yandex in the spring and will install and configure a special version of Yandex.Browser for organizations for the needs of the customer, released in March 2017. Thanks to the new browser, the customer's employees will have secure, fast and convenient access to information, resources and applications both on the intranet and on the Internet.

Most companies that use their own portal solutions and web applications experience incompatibility between their software solutions and the various browsers installed on employees' computers. LANIT-Integration specialists offer to integrate Yandex.Browser into the internal systems of the organization, install the necessary extensions, for example, to check electronic signatures on web pages, and design the browser in corporate colors of the company. Users will no longer have to navigate a dozen links to find the information they need in the corporate file store, book meeting rooms, scroll through the company's latest press releases, and view the menu in the dining room.

So that each department can work with its own set of applications and services, LANIT-Integration specialists adapt the browser: a standardized landing page with a corporate background opens access to a customized scoreboard for a quick transition to professional and thematic sites for certain departments.

Many tasks and projects require continuous work - you need to constantly monitor updates, monitor correspondence, so the browser is synchronized with users' devices.

LANIT-Integration, together with Yandex, will not only adapt the browser to the customer's tasks, but also support it after implementation.

The business version of Yandex.Browser includes Protect technology, which protects passwords and bank data from theft, warns about fraudulent sites and checks downloadable files for viruses. The browser also blocks dangerous ads, encrypts public Wi-Fi and speeds up opening pages and videos using Turbo mode.

2016

Yandex.Browser for macOS

On December 22, 2016, Yandex released a version of Yandex.Browser for macOS. Among the changes in the software are a translucent design, protection of online payments and bank data.

The browser differs from its predecessor in design, the system of protection against fraud on the Internet has been improved. The company announced the automatic replacement of the previous version in the next few weeks. You can install the update manually from December 22, 2016.

The main idea of ​ ​ software design is minimalism, freeing the useful area of ​ ​ the screen from unnecessary elements. Added functions to the search bar of the Yandex browser^[11].

Features have been added to the Protect security system of Yandex.Browser. In particular - protection of online payments, it is automatically turned on when visiting the websites of banks and payment systems. All additions through which Yandex.Browser can potentially be hacked are disabled, and the page's digital certificate is verified. If you suspect that the certificate does not match, the software displays a warning in the address bar.

The browser has been taught to protect bank card data. Protet warns the user if the visited site uses an unprotected HTTP protocol, or there is a suspicion that the site was created by criminals. In this case, the warned user will be able to stop sending data.

A special menu has been added to the browser, which contains information about site certificates, connection reliability and potential risks. Through this menu, you can also configure the operation of various Protect components and adjust the receipt of notifications from different sites and their other actions. The menu opens when you click on the lock image in the address bar.

Mobile "Yandex.Browser" began to support add-ons for desktop browsers

The alpha version of Yandex.Browser for Android began in August 2016 to support add-ons that people are used to working on a computer. Among them are tools for managing passwords, browsing sites in night mode, saving pages you like and thousands of others.

"'Yandex.Browser' is a Chromium-based mobile browser that has begun to support desktop add-ons. For our users, this is an opportunity to work with your favorite tools in a mobile browser, and for add-on developers it is an easy way to reach a new audience, "said Dmitry Timko, head of mobile Yandex.Browser.

Browser add-ons can replace some mobile apps. For example, instead of a separate password management application, you can use a similar add-on by simply adding it to the browser. This can save space on the screen and in the memory of the device.

When creating a new alpha version, the browser team closely interacted with the developers of Yandex add-ons (such as Card, Weather and Traffic Jams), as well as with external developers. Add-ons can be found in the built-in Yandex.Browser catalog or in one of the stores for Chromium-based browsers - for example, in addons.opera.com/ru/extensions.

Yandex.Browser includes AI mechanism

On June 8, 2016, it became known about Yandex's modernization of a browser with a personal recommendation feed created using artificial intelligence technologies. ^[12].

The tape is called Yandex.Zen, it contains links to articles, videos, pictures and other materials from the Internet. Now Yandex.Browser users can receive content selected taking into account the individual preferences of each user.

The tape is formed on the basis of the browser's knowledge of the user:

• which sites he visits,
• how he evaluates articles and videos from the tape - he asks "more of this" or vice versa.

Yandex.Zen takes into account both permanent and existing interests. For example, if a person begins to read about architecture, his feed will have more materials on this topic. At the same time, Zen is not limited to the user's preferred sites and topics. He offers material from sources unfamiliar to a person - on topics that may be of interest to him - if the user shows interest in Mark Zuckerberg, Zen can offer him articles about Elon Mask.

