MAX Streaming Service: A Guide on How to Watch HBO & Discovery Shows Online For Free
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With shows like Euphoria and And Just Like That to networks like HGTV and TLC, MAX has it all. But for those who want to try the service first before they commit, they may be wondering if MAX still has a free trial or the best ways to opt into the service for less.
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MAX—previously known as HBO Max—Warner Bros. and Discovery’s exclusive streaming service with thousands of TV shows and movies from networks like HBO, Food Network, HGTV, TLC, Discovery Channel, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Animal Planet and Eurosports. The service also offers Warner Bros. film library.
Subscribe to MAX
$9.99+
MAX launched in May 2023, a year after news broke of Warner Bros. and Discovery’s merge, which combined former services HBO Max and Discovery Plus. “MAX is the one to watch,” WBD CEO David Zaslav said at a press event in April 2023.
According to HBO’s website, MAX is described as an “enhanced” version of HBO Max offering most of the same content as before, along with hundreds of new movies and TV shows from Discovery. “Max is the enhanced service replacing HBO Max,” the description reads. “The service will feature iconic programming, including all the HBO content you already love, like Game of Thrones. It will also be home to crave-worthy genres, plus some of the most anticipated premieres. (So prepare to find some new favorites.) Basically, it’s the one to watch.”
So how can one test out MAX? Read on for all the best ways you can test out the service for free.
Does MAX have a free trial?
MAX does not offer a free trial on its main site. However, Amazon offers a seven-day free trial to MAX for Prime Video subscribers. Another way to test out the service for less is to sign up for an annual ad-supported plan directly with MAX, which gives 16 percent off if you pay up front for a year of service ($99 total price), no promo code required.
Read on for step-by-step instructions on how to sign up for MAX’s free trial with Prime Video.
Max Free Trial With Prime Video
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How to subscribe to MAX with Prime Video
MAX is also available with Prime Video starting at $15.99 per month for its ad-free plan. MAX with Prime Video also offers a seven-day free trial. Prime Video offers a 30-day free trial and costs $8.99 per month after the free trial ends. Prime costs $14.99 per month or $139 per year and comes with Prime Video, as well as the benefits of Prime, which include same-day, one-day and two-day delivery on millions of items, Prime member discounts and free shipping at Amazon Fresh Stores and free access to services like Prime Gaming, Prime Reading, and Prime Try.
MAX With Prime Video
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Read on for step-by-step instructions for how to subscribe to MAX with Prime Video.
Visit Prime Video’s Max page
Click “Get Started”
Create or sign into your Amazon account
Confirm your information and payment method
Start watching MAX with Prime Video
What are MAX’s current deals?
Read on for MAX’s current deals.
How much is MAX?
MAX offers three plans: a With Ads plan for $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year; an Ad-Free plan for $15.99 per month or $149.99 per year; and an Ultimate Ad-Free plan for $19.99 per month or $199.99 per year. The yearly plans save users 16 to 20 percent—or $20 to $40 off—from the monthly rates.
MAX With Ads
$9.99
MAX Ad-Free
$15.99
MAX Ultimate Ad-Free
$19.99
MAX With Ads comes with limited ads and allows users to stream on two devices at once. MAX Ad-Free comes with no ads, allows users to stream on two devices at once and includes 30 downloads to watch on the go. MAX Ultimate Ad-Free comes with no ads, allows users to stream on four devices at once, includes 100 downloads to watch on the go, and features the best video quality with 4K Ultra HD and immersive audio with Dolby Atmos.
How to subscribe to MAX
Read on for step-by-step instructions on how to subscribe to MAX.
Visit MAX.com
Click “Sign Up Now”
Select your plan and click “Continue”
Enter your information and payment method
Start watching MAX
MAX
$9.99+
How to subscribe to MAX with Hulu
MAX is also available with Hulu starting at $15.99 per month for its Ad-Free plan. Hulu offers two plans: an ad-supported plan for $7.99 per month or $79.99 per year and a no-ads plan for $14.99 per month. Both plans come with 30-day free trials. However, there are no free trials for MAX with Hulu.
Hulu’s live TV service, Hulu+ With Live TV, also offers two plans: an ad-supported plan for $69.99 per month and a no-ads plan for $82.99 per month. Hulu+ With Live TV’s ad-supported plan also comes with free subscriptions to Hulu with ads, Disney Plus with ads and ESPN Plus with ads. Hulu+ With Live TV’s no-ads plan comes with free subscriptions to Hulu with no ads, Disney Plus with no ads and ESPN Plus with ads.
MAX With Hulu
$15.99+
Read on for step-by-step instructions on how to subscribe to MAX with Hulu.
Visit Hulu.com/MAX
Click “Sign Up Now”
Select your Hulu plan
Create an account
Select your MAX Plan
Enter your information and payment method
Start watching MAX with Hulu
What’s on MAX?
MAX includes thousands of hours of TV shows and movies from Warner Bros. Discovery brands, such as HBO HGTV, Food Network and TLC, as well as licensed content from other companies. See below for a list of some of the most popular TV shows on MAX.
MAX Originals
Gossip Girl
Station Eleven
Julia
Tokyo Vice
The Staircase
Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
Love & Death
Love Life
The Flight Attendant
Generation
Hacks
The Sex Lives of College Girls
And Just Like That…
Peacemaker
Minx
HBO
Euphoria
The Gilded Age
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
House of the Dragon
The Last of Us
The Idol
Curb Your Enthusiasm
A Black Lady Sketch Show
True Detective
The White Lotus
Real Time With Bill Maher
Last week Tonight With John Oliver
Oz
The Sopranos
Six Feet Under
The Wire
In Treatment
True Blood
Boardwalk Empire
Treme
Game of Thrones
Big Little Lies
Succession
Perry Mason
Sex and the City
Entourage
The Comeback
Girls
Veep
Silicon Valley
Insecure
Barry
Food Network
30 Minute Meals
Ace of Cakes
Barefoot Contessa
Beat Bobby Flay
Cake Wars
Chopped
Chopped Junior
Cupcake Wars
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Food network Star
Everyday Italian
Girl Meets Farm
Iron Chef
Man vs. Food
Paula’s Home Cooking
The Pioneer Woman
Supermarket Stakeout
Throwdown! With Bobby Flay
Unwrapped
HGTV
Christina on the Coast
Dream House
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Fixer Upper
Flip or Flop
Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa
HGTV Dream House
House Hunters
Love It or List It
TLC
90 Day Fiance
90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 days
90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After
Darcey & Stacey
Dr. Pimple Popper
I Am Jazz
Little People, Big world
My 600-lb Life
Say Yes to the Dress
Sister Wives
Subscribe to MAX at MAX.com.
Subscribe to MAX
$9.99+
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