Media servers for calls in the MAX messenger have been deployed in a number of Russian cities.

The new MAX messenger, released at the end of March in beta testing format, uses machine learning technologies. Registration in any of the social networks is not required to use it.

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In the future, the developers plan to turn MAX into a universal service with support for public services and other useful functionality. For calls, the platform team deployed additional media servers in the country, including Moscow, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk and Yekaterinburg.

The main feature is machine learning technologies for improving the quality of transmitted speech, which are already being used in the beta version. According to the VK press service, the project took about a year to implement from scratch, and the name MAX was chosen with an eye to what the service will become in the future - the company expects that it will justify its abbreviation from the phrase "maximum possibilities" at a distance.

The application is available in the digital stores App Store, Google Play and RuStore, where it is listed as a product of LLC "Communication Platform". The press service of the MAX confirmed that it is a 100% subsidiary of VK.

A source close to the MAX developers noted that in the future, government and other services should appear on the platform to solve everyday tasks. The same source reported that during the first week of the application's operation, MAX users called several tens of thousands of times.

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