Yandex Relaunches Internet Speed Test With New Features and Design

Posted by By Dan Taylor 2 Min Read

Yandex has rolled out a refreshed version of its Internetometer, a free tool that helps users measure their internet connection speed. The updated service now offers more accurate results, along with a cleaner and more visual interface.

The Internetometer is available at ya.ru/internet and works on both desktop and mobile devices.

More Accurate Measurements Using CDN Servers

Yandex’s Internetometer now uses its own CDN server network to run tests. This setup allows the service to evaluate internet speed more precisely at the “last mile”—from the provider to the user’s device in a specific region.

Instead of connecting to just one server, the tool reaches out to multiple nearby CDN servers. This results in more comprehensive and objective measurements.

Clear Results With Simple Explanations

The Internetometer shows download and upload speeds, ping (delay time in milliseconds), and technical details like IP address, browser version, and screen resolution.

It also rates the connection quality on a five-point scale. Users get plain-language feedback, such as “you can watch videos in 1080p,” making it easy to understand what the numbers mean in practice.

New Features Coming Soon

Yandex plans to expand the service further. A mobile app is in development, and users will eventually be able to view usage statistics.

The company is also preparing a personal account system for internet providers and mobile operators. This will allow them to access measurement data for their specific coverage areas.

Yandex Continues Expanding Online Tools

This relaunch follows Yandex’s earlier introduction of a platform for creating turnkey online stores, signaling continued growth in its suite of online services.

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Dan Taylor is the founder and editor of International Search Insights (ISI), the publication behind ReadIsi, and a Partner and Head of Innovation (Search & AI) at SALT.agency. He has worked in search for more than a decade, in-house and agency-side, and is regarded as one of the West’s leading voices on search engines beyond Google, including Yandex, Baidu, Naver and Cốc Cốc. On ReadIsi, Dan covers the engines and AI answer platforms that English-language coverage tends to miss: Baidu and ERNIE, Yandex and Alice AI, Naver, Cốc Cốc, Shenma, Sogou, WeChat and Weibo search, plus DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Qwen. He also keeps dated records of documented changes, such as the Yandex, Baidu and Naver algorithm update histories and the DeepSeek, ERNIE and Qwen model update histories. His approach is to take learnings from global search engines and apply logic with a high evidence threshold. A claim needs a source, patterns seen in one market are treated as a hypothesis until they are checked in another, and where the evidence is thin he says so. For brands, that means advice built on what can be shown, with measurement that separates being cited from being chosen. Dan is credited with coining the term “edge SEO” and won the inaugural TechSEO Boost research competition in 2018 for his work on CDN and edge changes for SEO. In 2026 he was credited with coining “Infinite Tail” to describe how keyword research is changing with AI search. He is the author of AI Search Marketing For The Travel Sector, writes for Search Engine Journal, Search Engine Land and Travel Marketing Guy, and has advised technology, SaaS, travel and enterprise ecommerce brands, including Cloudflare, GitLab and Airbnb. He has given multiple talks and panels at the International Search Summit in Barcelona, and has also spoken at Optimization Moscow, brightonSEO, Google Search Central Live Deep Dive Asia in Bangkok, Athens SEO and the Asia SEO Virtual Summit 2026, where his talk looked at how Baidu, Naver, DeepSeek, Tencent, Cốc Cốc and Yandex built their own AI answers.
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