Yandex.Station - a multimedia platform with voice control (through the built-in voice assistant " Alice "), developed by Yandex ; manufactured in China ( Hong Kong ) [1] [2] . This device is a personal home assistant that works on the principle of a question-answer system . Among the main functions: answers to questions, searching for information on the Internet, playing music through the Yandex.Music service . Also, the "Station" can be connected to a TV, monitor or projector and control the viewing of video from online movie theaters and video services.
| Yandex Station | |
|---|---|
| Configuration | |
| Hardware platform | ARM |
| Price | 9 990 ₽ |
| Type of | Network Media Player , Personal Assistant, Voice Assistant |
| Developer | Yandex |
| State | Russia |
| Year of issue | 2018 |
| RAM | 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM |
| Persistent memory | 8 GB eMMC |
| Power supply | External power supply 20 V |
| Interfaces | HDMI 1.4 |
| Weight | 2.9 kg |
| The size | 141 × 231 × 141 mm |
| CPU | |
| CPU Developer | Allwinner |
| CPU Model | Allwinner R18 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1 GHz (12 000 MIPS) |
| CPU clock speed | 1 GHz |
| Video subsystem | |
| GPU Developer | ARM |
| GPU Model | Mali-400 MP2 |
| Colour | Case: silver or black anodized aluminum Casing: purple (corporate color " Alice "), black and gray. |
Along with Yandex engineers, external teams and research institutes participated in the development of the device, in particular, the rights to the Voice Quality Enhancement technology were transferred to the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits . “Yandex. Station ”- the first“ smart ”column with Russian language support (similar devices that do not have Russian language support were previously released by Apple , Amazon , Google ) [3] .
The product was announced on May 29, 2018 at the Yet Another Conference in Moscow .
The official start of sales is July 10, 2018 [4] [5] .
On March 11, 2019, Yandex limited the sale of a limited version of the gadget by subscription [6] .
The cost of the device at the time of launch is 9,990 rubles [7] .
According to data provided by the analytical firm Canalys, according to the results of 2018, Yandex sold more than 40 thousand smart columns Yandex. In Central and Eastern Europe. Station ”, thus occupying 14.3% of the market for“ smart ”speakers in Central and Eastern Europe [8] .
Content
Functions
“Yandex. Station ”can execute the same commands as“ Alice ”. The speaker can talk with the user, play selected music on its own, show the requested movies on TV, search the Internet, for example, inform the owner about the weather forecast or traffic situation, set an alarm and perform other tasks [9] . In addition, the company launched the Yandex.Dialogs platform for creating chat bots based on Alice.
The price of the station includes a subscription to the Yandex.Music service (12 months), as well as to the online movie theaters KinoPoisk (12 months), Amediateka (3 months) and ivi.ru (2 months) [10] .
In March 2019, the function of listening to the radio [11] and watching television through Yandex.Air became available.
“Yandex. Station ”also allows you to view videos and video clips from online movie theaters and video services.
Specifications
The device is based on the Yandex.IO technology platform [12] .
The device connects to the TV via the HDMI interface, and to the Internet via Wi-Fi . Via Bluetooth, you can connect to your smartphone and play music and audio books from it, it does not require internet.
Inside Yandex. Stations ”is located:
- 5 acoustic elements:
- 2 tweeters with a power of 10 watts and a diameter of 20 millimeters,
- 1 woofer with a power of 30 watts and a diameter of 85 mm,
- 2 passive radiators with a diameter of 95 millimeters;
- Total power - 50 watts;
- Frequency range - from 50 to 20 kilohertz;
- The noise – signal ratio is 96 decibels [9] .
Yandex.Station works without a remote control .
To ensure high-quality voice control, the microphone array consists of 7 sensitive microphones .
The weight of the “Station” is 2.9 kilograms, its dimensions are 14 × 23 × 14 centimeters [13] .
See also
- Smart speaker
- Yandex.Phone .
- Yandex.Module .
- Yandex.Ether .
Notes
- ↑ Unified register of notifications on the characteristics of encryption (cryptographic) means and goods containing them. Yandex Station, model YNDX-0001 . Eurasian Economic Commission . portal.eaeunion.org. Date of treatment June 16, 2019.
- ↑ Certificate of Conformity TC RU C-HK.AD75.A.01038 | Yandex Station . reestrinform.ru. Date of treatment June 16, 2019.
- ↑ Is it worth buying Yandex.Station and other smart speakers . Date of treatment July 9, 2018.
- ↑ Yandex launches sales of the Yandex.Station smart column . Date of treatment July 9, 2018.
- ↑ Yandex sold the first batch of Yandex.Stations within 24 hours and announced the start of pre-orders on July 11 . Date of treatment July 9, 2018.
- ↑ The company has limited sales of smart column subscriptions .
- ↑ Yandex has released the Yandex.Station smart column . meduza.io (May 29, 2018). Date of treatment May 29, 2018.
- ↑ Yandex occupied 14% of the market for smart speakers in Central and Eastern Europe . RBC. Date of treatment March 30, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 Yandex launched its first gadget . cnews.ru (May 29, 2018). Date of treatment May 29, 2018.
- ↑ Yandex introduced Yandex.Station, a “smart” column with an Alice assistant . Date of treatment July 9, 2018.
- ↑ A radio appeared on Yandex.Station .
- ↑ How Yandex created the first device with Alice. Yandex.Station based on IO technology . Date of treatment July 9, 2018.
- ↑ Yandex cast a vote . Date of treatment July 9, 2018.
Links
- station.yandex.ru - the official site of Yandex.Stations.
- Feedback . Yandex.Help . Date of treatment July 6, 2019.
- Board: Yandex.Station (collection and systematization of bugs and offers) . Date of treatment July 6, 2019.
- Telegram chat on Yandex.Stations, supervised by an official Yandex representative . Telegram Date of treatment July 6, 2019.
- New features of the "Station" . Yandex.Help . Date of treatment July 6, 2019.
- Yandex has released its first gadget . cnews.ru (May 29, 2018). Date of treatment May 29, 2018.
- Yandex.Station is a home multimedia platform with Alice inside . YouTube Date of treatment July 6, 2019.
- Yandex.Station - presentation (commercial) . YouTube Date of treatment July 6, 2019.