The social network VKontakte has rolled out an update to VK Messenger that many have been waiting for. Now, to write to someone in it, you don't need to add that person as a friend or write them down in your phone book.

The company notes that before the update, they improved anti-spam algorithms and introduced a number of new features in chats. For example, highlighting different backgrounds and designing unique stencils for video messages.

The VKontakte neural network identifies suspicious accounts and prevents them from using the new phone number communication function.