Alisa learned to help with the choice of smartphones and home appliances
Miscellaneous / / June 30, 2022
Like a consultant in a store, but only in a browser or search app.
Yandex taught Alice to help with the choice of equipment. This works in branded search, where the assistant, when asked, for example, “buy a smartphone”, will ask a few leading questions, and then offer a list of the most relevant options.
In the Yandex application and browser, you can ask for an assistant by voice - just say "Alice, help me choose a smartphone." A corresponding section has also appeared on the main search page - “I will help you choose”.
In the process of selecting equipment, "Alisa" will ask short and understandable questions that a consultant in a store would ask. household appliances: do you just need a phone for life or for active work in social networks, what should be the camera and so on Further. As a result, the assistant will offer the best options with a photo, product description and price from all stores available in the "Products" tab.
The developers note that many stores and marketplaces have help with the choice of goods, but they themselves sellers may not always be objective in their recommendations, and are often limited by their own range. Alisa, on the other hand, is impartial: with it, products from all stores known to Yandex are available to users.
You can choose products with "Alice" in the search both on mobile devices and on computers. So far, the assistant advises on seven categories of goods: smartphones, refrigerators, TVs, washing machines and dishwashers, classic or upright vacuum cleaners. More equipment will be added in the future.
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