Yandex.Music was automatically installed on Windows 10 and replaced the standard MP3 application.

The Yandex.Music application is now installed by default in the Windows 10 operating system, Kommersant writes , citing discussions in the Microsoft Store. There, the official representative of "Yandex" explains that the application can still be removed from the computer.

Apparently, the application received the default status only for Russian users. This is logical, because the program does not have an English-language interface.


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The head of business development for Yandex’s media services, Vladimir Gorbunov, confirmed that Yandex.Music is installed by default on Windows 10 laptops. He explained that using the application, the user can listen to music according to personal recommendations, and Any device without ads must purchase a subscription.

In the comments of Microsoft Store, one of the users complains rudely that you can listen to just 6 tracks without a subscription. The representative of “Yandex” politely replies that there is “Radio”, where there is no such restriction.

This is not the first joint project of Yandex and Microsoft on the Russian market. In 2015, it was announced that Yandex will be the default search engine in Edge and Internet Explorer browsers, and will also become their start page.

According to analysts from the agency Unisound, the most popular streaming service in Russia is Apple iTunes, although the American company does not disclose the number of subscribers in Russia. It is known that Yandex in June 2018 reached the milestone of 1 million paid subscribers of the music service, while Mail.ru Group (Boom app, Vkontakte) then had a 20% increase.

Mobile Research Group analyst Eldar Murtazin believes that thanks to the pre-installation on computers with Windows 10, "you can talk about at least 200–300 thousand new active subscribers during the year.” In this case, the number of subscribers of Yandex.Music can be equal to the audience of Boom.