HBO Max has ceased to exist, at least in the first territories. Now it’s the turn of Max, a new streaming platform that, more than just a name change, the company has renewed the service with more content and a new and better application.
This change should not surprise us. Warner.Discovery, a company born after the merger of Warner Bros and Discovery, announced in the first months of 2023 that it would drop the HBO Max name and the platform would become ‘Max’a radical decision but which has an explanation, at least for the company: Max includes the entire catalog of HBO Max series and films as well as the Discovery+ catalog, a service which ceases to exist.
Max arrived in the United States in May 2023, and now, almost a year later It also reached Latin America. We have tested the service and we tell you everything that has changed and what has not changed.
HBO Max is gone, now it’s Max’s turn. What do we need to do to use the service?
I’m not going to lie to you, the decision to leave aside a name as well known as “HBO” seems surprising to me, but the company claims to have a good reason: this It’s not just a name change, Max is a whole new app
And this is not a minor detail. When HBO Max was born and its app debuted, it was full of minor but annoying bugs and bugs that detracted from the content watching experience (I particularly remember that subtitle syncing was a notable problem). Max presents itself as a nicer app that performs considerably well in almost all of my tests so far. It is, in general, a better user experience.
I say on almost all my devices because although on mobile the experience was quite smooth and I didn’t have any type of problem, on my Smart TV it was quite complicated to log in with my account, perhaps because that I am registered through an operator and no, I use an email and password to log in. However, this probably a launch problem
Max includes series such as The Sopranos, House of the Dragon and The Big Bang Theory. Additionally, it will be the home of the new Harry Potter series
Using Max, if you already have an HBO Max account, is really simple. When you access HBO Max on mobile, The app prompts you to download the new ‘Max’ appan invitation accompanied by the following message: “From now on, HBO Max is called Max. »
Once you sign in to Max with the same account you used on HBO Max, you will see that everything is exactly as you left it:
- Max maintains the same users that you created on HBO Max
- There list of series and films that you added to your favorites (to see later) is also in Max
Actually, Max also remembers the last episode he saw of a series, so I can pick up where I left off. The catalog is organized into sections, including Series, Movies, Boys and Girls and a tab dedicated to HBO original content.
What series and films are available on Max?
The application is very good and works smoothly on my Android mobile, on my Smart TV and even on my old (but trusty) mid-range tablet that I only use to watch series, films and YouTube in bed. However, the most important thing in a streaming service is its content, and luckily Max has an excellent and varied catalog.
Max, like HBO Max at the time, is a service with a very attractive catalog, especially for fans of award-winning TV series. After all, Max contains series like “The Sopranos”, “Game of Thrones”, “Big Little Lies”, “Curb your Enthusiasm”, “The Last of Us”, “The White Lotus”, “The Wire”, ” Barry.” ‘, ‘The Big Bang Theory’, ‘Veep’ and many more. I could go on, but I think these examples are enough.
Additionally, in the future this will also be the service on which the new Harry Potter series will be available.
On the cinema side, Max’s catalog too It’s full of good films like the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “Dune,” “Asteroid City” and countless films based on DC comics, including “Justice League” and “Aquaman,” for example. There is also a wide choice of animated series for children, such as the classics “Dexter’s Laboratory” and “Peppa Pig” for the little ones, or animated series for the older ones, such as “Primal” and “Rick and Morty”. .
The big difference between the Max catalog and that of HBO Max is that includes all Discovery+ series and programsthat is, multiple variety shows, reality shows, supernatural shows, crime investigation shows, and of course, plenty of sharks, among others.
Where is Max available?
The renewed streaming service It is now available in many Latin American and Caribbean countriesincluding: Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic and Uruguay, among others.
Max will arrive in Europe in MarchWarner.Discovery has decided to respect this promotion in Latin America, so, at least in theory, we can expect them to do the same in Europe. We will know in a short time.
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