HBO Max has come to Spain in style. With its extensive catalog, technical improvements with the long-awaited compatibility with 4K and Dolby Atmos, and a renewed and more visual interface, it is committed to offering more, maintaining the original price that already existed with the HBO Spain app.
We are already testing your application in depth, and in this article we have compiled some tricks that you will use to know to get the most out of HBO Max.
Take advantage of the offer of 4.49 euros being already a subscriber
Although we have mentioned before that HBO maintains its original price, the company has launched a loyalty promotion only until November 30, which lowers its price by 50% for life. That is to say, each month we will only have to pay a total of 4.49 euros. Of course, if we cancel the subscription, there will be no going back and we will have to pay the standard price.
Only until November 30
In HBO Max they say that the offer is only for new subscribers, but the truth is that if you already had an HBO Spain account, it also works for us. And is that to qualify for this promotion we will only have to access it with an email other than the one we had. It does not matter if the payment details are the same, with a new email it will work the same. Also, do not worry about your saved lists, as they will also be deleted when accessing HBO Max with your same account.
Create and edit our profile
Profiling on HBO is very easy. All you have to do is go to the ‘Change profile’ tab once you have logged in to create a new one or edit your own. Remember that we have up to 5 profiles available. We can also add child profiles, although for them they require the creation of a parental PIN.
A good point regarding other streaming services is that we can upload any photo to edit the image of our profile. However, this feature is only possible through the mobile app. Once in it, you just have to go to the ‘Manage Profiles’ section and select the one you want to edit.
We can both upload a photo from the camera, and select it from our own library. If we wish, we also have the option of selecting a character from the HBO series themselves. In addition, they also allow us to modify the color of the border of our icon.
Download content through the app
If we use HBO Max on mobile devices and tablets, we can download content to see it offline. To do this, we just have to go to a series or movie that contains the download icon and wait for it to end. The content will be saved in the download section of our profile.
When we start to see the downloaded content, we will have 48 hours to finish it before it expires. Any content that has not been played will expire after one month. HBO Max allows us to store up to a maximum of 30 downloads per account. This includes the downloads that are made through all the profiles of the same account.
Most of the content on HBO is available for download. What’s more, we can modify the quality of the download. To do this, you just have to go to the video options in the settings section and select the ‘Download quality’ option. At the moment the ‘Best Quality’ option only supports up to 1080p.
How to Play 4K HDR Content
To enjoy 4K content on HBO Max we must have one of the following compatible devices:
- Android TVs
- Apple TV 4K
- 4K LG Smart TVs
- Google Chromecast Ultra and Chromecast with Google TV
- Roku Ultra 4800x, Roku 4k TVs, Roku Premiere, and Roku Streaming Stick +
From HBO they assure that Dolby Atmos is not available on Chromecast with Google TV, Roku Premiere, and Roku Streaming Stick +.
At the moment these are all 4K compatible devices. From HBO they plan to extend this list in the future. In addition, through this link you can see a complete list of all movies that support 4K Ultra HD, HDR 10, and Dolby Vision.
Enjoy HBO Max on Amazon Fire TV Stick Devices
In our region, it is not possible to access HBO Max officially through Amazon’s Fire TV Stick devices. However, there is a way to download the application and enjoy all its content. Downloading your APK externally.
For this we can use applications such as Send Files to send the HBO Max APK to our television or a download manager such as Downloader to download the APK directly from the television by inserting the URL of the application.
Access a specific HBO Max hub
The evolution towards HBO Max guarantees us a series of benefits, among which are: a much more complete catalog thanks to the incorporation of titles from Warner Bros, DC, Cartoon Network and others.
To access the titles of one of these franchises in particular, we can enter their own hubs. To do this, it will be enough to go to the drop-down menu on our left and in the ‘Hubs’ section select the icon of any of them. Each one takes us to a page dedicated to the titles that we can find for each house.
How to change the language of the application
HBO Max allows us to change the language of its interface on any device. To do so, just go to the ‘Display language’ option in the drop-down panel. By default there is the option of the same language as in our device. If we change it, our interface will be displayed in the selected language and the content will be reproduced with original audio and subtitles in the language we chose in that option.
In case we want to change the audio and subtitles of a content that we are playing, just go to the speech bubble icon in the lower left corner of the player and select the one we want.
Manage our list
As with any streaming service, HBO Max allows you to organize your favorite movies and series in a personalized list. To do this, simply enter the ‘My list’ section and there we will have all the titles that we have added. To add content to it, we must select the ‘+’ icon that appears in each title.
We can also sort the titles of our list by the most recent we have added or by alphabetical order.
Remove ‘Keep Watching’ titles
Each title that we reproduce will appear in the ‘Continue watching’ tab. In this way we can keep track of what we have in stock so we don’t miss anything. However, you may want to remove content from that list. For it just select the ‘Continue watching’ tab itself and edit its content.
Change the size and color of subtitles
HBO Max allows us to extensively edit how subtitles are displayed on our screen. This option is available across all devices, and can be accessed both through the main menu and once while on the player.
On our television, we go to the icon of our profile from the drop-down on the right and select the subtitles option. For any other device We can modify the size, color and font of the subtitles in the configuration section that appears in the player itself.
Create a parental PIN
This PIN will allow us to block the categories that we do not want to show to the youngest of the house. To create one, just select the ‘Parental Control’ option in the settings menu and set your PIN numbers.
The categories that we can choose to block content are related to age. In this way, we can select appropriate content for more than 7, 10, 13, 16 and 18 years old. This information appears on the detail page for each series or movie.
Accessibility features
HBO Max incorporates some accessibility options for those who have a hearing or visual impairment. In this way we can find: audio description, captions, screen readers, keyboard playback controls and voice commands.
The audio description is not yet available in Spanish, they are only possible if we choose English as the language. To access it, simply go to the audio and subtitles settings of the player and select the option if available. In this menu it is also possible to activate the legends, which they transcribe what happens on the screen into text.
If we use an Apple TV We can also ask Siri to find us a specific series or movie. To do this, simply hold down the microphone button and say the title in question.