Voice assistant Alice was added to Yandex.Maps. She will help you build a route, show parking lots and their
Alice can be asked “Alice, how long will it take to stand in a traffic jam?”, and she will answer: “The traffic jam is 100 meters, about 2 minutes.” She can also tell you how much time is left to travel to your destination.
Downloading offline maps will allow you to search for places and build routes without the Internet. To do this, you need to say: "Alice, download the map" and add the name of the city, region, republic or region.
To start chatting with Alice and give her tasks, you need to update the application and say: "Alice". You can also tap the purple button on the home screen.
Source: Yandex Press Release