А что цитируем-то? Victor Lamburt, head of the Yandex.Zen service 'Despite the variety of information on the network, finding something really interesting for yourself is not so easy. Zen solves this problem with technology. In many ways, it looks like a search engine. Only if the search looks for something specific, then Zen responds to a broader query: what is interesting to a particular person. We are confident that in the future all browsers will follow the path of personalization and help users choose content.

Zen uses Yandex's global search index and artificial intelligence technologies - in particular, computer vision and natural language processing technology. With their help, he determines what the text or picture is about, sorts materials by topic and highlights objects in them. The collected data is then processed using Disco's recommendation technology - it is based on the Matrixnet machine learning method. It is Matrix Net that forms a personal recommendation feed for each. It is shown right on the page of the new tab for everyone who has already used the browser. Very soon, the tape will appear among other users.

Yandex.Browser with a recommendation feed is available in 24 countries around the world. Some users are familiar with Zen: in 2015, it was launched in experimental mode in the mobile version of the browser. Now the tape is on the desktop, on mobile platforms. Zen is built into Yandex Launcher, an application for organizing a workspace on Android smartphones.

2014

Transparent interface

One of the main features of the new Yandex.Browser is a transparent interface that does not obscure the content of the site and does not interfere with working with it. Also, the new Yandex.Browser is able to give a brief help about famous personalities, objects and events as soon as the user sets the request. And predict desires: for example, if a person studies the website of a cafe or museum, the browser will show their location on the map.

Tabs in the alpha version of the new Yandex.Browser are located at the bottom of the screen - in the same place where the icons of running applications are usually located on operating systems. Tabs use the visual language of sites - their icons and colors - to make it easier for a person to navigate them. In addition, dynamic "live backgrounds" appeared in the new Yandex.Browser instead of static background pictures. At the same time, the new browser will retain all the functions familiar to users: "Scoreboard," "Smart Line," "Turbo" mode, document viewer and everything else. The usual version of Yandex.Browser will also be available for download.

The number of Yandex.Browser users has grown to 24 million

The monthly audience of Yandex.Browser has grown to 24 million users, of which 19 million are users of the desktop version and 5 million are mobile. Such figures were reported by Yandex^[13]. In Russia, the browser audience is 17 million users, including 13 million for the desktop and 4 million for the mobile version. The monthly audience of Yandex.Browser in 2014 increased by 46% compared to last year, the company said.

The developers also cited other statistics. For example, 6.2 billion web pages are viewed monthly using Yandex.Browser. At the same time, every month the program warns of 9.9 million fraudulent and 29.3 million infected sites.

According to StatCounter, in Russia the share of Yandex.Browser in September 2014 amounted to 7.81%. A year earlier, he owned 5.89%. In the overall standings, the product ranks fifth. In first place is Google Chrome with a share of 42.85%, in second - Firefox with 16.78%, in third - Opera with 11.83% and in fourth - Internet Explorer with 11.52%.

In the global market, the Yandex browser is not in the top five. It is not represented in StatCounter statistics. StatCounter collects statistics on page visits on more than 3 million websites. The service processes more than 15 billion visits to users' pages from around the world every month. According to another statistics service, LiveInternet, the share of the Yandex browser has averaged 5.1% over the past 3 months. The browser ranks fifth in popularity.

2012: Presentation version 1.0

• In September 2012, the Vedomosti newspaper learned that Yandex was developing its own browser. According to the sources of the publication, the Russian search engine will thus be easier to promote its services and it will cease to lose market share under pressure from Google. Yandex's browser may be released as early as October 2012. Yandex will develop both a web browser for personal computers and a mobile version of the program designed for iOS and Android operating systems.

• At the end of September 2012, Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh announced the creation by a search engine of its own browser, predictably called Yandex.Browser 1.0. It is based on the Webkit engine, on which the Chrome and Safari browsers are based, and on the Chromium code.

According to Volozh, "dozens of people have been working on the browser for about a year," Yandex employees have been using it for several weeks, and they like it. The new Yandex.Browser will be available for download on October 1, 2012 at 17:00 Moscow time via the link. It will currently work only for Windows and Mac OS X.

The browser is characterized by a super-minimalistic interface. Its key features were integration with cloud search engine services. The browser is planned to use technologies developed by Opera Software. In the next version of the program, in particular, there will be a "traffic compressor" Opera Turbo.

The head of the Yandex.Browser project, Tigran Khudaverdyan, among other features called "rudeness," that is, the ability to enter the site address in live language, "sites" (links to sections of sites right in the browser interface) and integration into the browser notifications mail and social networks.

In addition, Punto Switchcher, a translation service, and Kaspersky Lab anti-virus control, Yandex^[14] integrated into Yandex.Browser].

According to Liveintenet, in September 2012, the most popular browser on Runet was Google Chrome, with which users visited 22.4% of web pages. Opera was in second place among desktop browsers with a result of about 16%.

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