HBO Max: Everything you need to know about HBO’s bigger streaming app

HBO Max, the HBO-based streaming service from AT&T’s WarnerMedia, features an amped-up library of extra shows and originals, as well as some confusion around a few questions: How much will it cost? What’s happening to HBO Now and HBO Go? And why can’t people watch it on Roku or Fire TV? 

On Thursday, AT&T revealed that about 4.1 million accounts have signed up for HBO Max in its first month. That’s a far cry from the more than 10 million sign-ups that Disney Plus reported in little more than 24 hours after its launch in November. But HBO Max’s rollout is in line with the projections AT&T originally made for the service to reach 50 million subscribers by 2025. 

Yet even without any clarity about when cinemas will reopen widely in the US, HBO Max won’t premiere Warner Bros. movies like Tenet on the streaming service during the coronavirus pandemic. Other Hollywood giants, including Disney and Comcast’s Universal Pictures, have been switching to online debuts for some of their films that were originally destined for the big screen, like Disney Plus’ release of Hamilton earlier this month.

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