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Playing videos in the app

The Yandex app can open MP4, WEBM, OGV, X-M4V, WMV, and HLS video files.

Flash video files are not supported.

View videos

Skip forward/back

To skip 10 seconds forward or back, tap twice on the right or left edge of the video, respectively.

View videos on top of apps

Note

This feature isn't available to all users because it's still in development.

If you switch to a different app when viewing a fullscreen video, the video appears in a small window on top of the other app. Tapping the window returns you to viewing the video in the Yandex app. You can drag the video window anywhere on your smartphone screen.

To enable this feature:

  1. On the home screen, tap  → App settings.
  2. Under Video, enable the following options:
    • Show video on top of other apps: Keep watching the video in a separate window when switching from full-screen to another app.
    • Show video when leaving the tab: Keep watching the video in a separate window when switching to another tab or another app.

  1. On the home screen tap → Settings → General.

  2. Go to the Interface and tools section.

  3. Enable Video in a separate window.

Video problems

Video lags

The sound is ahead of the video, or a black screen is displayed instead of the video.

Disable power saving mode for a while and clear your cache and cookies.

Disable power saving
  1. On the home screen, tap  → App settings.
  2. Under General, tap Power saving mode.
  3. In Power-saving settings, slide the option to the left to Off.
Clearing the cache
  1. On the home screen, tap  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. In the My data section, tap Manage data.
  3. Tap Clear data.
  4. Select Cache.
  5. Deselect all the other options (if you only want to delete the app cache).
  6. Tap Clear data.
  7. Confirm deletion.
  1. On the home screen, tap  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. Go to the Privacy section.
  3. Tap Clear browser cache.
  4. In the window that opens, tap Clear to confirm the action.
Clear cookies
  1. On the home screen, tap  → App settings.
  2. In the My data section, tap Manage data.
  3. Tap Clear data.
  4. Enable Website data.
  5. Tap Clear data.

Low video quality

The quality of video playback usually depends on your web connection speed. If it's inexplicably low, try clearing the cache:

  1. On the home screen, tap  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. In the My data section, tap Manage data.
  3. Tap Clear data.
  4. Select Cache.
  5. Deselect all the other options (if you only want to delete the app cache).
  6. Tap Clear data.
  7. Confirm deletion.
  1. On the home screen, tap  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. Go to the Privacy section.
  3. Tap Clear browser cache.
  4. In the window that opens, tap Clear to confirm the action.
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