{"id":151713,"date":"2026-06-05T18:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151713"},"modified":"2026-06-04T23:36:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:36:47","slug":"z-app-store-vydalyly-rosijskyj-mesendzher-max","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/z-app-store-vydalyly-rosijskyj-mesendzher-max\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Messaging App Max Removed from the App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Russia\u2019s &#8220;national&#8221; messaging app, Max, has been removed from the App Store, according to Russian media reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The app\u2019s developer, VK, stated that it has contacted Apple to clarify the reasons behind the removal and is working on a swift resolution to the issue. At the same time, the company noted that the app will continue to function normally for users who already have it installed on their devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Earlier reports indicated that due to the app\u2019s removal from the App Store, iPhone users may stop receiving notifications for calls and messages. However, messages themselves will still be delivered, and the service\u2019s core functionality will remain intact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Users of the messenger have been advised not to delete the app and to open it manually from time to time to avoid missing incoming messages.<\/p>\n<p>According to Russian authorities, the app\u2019s daily audience in Russia has already exceeded 60 million users, with approximately 25\u201330% of them using devices running on the iOS platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151714,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151713","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151713"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151713"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}