NetEase Youdao
NetEase Youdao is NetEase’s business brand focused on learning, productivity, and intelligent tools. It started as search — the Youdao search beta launched at the end of 2006, with the formal release in December 2007; the company announced its move into online education in 2014; and it listed on the New York Stock Exchange in October 2019 under the ticker DAO, becoming the first NetEase business to list independently (Chinese Wikipedia article, Youdao official site).
Business and main product lines
- Dictionary and translation: Youdao Dictionary and Youdao Translate are its earliest products, supporting language pairs such as Chinese–English, Chinese–French, Chinese–Korean, and Chinese–Japanese (Youdao official site).
- Learning and courses: Youdao Premium Courses, China University MOOC, Youdao Lingshi, and Youdao Smart Education.
- AI hardware and tools: the official site lists Youdao AI hardware, along with newer AI tool products such as Youdao Lobster (LobsterAI).
- Enterprise services: the Youdao AI open platform (Youdao Zhiyun), human translation, Youdao Zhixuan, and Youdao Ads.
Time-sensitive details such as features and availability should be read from the official pages.
Discussion in the show
In Weekly #002’s chapter “Voice input: friction beyond accuracy,” Yang Pan mentions that “this week’s news: NetEase Youdao released a new free product claiming to benchmark against Typeless — permanently free,” and speculates that the product “is probably not the same team as UU, but it is NetEase’s, NetEase Youdao’s” (paragraph in the Chinese transcript). He also says he has not tried the product yet and still uses Typeless and WeChat’s input method. The show does not name the product; these are a host’s retelling and speculation that do not point to any specific product.
Frequently asked questions
What company is NetEase Youdao?
NetEase Youdao is NetEase’s business brand for learning, productivity, and intelligent tools, offering Youdao Dictionary, Youdao Translate, courses, AI hardware, and enterprise services.
What is the relationship between NetEase Youdao and NetEase?
Youdao was launched by NetEase as its subsidiary; it listed independently on the NYSE in October 2019 (ticker DAO), the first NetEase business to do so.
Where is the NetEase Youdao website?
The official site is youdao.com; the dictionary, translation, courses, and AI hardware entry points are all reachable from it.
Where can I download Youdao Dictionary?
The official entry points for Youdao Dictionary and Youdao Translate are on youdao.com, with web and client downloads.