A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, ...

A Russian state-backed messenger application cast as a rival to WhatsApp which critics have said could be used for ...

Russia will require Max messenger on all smartphones and tablets from September 1. This is to tighten control over digital ...

While WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in Russia, a domestic application will be forced into smartphones and ...

The Russian leadership wants to force WhatsApp out of the country. The preferred alternative called MAX must now be ...

Russia has ordered a state-backed messaging app to be installed on all devices across the country in a move set to ...

Russia will require the state-backed messenger app Max to be pre-installed on all new phones and tablets from September, as ...

Max will replace a standalone messaging app made by Russian tech giant VK, which has been a piece of mandatory preinstalled ...

The Russian government will require the state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones and tablets sold in the country, in a move that could increase surveillance of Russian ...

Russia said on Thursday that all mobile phones and tablets sold in the country from next month must come pre-installed with MAX, a state-backed ...

EADaily, August 22nd, 2025. In Russia, this afternoon, on August 22, the Google Meet video service "fell", which entered the ...