Yandex introduced its own smart speaker

At the Yet Another Conference 2018, Yandex talked about its own smart speaker system equipped with a built-in voice assistant. It seems that the corresponding devices will be released on the market this summer.The device is called "Yandex.Station". The power of the speaker system is 50 watts. Of interesting features - the smart speaker can connect to the service Yandex.Music and control playback on "Kinopoisk", ivi and "Amedia". In addition, Yandex.Station is equipped with a voice assistant "Alice", which means - will support control using voice commands. An array of seven microphones, capable of picking up the user's command even against the background of music playing, is responsible for their precise recognition. Of course, the device allows you to mute the microphones if necessary. It is expected that Yandex.Station will be released on the market this summer. The device will be available for 9990 rubles.