MOSCOW, November 16. /Dunyo IA/.   A presentation of the Uzbek-language version of the Russian messenger MAX took place in Moscow, attended by representatives of Uzbekistan’s media, reports Dunyo IA correspondent.

MAX team presented the platform’s capabilities, spoke about its development, user features, and security tools and answered participants’ questions.

According to the developers, Uzbekistan ranks first among foreign countries in terms of the number of MAX users. Out of the platform’s 11.5 million foreign users, approximately 4 million are in Uzbekistan. According to the data presented, users from the republic send 11.7 million messages and make 1.3 million calls daily.

MAX CEO Farit Khusnoyarov noted the special role of the Uzbek audience and emphasized that the launch of the Uzbek-language interface is aimed at enhancing the convenience of using the platform.

“For us, Uzbekistan is the most important foreign audience. We invest our efforts in ensuring that communication is convenient and secure”, he stated.

A separate part of the presentation was dedicated to cybersecurity and personal data protection. Head of “Trust & Safety” at MAX, Maria Maltseva, presented account protection tools, two-factor authentication, privacy settings, family mode, and mechanisms for detecting suspicious links and messages.

Participants also discussed the prospects for the platform's development and its international presence. Team representatives emphasized that despite the expansion of functionality and the integration of additional services, communication between users will remain the core of MAX.

According to the data presented, as of early October 2026, 140 million users had registered in the messenger, of whom more than 11.5 million are foreign users. It is worth recalling that MAX was launched on March 26^th, 2025; and in July of the same year, it received the official status of the Russian national messenger.