“Yandex” and Microsoft agreed on cooperation of the joint statement of both companies. Now search “Yandex” will be the main on all devices running Windows 10: it will be integrated in the browsers Internet Explorer and Edge. The agreement applies to all computers with Windows 10, which are sold in Russia, CIS and Turkey.
When Yandex agrees on installing its search to devices partners, he begins to share with them the income from contextual advertising. It will be so in the case of Microsoft. The deal has not been disclosed.
“Yandex” for the first time began to cooperate with Microsoft on the desktop platform (i.e. desktop computers), says the representative of “Yandex” Ekaterina Karnaukhova. Since 2011 the search “Yandex” has been set as the primary on mobile devices running the operating system Windows Phone. Previously on Windows 10 core had its own search engine Microsoft Bing, said the representative of Microsoft.
However, the most popular operating systems – Windows 7 and Windows 8 – the agreement does not apply. “Windows 10 is free for all users of the licensed versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8, which will update the operating system over a year since the release of the new OS”, – stated in the message “Yandex” and Microsoft.
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 in late July of this year. According to Liveinternet, the share of devices Windows 10 in the Russian Internet on October 12 was 2.2%. The share of computers with Windows 7 was 24.8%, with Windows 8 is 6.4%. The share of Windows Phone is 1.5%.
“The agreement stipulates that “Yandex” on a specially created page will tell users about the benefits of Windows 10 and demonstrate its capabilities”, – stated in the message “Yandex” and Microsoft. “Yandex” will offer to download and install the official version of Windows 10.