HBO Max Free Trial

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  • Duration: 7 days
  • Free Plan: No
  • Credit Card: Yes
  • Availability: US / Latin America / Caribbean / some European countries
  • Price After Trial: From $9.99/month
  • Website: www.max.com

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Max is a subscription movie and television streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It was formerly known as HBO Max in the United States but still known as HBO Max in some territories outside of the US.

Previously available only to US viewers, it is now also available to viewers in Latin America, the Caribbean, some parts of Europe and expanding to worldwide viewers in the near future.

Max offers a wide range of content such as HBO original programming, content from Warner Bros. and movies and television from third party providers and syndicated shows such as Friends and The Big Bang Theory.

The biggest appeal of Max though is all of the original programming available from the network which includes acclaimed TV series (like Game of Thrones and its spinoff The House of the Dragon) and movies.

There are more than a handful of ways to get access to Max but free trials are rarely offered even where you would expect them to.

Max offers subscriptions directly through their website and as an addon when you subscribe to streaming platforms that offer other premium channels through packages.

There are still ways to get a Max free trial if you qualify. Below, I’ll show you how to find Max free trials and how to subscribe. Depending on what is offered, you might find it more reasonable to just subscribe to Max with plans starting at $9.99/month.


How To Get HBO Max Free Trial (September 2024)

There are a number of services that offer Max and you can usually try the streamer on all of them for free if they offer a trial.

You’ll need your credit card to subscribe but you will not be charged until the 7-day trial is up.

Here are some ways you can get Max.

Max free trial
  • Max website – No free trial is available at this time but they may offer one in the future for a limited time as they did in June.
  • Amazon Prime Video Channels – Prime Video is offering a 7-day free trial of Max in September for a limited time.
  • Hulu A free trial is no longer available when you add Max on Hulu
  • YouTubeTV – Add Max to your YouTubeTV base plan – no free trial

Max is also available with other services such as DirecTV, however there are no trials available for viewers.

If you’re looking for Max on Amazon Prime Video, they just recently added the premium channel back after a long absence from the streaming platform. They are currently offer a free trial for a limited time in September 2024.

This new free trial seems to coincide with the premiere of their new DC series The Penguin starring Colin Farrell, a spin-off from the 2022 feature The Batman.

Get Max on Amazon Prime Video (7 days)

If you have Amazon Prime, you also have access to Prime Video as a perk. Prime Video is Amazon’s streaming service for movies and television and you can also add premium channels such as MGM+, Starz and Paramount+ all with a 7-day free trial.

Amazon recently added Max as one of their premium channels. You can subscribe to Max and watch hit shows like The Last of Us and The House of the Dragon through Amazon Prime Video. You can currently get a7-day free trial to start watching Max.

You can watch all of Max content which includes HBO, Max Originals, DC, TCM, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim on the Prime Video app. HBO’s live feeds for all of their cable channels are also included.

To get started with Max on Prime Video, you’ll need to have a Prime subscription or just a subscription to Prime Video. Amazon offers a 30-day free trial for either service.

If you don’t already have Prime and want to add both Prime and Max together, you can follow the instructions below to do so. Otherwise, just log into Prime Video and follow the steps below.

  1. Go to the Max page in Prime Video.
  2. Click on the “More details” button on the channel banner.
  3. Click on “Continue” button to choose a plan.
  4. Select one of the two plans offered.
  5. Confirm your details on the next page.
  6. Click on the “Start Watching” button to start watching Max.

You can then start watching Max content inside the Prime Video app on your TV or in your browser.

HBO Max Direct Free Trial (Outside US)?

HBO Max once offered a free trial through it’s website when their subscriber-base was exclusively United States residents.

They’ve now dropped the free trial and you can only choose one of their subscription options – either the ad-supported option for $9.99/month or the premium ad-free option for $16.99/month.

For persons in the Caribbean and Latin America, HBO Max is a new offering and it makes sense that they would offer a 7-day free trial to encourage signups.

If you’re outside of the US, you could previously subscribe to HBO Max directly through it’s website and get 7 days free. They’ve also removed this offer. You now have to subscribe starting at $5.99/month.

HBO Max free trial outside US

The content is localized which means you wouldn’t get the full library of content that US subscribers get access to.

The pricing therefor would not be the same as US HBO Max. It starts at $5.99/month for the mobile plan and $7.99/month for the standard subscription.

The process for getting a free trial before they removed it looked like this.

1. Select your plan and billing term

HBO Max select plan and billing term

The first thing you’ll need to do is to select your billing term. It looks like most subscribers choose the quarterly billing term which bills every three months.

I chose to go with the Standard plan which means I could access HBO Max on any device I choose including my desktop, my TV and on any mobile device. I would also get 5 profiles instead of 1 so the rest of my family could watch.

2. Create your account

HBO Max create your account

Next, fill in your name, email address and pick a password to create your account. You must be 18 and over to subscribe to HBO Max.

Click the button to continue.

