Simplified Navigation: Overall, Max has streamlined categories, improved content details pages, dedicated brand hubs and thematic content rails to make finding content and discovering new TV shows and movies faster and easier.The app’s new video playback experience is designed to deliver “smooth and cinematic video,” according to WBD. “HBO Max had some performance issues.” About 50% of Max uses existing code from one of the predecessor platforms, while the other 50% is new, he says. “Discovery+ was built only two years ago, so it has a very robust platform,” Saxena says. More Stable Performance With a New Video Playback Experience: Max runs on a newly rebuilt code base to provide a more consistent and stable performance across all devices, according to Saxena, who says the merged Max combines the best elements of both HBO Max and Discovery+.The additional content includes seasons of “House Hunters,” “Property Brothers,” “Chopped,” “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” “Say Yes to the Dress,” “Deadliest Catch,” “Fixer Upper,” “Magnolia Table With Joanna Gaines” and more. That’s largely thanks to hundreds of shows being added from HGTV, Food Network, Discovery Channel, TLC, ID, Magnolia Network and other legacy Discovery networks.

More Than Twice the Content: Max comes out of the gate with 35,000-plus hours of programming, more than double what was on HBO Max.

Max is available on the same platforms as HBO Max, including: iOS (iPhone and iPad), Android, Amazon Fire TV and Fire Tablet, Android TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, LG Smart TV, Roku, Samsung TV, Vizio SmartCast TV, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, and web browsers (including Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge for Windows and Apple Safari). The company says it will evaluate customer feedback on a daily basis to prioritize new features and fixes. VIP+ Analysis: Why Kids Content Is Key to Max’s SuccessĪccording to WBD, new app updates for Max will roll out every few weeks, starting as soon as mid-June. “The entire team is on standby,” says Warner Bros.

SEE ALSO: What Max Launch Means for Existing HBO Max Customersįor the Max launch, WBD has set up “war rooms” in multiple locations worldwide - including in Bellevue, Wash., New York and London - with staff monitoring systems that are set to trigger up to 1,000 alerts if anything goes awry.

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