Recently, Yandex announced the integration of Alice with various smart home products. Some famous partners, including Philips, Xiaomi, Redmond and Samsung, have announced their participation. These partners have integrated Alice's voice function on many devices, including electric lights, thermostats, televisions, coffee makers, etc. This means that users can call Alice through mobile applications or smart speakers, and let this smart assistant complete operations such as turning on the TV.
It seems that Yandex is also imitating Amazon in another aspect, namely, launching its own brand of smart gadgets, including smart remote control, smart socket and smart bulb. These gadgets range in price from $19 to $21, and can be purchased through Yandex's online Beru store or physical stores in Russia.
At present, Amazon's Alexa does not support Russian. Although Google and Apple's digital assistants support Russian, these companies have not launched smart home devices for the Russian market, which makes Yandex in a strong position at home.