The Russian government has approved a list of software that must be installed on smartphones and other devices from April 1, 2021.
The so-called “law against Apple”, which caused a great public outcry in 2019, was planned to come into force on July 1, 2020. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was decided to postpone the introduction first until January 1, 2021, and then until April 1.
In accordance with the adopted rules, all smartphones and tablets produced after this date and sold in Russia must have 16 Russian-developed applications installed.
So, for tablets and smartphones on Android and iOS, the following applications are required:
- Yandex browser
- Yandex search engine
- Yandex.Disk
- Yandex maps
- Mail.ru mail
- ICQ
- Voice assistant “Marusya”
- Mail.ru news
- OK Live
- In contact with”
- Classmates
- MirPay (Android only)
- Public services
- “MyOffice Documents”
- Kaspersky Internet Security (только Android)
- Applist.ru
For computers, including laptops, based on Windows, “MyOffice Standard. Home version “. Smart TVs require Wink, ivi, First, Kinopoisk, Okko, Mor.tv, Premier, Look, NTV, Start, and the Yandex search engine.
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