Browser background

You can use the following types of media as a background:

• Photos from the Background gallery on your computer or from any website.
• Videos or dynamic selections of photos from the Background gallery.

To select a browser background:

• From the Gallery
• From your computer
• From any website

1. Open a new tab.
2. Click Background gallery under the Tableau to the right.
3. Select a photo or video from an album.
4. Click Install background.

Note. You can configure your browser to randomly alternate images or videos from your Background gallery once a day.

• For one album. Put together a selection in the Background gallery and click Alternate these backgrounds.
• For all albums. In the Background gallery, click Alternate in the All backgrounds section.

1. Open a new tab.
2. Under the Tableau on the right, click  → Upload from computer.
3. Select an image.
4. Click Open.

Restriction. You can only load .png or .jpg files as background images.

1. Open the page with an image.
2. Open the context menu and select Set as Yandex Browser background.

Stop or start

Animated backgrounds look great, but they can run down your battery. To avoid this:

1. Open a new tab.
2. Under the Tableau on the right, click and turn off Background animation.

Animation when the battery is low

When your battery is low, animation turns off automatically. If you want to continue playing animation regardless of how low your battery is:

1. Click  → Settings.
2. In the Appearance section, turn off the Disable background animation when battery is low option.

Playback in high resolution

Animations play back in high resolution by default. If this is slowing down Yandex Browser:

1. Click  → Settings.
2. In the Appearance settings, turn off the Show animated backgrounds in new tabs in high resolution option.

Background animation may not work due to the following:

Animation is paused

1. Open a new tab.
2. Under the Tableau to the right, click and turn on the Background animation option.

The video card driver is outdated

Update the driver for each video card that is installed on your computer:

1. Click Start → Dashboard → Device dispatcher.
2. Go to the Video adapters section. A list of video cards appears.
3. Right-click the name of your video card.
4. In the context menu, select Update drivers.

Hardware acceleration is problematic

Try turning the hardware accelerator on or off:

1. Click  → Settings.
2. At the bottom of the Settings page, click Show advanced settings.
3. Go to the System section. If the Use hardware acceleration if possible option is on, turn it off. If the Use hardware acceleration if possible option is off, turn it on.
4. Restart the browser to apply these changes.

An extension is blocking animation

1. Temporarily disable all extensions:  → Extensions.
2. If your animation re-appears, try going through your extensions one at a time to find the blocking one.
3. Disable the problematic extension. You may want to let the developers know about the problem.
4. Clear your cache so that the browser doesn't load a copy of the page that was rendered earlier and contains the blocked animation.

If these recommendations don't help, contact our support staff using the feedback form. Describe the situation in detail, and attach a screenshot if possible.

Yandex Browser does not offer different themes. Themes uploaded from the Chrome Web Store are not compatible with Yandex Browser. However, you can customize your browser background by selecting from a Gallery of photos or videos or uploading your own image as a background.