Yandex Kit
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Yandex.Kit was an Android firmware kit launched by Yandex on February 19, 2014 — a 'Google-free' Android stack for device makers: Yandex Search, Yandex.Mail, Yandex.Maps, a mobile browser, the 3D Yandex.Shell launcher, and the Yandex.Store app store (100,000 apps). Distributed free to OEMs and carriers targeting the Russian market, it debuted on the Huawei Honor 3 Yandex and the Explay Flame in March 2014.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Launched
Yandex unveiled Yandex.Kit; first smartphones with it preinstalled (Huawei Honor 3 Yandex, Explay Flame) went on sale in March 2014.
- Successor product
Yandex released Yandex Launcher (October 6, 2015), a consumer launcher distributed via Google Play — a distinct product line from the OEM-focused Kit.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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