The streamer’s intuitive playback controls are my favorite thing about its interface. Anyone who read my review of the HBO Max user interface knows that I’m fairly high on the experience overall.

This semi-rebranding comes after HBO decided to shorten its streaming app’s name in 2023 to just “Max.” Naturally, many were critical of the change, but with time, we came to accept it.

Everything old is new again. What goes around comes around. Time is a flat circle. And Max is now, once again, HBO Max. Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of the streaming service known ...

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.