And HBO Max is the umbrella platform where it all lives, along with a whole lot of other Warner Bros. Discovery content. I'll admit, it can definitely be confusing.

HBO Max launched in 2020, which would give subscribers exclusive WarnerMedia content, only for its merger with Discovery to change the name to simply “Max.” After much back-and-forth name ...

UPDATE: The flip is done. Scroll down to see a new HBO Max marketing spot announcing the return to the streamer’s original name, after two years as “Max.” Warner Bros. Discovery has settled ...

The service debuted as HBO Max in 2020, only to have its name changed to Max in 2023 as a result of a merger between Discovery Networks and Warner Media that created Warner Bros. Discovery.

The service debuted as HBO Max in 2020, only to have its name changed to Max in 2023 as a result of a merger between Discovery Networks and Warner Media that created Warner Bros. Discovery.

After flipping its name back to HBO Max, the streamer now finds itself stuck in social media limbo, and Twitter (X) won’t let it go. Rachel Dillin Jul 12, 2025 11:36 PM EDT ...

HBO Max is learning this morning. As of Wednesday, HBO Max is no longer Max and is back to being HBO Max, just on the Max platform. We know, it’s confusing.

Wildly enough, HBO Max isn’t even that old of a service; it actually only launched in 2020. But already, HBO Max has changed its name twice in that five-year time span.