Yandex Browser

Yandex Browser
Developer(s)Yandex
Initial release1 October 2012; 12 years ago (2012-10-01)
Stable release(s) [±]
Windows, macOS

23.11.2.771 (December 7, 2023; 9 months ago (2023-12-07)[1])

iOS

21.5.1.845 (June 2, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-06-02)[2])

Android
21.3.4.59 (June 3, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-06-03)[3]) [±]
Written inC++, JavaScript
EngineBlink
Operating system[4]
PlatformARM, IA-32, x86-64
Available in14 languages
List of languages
English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek.
TypeWeb browser
LicenseFreeware[5]
Websitebrowser.yandex.com

Yandex Browser (Russian: Яндекс Браузер) is a freeware web browser[5] developed by the Russian technology corporation Yandex that uses the Blink web browser engine and is based on the Chromium open source project.[6] The browser checks webpage security with the Yandex security system and checks downloaded files with Kaspersky Anti-Virus.[6][7] The browser also uses Opera Software's Turbo technology to speed web browsing on slow connections.[8]

The browser is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

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%).

  1. ^ "Download Yandex Browser". Yandex. December 7, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Yandex Browser on the App Store". App Store. June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Yandex Browser with Protect". Google Play. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. ^ https://browser.yandex.com/help/about/install.html#system-requirements System requirements
  5. ^ a b ""Yandex" Browser Software License Agreement". Yandex. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  6. ^ a b Lunden, Ingrid (October 1, 2012). "Yandex Gives Google A One-Two Punch In Russia: A New Browser And App Store For The Local Search Giant". TechCrunch. AOL Inc. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  7. ^ "Reliable protection from viruses". Yandex. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  8. ^ "Yandex launches its own browser targeting Russian market". Engadget. October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  9. ^ "Desktop Browser Market Share Russian Federation". StatCounter Global Stats. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "Desktop Browser Market Share Ukraine". StatCounter Global Stats. Retrieved June 21, 2022.