HBO Max just got its biggest update in months – but why now?

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Just days after Warner Bros. Discovery sounded the death knell for HBO Max as a standalone streaming service, the platform has been given a major design overhaul on desktop, Android, and iOS devices. 

The update (opens in new tab), which began rolling out to the HBO Max app on Roku streaming sticks, PlayStation consoles and other TV-adjacent devices in September 2021, brings improved navigation and a more refined visual style to those versions of the streamer that hadn’t yet benefited from the facelift.