“Yandex” opened pre-order for “Station 2” — Wylsacom

Yandex at last opened pre-orders to Yandex.Station 2 presented in early December. It is a logical continuation of the very first “Station”, inferior in some functionality to the “Max” version.

For example, the second generation “Station” does not have HDMI. But it can work in conjunction with Yandex Module. Now you can control it without a remote control, using only your voice.

Station 2 itself has become smaller and neater. Now there is no physical volume control. This, in my opinion, is a disadvantage – you can not quickly turn down the volume if the speaker suddenly yells. But how beautiful the top LED panel is:

If you say “Alice, I like it” while listening to music, this LED panel will show a heart. Nice little thing, but nice.

The main innovation of the smart home is support for the Zigbee protocol. It helps to quickly find new devices. Roughly speaking, you say “Alice, find the sensor.” And at this moment “Station 2” starts searching for new devices. No need to enter any Wi-Fi passwords, suffer with third-party applications, hubs and other “joys” of old smart homes.

The sound has also been worked on. Now “Station 2” is able to determine the position and adjust the sound of the speaker depending on the conditions in which it is located, adjusting it. The power is 30W.

Pre-order for “Station 2” is already open. Price – 16 990 rubles. At the same time, there is a kit with Aqara smart home devices, which includes four devices at once:

Together with the Station, such a bundle will cost 18,990 rubles. If you buy this set of smart sensors separately from the column, then its price will be 7990 rubles.