Max is now HBO Max. Again. No, I'm not joking. Less than two years after Warner Bros. Discovery changed the streaming service and ditched the HBO brand name, they've finally come to their senses and admitted that maybe HBO is why people want Max.

Warner Bros. Discovery executives are reinstating the name HBO Max for the popular streaming service. It’s the fourth name change for the app in the last decade.

As subscribers will recall, HBO Max originally launched in May 2020 and was rebranded to Max in April 2023 after the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. (When HBO Max arrived, it also replaced HBO Go, the former streaming service for the pay cable network’s subscribers, and the stand-alone HBO Now.)