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| Yandex Browser | |
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| Developer | Yandex |
| Initial release | 1 October 2012; 13 years ago (2012-10-01) |
| Stable release(s)[±] | |
24.10.4.753 (4 October 2024; 16 months ago (2024-10-04)[1])
24.12.2.460 (5 December 2024; 14 months ago (2024-12-05)[2])
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| Written in | C++,JavaScript |
| Engine | Blink |
| Operating system | [4] |
| Platform | ARM,IA-32,x86-64 |
| Available in | 14 languages |
List of languages English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek. | |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Freeware[5] |
| Website | browser |
Yandex Browser (Russian: Яндекс Браузер) is afreewareweb browser[5] developed by the Russian technology corporationYandex that uses theBlinkweb browser engine and is based on theChromium open source project.[6] The browser checks webpage security with the Yandex security system and checks downloaded files withKaspersky Anti-Virus.[6][7] The browser also usesOpera Software's Turbo technology to speed web browsing on slow connections.[8]
The browser is available forWindows,macOS,Linux,Android andiOS.
The browser is the second most popular desktop web browser (the third as a mobile browser) in Russia at 21.5%,[9] while it is less popular in most other countries, e.g. in Ukraine fourth at 4.45%[10] and globally has less share than Internet Explorer (which is ninth at 0.64%).
Distinguishing features of the Yandex Browser include the following:
Protect active security technology scans files and website for viruses, blocks fraudulent webpages, protects passwords and bank card details, and keeps online payments safe from theft.[14][15]
Yandex Browser was the first browser to implementDNSCrypt technology, which encryptsDomain Name System (DNS) traffic.[16] For example, it protects from a trojanDNSChanger, a tracking Internet provider, or hackers. This option must be enabled in the browser settings.[15]
When connecting to openWi-Fi networks or access points that use a weak WEP-defense, Yandex Browser encrypts data to and from a Yandex server. The Yandex server acts as a channel between the browser and the HTTP sites.[16]
According to Douglas J. Leith, a computer science professor atTrinity College, Yandex Browser not only sends a hashed hardware identifier to Yandex, but also every letter typed in the address bar and every URL visited by the user. Yandex Browser along withMicrosoft Edge, were ranked least private among the tested browsers.[17]
Yandex was created byIlya Segalovich andArkady Volozh while working for Arcadia in 1993. It was named Yandex as an abbreviation for Yet Another Indexer. They named it Яndex, usingЯ as a shortened version of Ya. Yandex was unveiled on September 23, 1997. At that point it had indexed the entirety of the Russian internet. The following year, Yandex began showing advertisements. Their first advertisement said, "Ваша киска купила бы Cisco," meaning, "Your kitty would buy Cisco." In the year 2000, Yandex was registered as a company. Volozh became the CEO. In 2001, Yandex started to place advertisements directly into pages themselves. 2500 advertisers joined. A year later, the company became profitable. That same year, Yandex.Images and Yandex.Market started. Later that year, Yandex.money (a payment system) started jointly with the PayCash group. In 2003, Yandex started issuing dividends. That year, they issued $100,000 of dividends. Yandex also changed their advertisement system to apay-per-click model. In 2004, Yandex.Maps started. They had detailed maps ofMoscow,Saint Petersburg, andKyiv. It could not be used to search for addresses, just establishments. That year, Yandex created a separate search engine for blogs, that no longer exists.[18]
According toLiveInternet [ru] analytics, Yandex Browser reached 2.3% market share in Russia two months after its release.[19] As of June 2022, Yandex Browser held 16.47% market share in Russia.[20]
Yandex is facing web search competition in Russia fromGoogle Search.[21]Google Chrome, Russia's most popular web browser, uses Google Search as its default search engine. In June 2012,Mozilla Firefox, the world's third most popular web browser, signed a deal to replace its default search engineYandex Search with Google Search.[21] As Yandex Browser's "Smartbox" uses Yandex Search as its default search engine, the browser will help Yandex compete for Russian search market share.[22]
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