© Warner Bros. Television/Getty ImagesWhat if I told you there was a streaming service out there that would provide you with a library of Studio Ghibli films, Criterion Collection classics, and beloved TV shows like Friends, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and The Sopranos, plus original content, including an upcoming Gossip Girl reboot? (And don't forget the #ReleasetheSnyderCut version of Justice League.) Well, that streaming service is HBO Max, which launched May 27, and it's not HBO, HBO GO or HBO NOW but something completely different.
Yes, it's a little confusing, but the upshot is that HBO Max is effectively replacing HBO but also acting as the streaming arm of Warner Media and adding even more perks on to all that. That means subscribers will have access to everything on HBO but also Warner Bros.-owned movie and TV studio properties, the programming of Turner companies like TNT, TBS, and TCM, and exclusively licensed deals with third parties such as Studio Ghibli. That is all to say that HBO Max has a ton of content out of the gate, with much more on the way, and it's why some of your favorites have been quietly disappearing off competitors like Netflix and Hulu in recent months.
But how do you get HBO Max if you're already a subscriber to HBO? Well, it's both sort of self explanatory and somewhat complicated. Let's dig in.
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OK, I subscribe to HBO via my cable provider. Do I get HBO Max for free?
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What if I subscribe to HBO via Hulu?
Same deal as above!How about if I'm a Comcast subscriber?
On launch morning it looked like bad news for Comcast subscribers who seemingly wouldn't be able to leverage their HBO subscriptions into HBO Max, but that very same day the two entities made peace and now people who get HBO via Xfinity are free to get the streaming service. An added wrinkle: Comcast is launching its own competing streaming service, Peacock, which explains some of the earlier acrimony.Wait, you didn't mention HBO NOW. Do HBO NOW subscribers get HBO Max for free?
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But I get HBO through my Amazon account, or maybe my Roku. What about me?
Yikes. This is where you run into issues. If you are getting your fix of Westworld, Insecure, and other HBO programming this way, then you will have to throw down the money for HBO Max separately. To get it on its own, HBO Max costs $14.99 per month after the free trial. So you'd want to sign up for the free trial and then cancel your Roku or Amazon subscription to HBO once that ends. However, there may be relief on the horizon horizon for Roku users: Warner Media is nearing a deal to make HBO Max available on that platform. Keep checking back.Need help finding something to watch? Sign up here for our weekly Streamail newsletter to get streaming recommendations delivered straight to your inbox.Download Hbo Go Movies
Esther Zuckerman is a senior entertainment writer at Thrillist. Follow her on Twitter @ezwrites.