Yandex Start

The Yandex Start app has everything you need on one screen.

Yandex Start

App stats

Version: 24.101 (Last updated: 2024-11-29)
Creation date: 2010-12-07
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
  • modify your contacts
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Phone:
  • directly call phone numbers
  • read call log
  • read phone status and identity
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Microphone: record audio
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity
Other:
  • choose widgets
  • Hotword detection
  • download files without notification
  • manage voice keyphrases
  • adjust your wallpaper size
  • read Home settings and shortcuts
  • read Home settings and shortcuts
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • create accounts and set passwords
  • pair with Bluetooth devices
  • access Bluetooth settings
  • send sticky broadcast
  • change network connectivity
  • allow Wi-Fi Multicast reception
  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
  • control flashlight
  • full network access
  • close other apps
  • change your audio settings
  • control Near Field Communication
  • read sync settings
  • read terms you added to the dictionary
  • run at startup
  • set wallpaper
  • draw over other apps
  • use accounts on the device
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • modify system settings
  • toggle sync on and off
  • add words to user-defined dictionary
  • set an alarm
  • install shortcuts

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App summary

The Yandex Start app has everything you need on one screen. Make any page your home page. Easy search, weather, and traffic right on your home page, plus translations of webpages, images, and videos online.

Choose your home page: Pick any page to start your day with online. It could be, for example, ya.ru — the Yandex Home Page — or your own site.

Everything you need on your home page: Weather forecasts for your area, traffic, and easy Yandex search with quick suggestions.

Translate pages and images: It's now easier than ever to translate almost any site, buy tickets, or find out a business' hours, even if you're in a country where you don't speak the language. Yandex Start translates entire sites, individual sentences, or even text in images from more than a hundred different languages.

Translate and dub videos: Find and watch videos from all over the world translated and voiced in Russian by Yandex's neural networks. Learn about travel, cars, gadgets, scientific discoveries, recipes, and everything else being talked about in English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian.

Avoid unwanted calls. Voice assistant Alice will set up a caller ID and get rid of unwanted conversations. Just say, “Alice, turn on the caller ID.”

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
  • Better image search results compared to Google.
  • Organic and accurate search results without heavy filtering.
  • Useful features like Caller ID and high-quality image downloads.
  • Good translation capabilities and functionality with Telegram.
Cons
  • App interface primarily in Russian, making it difficult for non-Russian speakers.
  • Issues with account creation and login, especially for non-Russians.
  • Unreliable auto-translation and frequent request for verification.
  • Safe search settings that are difficult to manage or disable.
  • Complicated navigation for smart home services.
Most mentioned
  • Language support and interface issues.
  • Account access and verification difficulties.
  • Search result filtering and censorship concerns.
  • Desire for improvements to image handling and additional features.
User reviews
Yandex is alot like google search prior to 2016, organic, accurate results. You get sites that weigh organically, as opposed to corporations the bid the highest $
by Jeremy Hetrick, 2024-11-24

I started using Yandex now due to the censorship and western bias And I have suggestion for Yandex My suggestion is to please improve the text recognition like on Google lens and release a separate app for smart camera It will really give though competition to Google lens and can also be an alternative for those who want to boycott Google due to their pro Israeli policies or data collection
by The Truth, 2024-10-26

Not bad, but not really top. Of the shortcomings - filtering search results, not displaying some sites, services such as maps periodically freeze. One of the most is the Protect Active Protection System. After embedding URL links in the application, a warning from Protect periodically appears instead of the interface. Click "Ignore", the site will reboot and protect does not allow access again. There is no way to disable Protect in this application.
by Edoro, 2024-10-08
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