3. Enter your billing details

The next step would be to enter your credit card details to confirm billing. You wouldn’t be charged until the free trial ends.

Unfortunately, I encountered an error on the previous step and couldn’t continue which is why there is no screenshot. I’ll try again later.

Upon submission of your billing details, you should be able to log into the service and start streaming movies and series.

Get Max With Hulu (7-Day Free Trial – No Longer Available)

HBO Max on Hulu

Hulu previously offered a free trial of Max when you added it to your account. This offer has since been removed as well.

If you’re interested in Hulu which has lots of original programming plus thousands of movies and television series and even Live TV channels, then this was once a great way of getting Max with a free trial. You can still subscribe to Max on Hulu starting at $9.99/month.

Hulu offers a 30-day free trial and then you pay as low as $7.99 for a subscription. You can add Max as a premium channel and get the 7-day trial before paying from $9.99 for an ad-supported subscription.

To get Max on Hulu, just sign up for a Hulu free trial and go to the addons page in your account settings to subscribe to Max.

Hulu premium addons

Subscribing to Max on Hulu will let you watch some HBO content in the Hulu app but you’ll have to download the Max app to watch exclusive content.

Get a 7-Day Trial Through YouTubeTV?

YouTubeTV currently offers a 14-day free trial to it’s TV service and when you add their base plan, you can also select addons to go with the channels they already provide.

Max is one of the premium addons you can add to your base plan. They also offered a 7-day free trial which fitted right inside YouTubeTV’s 14-day trial window. However, this offer is also no longer available but could change in the future.

After signing up, you can then go to the Max website or their app and choose “Sign in with Provider” then choose YouTubeTV, to create your account and access all the programming.

Cancelling is easy but you’ll need to do this through YouTubeTV since this is where you signed up and provided billing details.

Go here to see how YouTubeTV free trial works and subscribe to get Max starting at $9.99/month.


How To Cancel Max During Free Trial

For whatever reason, you may want to avoid getting charged after your free trial ends.

To avoid getting charged, you’ll need to cancel the service at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period.

How you go about cancelling depends on where you signed up. There aren’t many ways to get Max with a free trial though so you’ll only need to know how to cancel during at free trial on Prime Video for now.

If you signed up through Prime Video, this means that Amazon is the one billing you for the service so you’ll need to cancel Max through your settings on Amazon.

Same goes for any other service that provides a Max free trial.

Here’s how to cancel during your free trial on Amazon Prime Video.

  1. Mouse over your name in the top right hand corner of Amazon
  2. Scroll down the list to Memberships & subscriptions
  3. Under current subscriptions, you’ll be able to see Max and your free trial info.
  4. Click on the “Video Settings” button to manage your subscription. You might have to confirm your log in.
  5. Click “cancel subscription” to cancel Max. You’ll still be able to watch with any remaining time you have.

Normally, you’ll be able to cancel through your account settings but you can also contact support and ask them to assist you in cancelling.

I would suggest cancelling soon after signup so you don’t get billed. You would then be able to enjoy the free trial for the full period and if you decide to keep the service, you could always just subscribe when it’s convenient for you.


HBO Max Pricing After Trial

After a 7-day free trial (when it’s available), customers outside of the United States (Caribbean, Latin America and European countries) will pay either $5.99/month for mobile plans or $7.99/month for a standard plan (or whatever the pricing is being offered in your country).

The pricing when signing up via the Max website for US viewers is $9.99/month for the ad-supported plan and $16.99/month for the Standard no-ads plan where everything is included.

Right now, Max is only offering a free trial through Prime Video. There is no free trial available on their website or with any other partners from what I’ve found.

When you take a free trial from any provider mentioned on this page, you’re automatically billed the price of the plan you chose at sign up.


Should You Keep Your Max Subscription?

With so many premium streaming options to choose from, you may be asking yourself if Max is worth keeping.

In 2021, HBO Max’s parent company, Warner Bros. released all of their theatrical releases in movie theatres and also on HBO Max on the same day. This alone was worth the price of a subscription.

Max has since stopped doing these simultaneous releases with Matrix: Resurrections being their last.

The main draw of Max now is their huge content library which includes content from HBO and Warner Bros. subsidiaries:

  • DC
  • Turner Classic Movies
  • Cartoon Network
  • Adult Swim
  • some Discovery+ content

Max has great now-classic sitcoms and series such as Friends, The Fresh Prince of Belair, The Nanny and The Big Bang Theory.

There’s also HBO and Max originals that you won’t find anywhere else including:

  • The Penguin
  • House of the Dragon
  • The Last of Us
  • Raised by Wolves
  • The Witches
  • Game of Thrones
  • The Sopranos
  • Made for Love

There is also live sports from B/R Sports and don’t forget content from other Warner Bros. Discover partners like Food Network, TLC, HGTV and CNN Max.

Max is definitely one of the more entertaining streaming platforms to have in 2024 as there are a lot of high quality shows and movies available there.

Choose a subscription provider and add the channel or sign up through Max.com to experience all they have to offer for yourself.