Yandex Browser

2012 – present Active

79

Yandex's Chromium-based browser, No. 2 on desktop in Russia, with Turbo mode and Kaspersky antivirus scanning.

Facts

Developer

Yandex

Website

browser.yandex.com

Engines

WebKit (iOS)Blink

Derived from

Chromium

Platforms

WindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

Details

iOS version based on WebKit (Apple rule 2.5.6); 2012–2013 versions on Chromium/WebKit, before Blink (April 2013)

Popularity

79/100

Lineage

Derived browsers (1)

Yandex Browser Lite

Key versions

1. 2010
   Yandex.ChromeYandex distributes “Yandex.Chrome”, a Chromium build, renamed “Yandex.Internet” in January 2012.[1]
2. Oct. 1, 2012
   1.0Yandex Browser launches for Windows and OS X at the Yet another Conference.[1]
3. Nov. 8, 2012
   1.1Adds Turbo mode, based on Opera’s technology, for slow connections.[1]
4. June 18, 2013
   Android, iOSMobile versions for Android and iOS are released.[1]
5. Oct. 2013
   13.10New year.month numbering (13.10 = October 2013), after version 1.7.[1]
6. Oct. 30, 2014
   Linux betaLinux beta presented at the YaC 2014 conference.[1]
7. Nov. 27, 2014
   Kusto“Kusto” prototype: tabs at the bottom, colored by site; some ideas were later adopted.[1]
8. Apr. 2016
   16.4The personalized Zen news feed arrives on the Tableau page.[1]
9. Mar. 2018
   18.2.1The Alice voice assistant is force-installed on Windows with the update.[1]
10. May 26, 2026
    26.4.0.2209Recent stable release for Windows and macOS.[2]

Version sources: [1] Яндекс Браузер (Wikipedia ru), [2] Yandex Browser (Wikipedia en)

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex_Browser
2. https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(browser_engine)