Russian search engine Yandex has today announced the
launch of a new smart speaker in the form of the Yandex.Station which is
equipped with Yandex’s Russian-speaking intelligent assistant, Alice. The new
speaker has been created to expand the Alice Intelligent Assistant Ecosystem
further after launching Alice back in October 2017.
As with other personal assistant speakers Alice is
built with advanced conversational skills and understanding enabling users to
ask questions and install additional skills which at the current time stand at
4,000. Offering additional services and functionality for companies such as
Reebok, S7 Airlines and more.
The Yandex.Station is equipped with two 20mm 10W
tweeter drivers, one 85mm 30W woofer driver, two 95mm passive radiators and
offers Bluetooth connectivity and measures 14 Ñ… 14 Ñ… 23cm in size. The system
is capable of providing 50W of power at a frequency range: 50-20,000Hz and
signal-to-noise ratio of 96dB. The Yandex.Station Bluetooth speaker is priced
at 9,990 roubles or roughly US$ 160 and will be available during the summer months
of 2018.
