Yandex Cloud Video release notes

October – December 2025October – December 2025

• Added support for presets that allow you to configure video player appearance and features:

  • Display of the playlist and video descriptions, as well as summarization.

  • Position and visibility of UI elements.

  • Color scheme, size, and other visual settings.

    For each channel, two presets are created automatically:

  • Default Style Preset: Applies to all videos by default.

  • Summarization Style Preset: Comes with a summarization widget to show a brief video summary.

  You can modify existing presets or create custom ones. You can also select a default preset for the entire channel or apply a preset to a specific video or playlist.

• Added descriptions of player methods and events for the IFrame SDK.

July – September 2025July – September 2025

• Added neural features to increase video availability and audience reach: summarization, neural translation, and automatic subtitle generation. These operate based on Yandex ML models and get regular updates.

• Added support video content monetization based on the Yandex Advertising Network. Advertising is configured at the channel level: you can select a video ad category aligned with the subject matter of your videos.

• Added the ability to specify domains to allow the videos only on particular websites. The videos will not play on other domains.

• On August 1, 2025, Cloud Video entered the General Availability stage and is now subject to the pricing policy.

November – December 2024November – December 2024

• Implemented channel search by name on the Cloud Video home page.
• You can now share a video via a temporary link.

October 2024October 2024

• Published a video player SDK for iOS.

September 2024September 2024

• Added support for video subtitle uploading.
• Published a video player SDK for JavaScript.
• Added support for REST API methods for Cloud Video; published a reference.

August 2024August 2024

• Implemented the playlists functionality.
• The service is publicly available at the Preview stage.

July 2024July 2024

• Added the ability to upload multiple videos at the same time.

April 2024April 2024

• Published the gRPC API call reference.

March 2024March 2024

• Added the option to get view statistics for a video.
• Published a reference for the Cloud Video Player SDK for IFrame.
• Added the option to configure public access to a video.

November 2023November 2023

Published the Cloud Video gRPC API specifications.

October 2023October 2023

The service is available upon request at the Preview stage on a separate page in Cloud Video.