We share all the features of the platform and video library in this guide to the largest video service in Russia.
Are you already familiar with VK Video? On this single video platform, we’ve gathered videos, live streams, clips and thousands of films, TV series and shows. Everything is available in HD for free and can be watched on any device, from your phone to your TV. Recently, we released a new app for Smart TV.
In this guide, we’ll tell you what you can watch on VK Video, whether it’s on your phone during a 10-minute break or in the evening in your home theater. We’ll also show you how to navigate the showcase so that you can get the most out of the platform and catch all the premieres.
🔗 Single video library: always something to watch
🔗 How to find what you need: introduction to the video showcase
🔗 VK Video technologies: more features for convenient viewing
Single video library: always something to watch
Films, exclusive projects and shows, live streams and videos from millions of users
VK Video gives you an extensive library of content. There, you can watch your favorite crime shows, find an overview of yesterday’s game, or turn on a clip from a friend or a video lesson.
- Films, TV series and other professional content
More than 50,000 films, TV episodes, cartoons and other original videos are already available on the platform.
- For example, theFilms and TV series section has Oscar-winning dramas such as Million Dollar Baby, as well aslight comedies andfantasy.
UnderShows, you’ll find survival lessons from Bear Grills, cooking and travel projects, and much more.
New content from our partners, large rights holders, is constantly added to the library. This includes projects from film studios like Star Media, Bazelevs, A-One Films and dozens of others.
Russian viewers can also be the first to watch exclusive premieres on VK Video. For example, 16 mini-series from the French company Studio+, which include Deep with Ornella Muti.
- In-house projects shot on VK Video
These are short vertical series,music battles and other projects produced by us. We have 14 more premieres underway, which include a comedy about clip creators trying to survive in a village, a sitcom about going out with VK Dating candidates, and a horror about superstitions.
- Videos from friends and interesting people from all over the world
Millions of talented creators share original content on VK, Odnoklassniki and VK Clips. Among them aretravelers,teachers,astronauts, music artists, experts, bloggers and, of course, your friends. Their videos are also included in the library.
How to find what you need: introduction to the video showcase
Menu, recommendations and your videos
The showcase is set up so that you can easily navigate the platform. All you need to do is go to the Videos section on the desktop version of VK or to the Mini apps tab on your mobile device. You can also launch the VK Video app for Smart TV, already available for Samsung and LG TVs and devices with Android TV. It’ll also soon be available for Apple TV.
- In the menu, you can select what to watch. In the tabs, you’ll find films and TV series of various genres, content for kids, everything sport-related, live streams from gamers, videos of sports analysts, as well as news and music channels.
- Everything is on a single platform. You don’t need to search online theaters, streaming services or other websites. You can watch everything right on VK Video.
- Personalized content on the For you tab
Here, our smart recommendation system collects videos that you may like from communities, bloggers, experts and your favorite stars. If you follow a public page about space, the neural network will suggest videos from the ISS. If you listen to business webinars, you’ll be shown more educational videos on the subject.
You can save any video by pressing the ➕, as well as create playlists for the weekend, holidays and parties, and share them with friends.
- "My videos" is your own personal video collection
On this tab, you’ll always have your videos on hand, whether they’re videos you uploaded to VK, bookmarked or liked. If you sign in to your account in the VK Video app for Smart TV, they’ll also be available on your TV. You can gather friends in front of a large screen and watch videos of your trips together.
VK Video technologies: more features for convenient viewing
Offline mode, automatic subtitles and other useful tech features
Not only are we constantly expanding our content library, but we also create and implement innovative technologies. We strive to keep images clear, even in legendary memes of the 2000s, and make any video understandable, with or without sound, using subtitles. VK Video allows you to:
- Watch all videos, playlists and recommendations on any device, i.e., your phone, computer, tablet or TV. You can watch videos on VK Video wherever it’s convenient for you.
- If you play a trailer on VK Video in the morning on your phone, the app will suggest watching the full film in the evening. You can choose to play it on your tablet or TV. Recommendations work the same way with the cross-platform player and app for Smart TV.
At the same time, the VK Video player automatically selects the optimal viewing quality by adjusting to the specifications of your device and internet speed. When you play videos on your phone while traveling, VK Video helps reduce internet traffic and delays. When watching content on the TV with unlimited Wi-Fi, blockbusters can be viewed in Full HD and 4К. The mobile version of VK offers the background play feature. Videos can be minimized while you scroll through the news feed or open other tabs.
- Play videos without internet while traveling or in the countryside. They can be saved ahead of time in the mobile version of the VK app. Videos will load even if you have to download them using an unstable network, e.g., on the road. VK Video’s own technology helps this by accelerating data transfer and reducing delays. Videos can now be viewed in different parts of the country and the world even faster thanks to our geographically distributed content delivery network (CDN), which is one of the largest in Russia.
- Open videos without signing in to VK. This is helpful when you want to send a video to someone without a VK account. Everything will work thanks to the VK Video showcase being available to everyone online.
⏩ Two other unique VK Video technologies allow you to:
- watch old videos in enhanced quality, for example, classic memes and other videos shot on previous-generation cameras. Our NeuroHD neural network processes videos, which doubles their resolution, removes noise and makes the picture clearer. Auto-enhancement is available to all users uploading videos to the platform.
- turn on automatic subtitles. Reading subtitles will now be easier with capital letters and punctuation marks. They’re generated by our own voice recognition technology, which combines a neural network that decodes your VK voice messages, smart noise suppression and the ML algorithms of the single video platform.
VK Video will offer much more, such as music on the app for Smart TV. You’ll not only be able to watch whatever you want but also listen to your favorite tracks.
