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Yandex Browser

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Spec score 8.3 #55 of 154 in Web browsers

What it is

Yandex Browser is a free Chromium-based browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. It can import data and settings from another browser, organize tabs into groups, and sync passwords, bookmarks, history, tabs, extensions, and settings across devices with a Yandex ID. Built-in tools translate text, image captions, websites, documents, and videos; YandexGPT-powered features support editing, summarizing, translation, text-to-speech, and creative processing. The browser can summarize YouTube videos, articles, and text, and provide timestamps for video highlights. Protect can block dangerous or fraudulent pages and help secure passwords and card data; password checks flag simple, reused, or publicly exposed passwords. Users can identify trackers and block those they do not trust, and install extensions from the Chrome and Opera catalogs. Yandex says some data is sent to its servers for technical tasks and usage statistics. Download scanning is available only on Windows, and the maker says browser protection is not a full antivirus product. Sync works across Yandex Browser, not between different browsers.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Yandex Browser filters ads and protects personal data, passwords, and cards.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Product
Yandex describes its browser as fast and secure, with phishing warnings powered by neural networks.Read 4 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Security
Protect scans downloaded files for viruses, blocks infected and fraudulent websites, and secures passwords, card data, and browser settings.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yandex.com
Privacy
Yandex says the browser sends data to its servers for technical tasks such as improving transfer speed and virus protection, and for usage statistics.Read 5 Oct 2026 · yandex.com
Support
Users can contact browser support through Help → Feedback and submit a description of the issue.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Data handling
The maker says browser data is sent for technical tasks such as transfer speed and virus protection, as well as usage statistics; the data collection guide describes settings for disabling some data sending.Read 4 Oct 2026 · yandex.com
Data transfer
The browser can transfer data and settings from another browser.Read 4 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Desktop requirements
The listed desktop systems are Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), macOS 12 or later, and specified 64-bit Linux distributions; each lists 512 MB minimum RAM and 600 MB free disk space.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Extensions
The browser supports extensions from the Google Chrome and Opera catalogs; extensions from other sources may be disabled as unverified.Read 4 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Legacy Windows limit
Support for 32-bit Windows ended in August 2025, and support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 ended in December 2024.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Neural tools
YandexGPT tools in the browser support text, audio, and video tasks such as editing, translation, summarization, and text-to-speech.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Password checks
The browser can flag simple, reused, or publicly exposed passwords and suggest replacing them.Read 4 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Protect security
Protect scans downloads, blocks dangerous or fraudulent pages, and helps secure passwords and card data.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Security limitation
Yandex states that Protect is not a full-fledged antivirus product and recommends using antivirus software as well.Read 5 Oct 2026 · yandex.com
Supported desktop systems
The installation guide lists Windows 10 or 11, macOS 12 or later, and specified 64-bit Linux distributions; it also notes that 32-bit Windows support ended in August 2025.Read 4 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Sync
With Yandex ID, users can sync passwords, bookmarks, history, tabs, tab groups, extensions, and settings across devices.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Sync limitation
Data cannot be synced between different browsers, such as Yandex Browser and Google Chrome.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Tab groups
Users can organize tabs into groups, move groups between windows, and share a group by copying its link.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Tab organization
Users can group browser tabs, for example into separate work and vacation groups.Read 4 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Tracker blocking
YTP technology can identify trackers on a page and block ones the user does not trust.Read 4 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Translation
Its built-in translator can translate text, image captions, websites, documents, and videos.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Video and image tools
The browser can summarize YouTube videos, articles, and text, recognize QR codes in videos, and translate text in images.Read 4 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Video enhancement
The browser supports NVIDIA RTX Super Resolution to display low-quality videos in higher resolution.Read 4 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com
Video summaries
The browser can summarize YouTube videos and provide timestamps for video highlights.Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com

Plans and prices

Yandex Browser Free Free browser download; no paid plan or pricing listed on the official pages reviewed Read 5 Oct 2026 · browser.yandex.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Free on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows
  • Syncs tabs and settings across devices with Yandex ID
  • Translates websites, documents, images, and videos
  • Can summarize videos with highlight timestamps
  • Supports extensions from Chrome and Opera catalogs

Limits

  • Download scanning is Windows-only
  • Protection is not a full antivirus product
  • Sync does not work between different browsers

Who it suits

It suits people looking for a free browser with built-in translation, summarization, tab grouping, and cross-device sync within Yandex Browser. Windows users can also use its download scanning, which is not available on other listed platforms.

Verdict

Yandex Browser combines tab organization, translation, summaries, and security features across five platform families. Consider its data-sending practices and the Windows-only download scanning limitation when choosing it.

Where Specifiction places it

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