HBO Max debuted back in 2020. WarnerMedia and Discovery merged to form WBD in 2022, and the following year, the company cut HBO from the name when it folded Discovery+ content into the flagship ...

Get your jokes and your engines ready, because Max is once again HBO Max. The streaming service that's home to HBO content, Warner Bros. movies, all 10 seasons of "Friends" and a smattering of ...

HBO/Max’s social team also had some fun with the change. “These rebrands are trying to murder me,” the (soon-to-be-defunct) Stream on Max account said in its updated bio on X at the time.

Max is returning to its former name — HBO Max — beginning immediately. Users of the streaming service, which is owned by CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, will see the new-ish ...

As of July 9, 2025, HBO Max is officially the name of Warner Bros. Discovery’s streamer once more. Welcome back, HBO Max, it’s like you never left.

I was said that the change back to HBO Max would take place at some point in July, but a specific date wasn’t set. Fortunately, the wait is now over, and HBO Max is back.