If i have hbo is hbo max free

  • HBO Max is WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform. HBO Max will bundle HBO, with your favorites from WarnerMedia's vast library of beloved shows and movies, as well as an extensive collection of new programming produced exclusively for HBO Max. With approximately 10,000 hours of exceptional content.

  • HBO Max does include:

    • The HBO service.
    • An exclusive collection of new programming (Max Originals).
    • Select favorites from WarnerMedia's beloved brands and libraries: Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, DC, CNN, the Turner library, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Looney Tunes, and more.
    • A robust selection of acquired series and movies available at launch, there's something for everyone—from families with young children, to adults of all ages.

  • There are no plans to change your current HBO subscription. HBO will remain a stand-alone brand and service and will continue to feature award-winning series and movies. HBO Max is a new app offering that bundles the HBO Service together with content from the WM library, Max Originals and acquired content. Customers will need to download the HBO Max app onto a smart phone, tablet or third-party streaming device or login at HBOMax.com to begin streaming. They will be prompted to login based on their provider, where they will then choose Verizon and use their Verizon credentials.

  • A minimum download speed of 5 Mbps to enjoy.

  • Yes, you can download your favorite HBO Max programming to be viewed while you are offline.

  • There will be 5 profiles per account with the option to add PIN protection and parental controls to a kid’s profile.

  • No, If you already have an HBO subscription with Verizon Fios you will have access to HBO Max at no additional charge.

  • HBO Max will be available on many popular devices: phones, tablets, Mac and PC browsers, streaming media players, and game consoles.

  • For troubleshooting the HBO Max app or hbomax.com, please visit the HBO Max Help Center at https://help.hbomax.com.

Wonder Woman 1984 may have left HBO Max on Jan. 24, but those looking for something new to watch on WarnerMedia's streaming service will have plenty of options in the coming months. As it announced last year, all Warner Bros. theatrical films in 2021 will be concurrently released in theaters and on HBO Max. The next big release, The Little Things, starring Denzel Washington and Jared Leto, hits the streamer on Friday. 

The good news is that you might already have access to HBO Max and not even know it. If you currently subscribe to HBO via your cable or satellite provider, you can probably get HBO Max without paying anything extra. 

The only catch is that you can't watch HBO Max using your cable box. Instead, you'll need to watch on a smart TV or streaming device -- or a Comcast Xfinity box -- using the HBO Max app and your home internet connection. It works just like the app for Netflix, Hulu or Disney Plus: you sign in and watch on-demand anytime you want. The HBO Max app is available on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, PlayStation, Xbox and numerous other devices.

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So what if you don't subscribe to HBO already as part of your cable bill? Then you'll need to pay for HBO Max directly at $15 per month if you want to watch The Little Things or other upcoming releases like Godzilla vs. Kong, The Suicide Squad or Dune

Here's how you can get it.

If i have hbo is hbo max free
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What is HBO Max? 

HBO Max is a streaming service from AT&T's WarnerMedia that offers every show and movie available on HBO and adds a host of exclusive content from other WarnerMedia properties such as DC Comics. In addition to big theatrical movies like Wonder Woman, it's home to popular shows like Friends, The Big Bang Theory and Rick and Morty; recent and classic films as well as kids' content from Looney Toons and Sesame Street; and new exclusives like Zack Snyder's Justice League, which will arrive later this year. The HBO Max catalog is simply massive.

I get HBO from my TV provider. How do I get HBO Max?

HBO said last year that about 29 million people have access to HBO Max at no added cost because they already have regular HBO, but it revealed on Jan. 27 that only 17.2 million HBO Max accounts were active, a number that includes people who sign up for HBO Max directly as opposed to upgrading an existing HBO account. 

All of the following cable, satellite or streaming companies will let HBO subscribers get HBO Max at no extra charge.

  • DirecTV/AT&T TV
  • Hulu
  • YouTube TV
  • Comcast
  • Charter/Spectrum
  • Altice (Optimum and SuddenLink)
  • Verizon
  • Cox Communications 
  • NCTC (WOW, Atlantic Broadband, RCN, Grande Communications & Wave and MCTV)
  • Don't see your provider above? Here's the full list (click "cable and satellite TV providers")

If your provider is supported and you currently subscribe to HBO, you have access to HBO Max. Here's what you'll have to do to watch it.

  • Download the HBO Max app to a supported TV device (Roku, Fire TV, smart TV, etc)
  • Sign in via your TV provider. Here's HBO's full instructions 
  • Start watching

The sign-in process varies according to which device you have, and you may already have a username or password that you used with the HBO Go app, which has been largely retired. In that case, you might be prompted to use that password instead.

Note that the HBO Max is available on phones, tablets and computers too, including Apple iPhone ($400 at Amazon), iPad ($129 at Amazon) and iPod Touch ($300 at Amazon) (with iOS 12.2 or later), Android phone and tablets (with Android OS 5 or later), Amazon Fire ($33 at eBay) tablets (fourth generation and later) and Windows and Mac computers via various browsers. Game consoles such as the Xbox One, Series S and Series X as well as the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 all also have HBO Max apps. 

If you don't have one of the supported TV devices you can still watch HBO Max by streaming from a phone, tablet or computer to a TV. Here's how.

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If I don't get HBO Max from a provider, what should I do? 

You'll have to subscribe to HBO Max directly.

The price is similar to what most cable providers charge for basic HBO -- $15 per month -- but HBO Max is currently running a special deal through March 1: You can get a six-month HBO Max subscription for $70. That works out to about $11.67 a month, a savings of about 22%.

That deal is good enough that, assuming you want to keep HBO Max for six months, you might even want to cancel your current HBO or subscription and take the new deal instead (assuming you're not in the middle of a contract with your TV provider). Again, you'll still get access to every TV show and movie on regular HBO, in addition to all the exclusives on HBO Max. You'll just have to stream it all via the app instead of using your cable box.

Who gets HBO Max for free?

Direct TV offers free HBO Max with certain streaming plans, and a free three-month trial with others, along with a free five-day trail.

Why is my HBO Max not free anymore?

AT&T said in a blog post on Wednesday that the new measure means it can no longer provide certain services to its customers for free. That includes the HBO Max streaming service that the company developed when it merged with Timer Warner in an $85 billion deal in 2018.