Yandex Keyboard

A smart keyboard that supports emojis and cute kitties

Yandex Keyboard

App stats

Version: 86.17 (Last updated: 2024-11-27)
Creation date: 2016-12-21
Permissions
Identity:
  • find accounts on the device
  • add or remove accounts
  • read your own contact card
Contacts: find accounts on the device, read your contacts
Microphone: record audio
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • create accounts and set passwords
  • full network access
  • read sync settings
  • read terms you added to the dictionary
  • run at startup
  • use accounts on the device
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • toggle sync on and off
  • add words to user-defined dictionary

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App summary

Add some zest to your messaging experience with a smart and slick auto-correct feature, smooth swiping, a dedicated translator, and voice commands that support emoticons, GIFs, and stickers. Chat away like never before.


Your security and anonymity is our top priority

All input data is completely anonymized and won't be collected without your permission. The keyboard collects your input so it can learn and adapt to your personal style (don't worry, you can toggle this feature on or off in settings). None of your passwords, contacts, credit card information or other sensitive data is being collected.

Reads, writes, and speaks like a native

The keyboard uses proprietary machine learning algorithms developed by Yandex in order to make appropriate suggestions as you type. Advanced predictive capabilities even let you receive suggestions for words you haven't typed yet. You can also suggest your own words and let the keyboard adapt to the way you talk, or just forgo the feature altogether.

An interpreter in your pocket

The keyboard knows 70 languages and can easily translate phrases between multiple language pairs, including English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Haitian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Mari, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Turkish, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yakut, and Zulu. You can use the keyboard to effortlessly talk to people who don't speak your native tongue, without worrying about grammar rules.

Make talking more fun

Spice up your conversations with animated GIFs (built-in search included), emojis, and stickers, and you can even get emoji suggestions as you type along. The keyboard also supports kaomojis, which are fun emoticons constructed with Japanese characters, such as this angry guy flipping a table ( ╯°□°)╯┻━━┻ or a cute little bear ヽ( ̄(エ) ̄)ノ.

Enjoy tools for every occasion and a host of useful options

You can change up the keyboard's design: make it vibrant and colorful or go for something darker and sleeker looking. Don't waste your time on toggling and swiping: add numbers and other extra characters to your main keyboard layout for instant access. If you need to turn to the Internet for help, a built-in Yandex search is always right at your fingertips.

Got any questions? Want to speak your mind?

Consult this FAQ: https://yandex.ru/support/keyboard-android.

Got any (warranted) praise or criticism? Contact the developers at [email protected]. Please make sure to mention that you're using the Android version right in the subject field.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Highly customizable with various themes and layouts.
  • Accurate text prediction and swiping functionality.
  • Smooth animations and user interface.
  • No lag or crashes reported during usage.
  • Built-in Yandex search feature.
Cons
  • Voice input does not insert punctuation correctly.
  • Default settings revert to Russian despite language selection.
  • Lack of secondary symbols on keys for customization.
  • Inconsistent predictive text, particularly with certain languages.
  • Privacy concerns over data tracking.
Most mentioned
  • Voice-to-text features are problematic due to punctuation issues.
  • Customization options are appreciated but have limitations.
  • Some users face problems with language settings reverting to Russian.
User reviews
Every time there's a new update, I get excited hoping that you're finally adding the 'half-space' for RTL languages like Persian. Technically it's called a zero-width non-joiner (ZWNJ), and it makes two characters separate from each other without a full space between them, and it's grammatically necessary in many words/phrases such as می‌روم، می‌خورم، راه‌اندازی، فرشته‌ای and more. Byt I'm disappointed every time. Please add this, and it will be perfect. Almost every other keyboard has it.
by Ashkan Karimiyan, 2024-11-20

Punctuation doesn't work in voice to text, comma and. Voice to text picks up. Background radio comma, unlike other keyboards.also comma. Periods are inserted whenever there's a short pause comma. As you can see comma, this is an issue. Yes comma, I do have the setting turned on which is supposed to. Apply punctuation automatically in voice to text period. I cannot use this keyboard and will uninstall it period. This review is unedited using Yandex's voice to text. Inputs period.
by Mark R., 2024-11-07

Very nice keyboard! Use Swiftkey but the smaller screen on the fold and too many keys I don't need and cannot remove made typing harder. My only complaint with Yandex, as others have said, is the voice not adding punctuation. If I say "This is my sentence period" I want the voice to add the ".", not add the word "period". Same for commas, ! ?, etc. Swiftkey does this well, and it is a must have. The 'enter punctuation in speech' is of no value, just drop in the right punctuation mark.
by Rick P, 2024-07-22
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