Max changing name BACK to HBO Max: ‘Same app, new-ish name’

Remember when HBO announced it’d be changing its streaming app’s name from "HBO Max" to just “Max”? Well, they’re officially going by the old familiar name. In a post on X Wednesday morning, Warner Bros., HBO’s parent company, clearly braced itself for the backlash and confusion. That’s because Max reposted HBO Max’s “revived” X account, saying, “Your move, @X.” The original post featured character Jon Snow (played by Kit Harrington) from the hit series, Game of Thrones, with the caption reading: “What is dead may never die. HBO Max coming...