How to watch Max on YouTube TV

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If you're a YouTube TV customer. you can pay for an additional subscription to HBO's Max to swell out your content library with even more shows, movies and sports. If you need some pointers in figuring out how, we're here to show you.

A popular live TV streaming service, YouTube TV costs $72.99 per month and includes ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, as well as ESPN, TBS, TNT, FX, Paramount Network, AMC, Comedy Central, CNN, NFL Network, Disney, Nickelodeon and more.

In addition, subscribers can opt for add-on packages, which can include enhanced services like the 4K add-on or premium cable channels like Showtime, Starz, EPIX, Hallmark Movies Now and, yes, HBO Max.

Adding Max (formerly HBO Max) will give YouTube TV access to  Max’s library of shows like Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, as well as classic and newer movies from Warner Bros. They’ll also be able to watch Max Originals, which include Hacks, The Flight Attendant, The Staircase, Julia, Our Flag Means Death and more.

So, how do you start watching Max on YouTube TV?

How to watch Max on YouTube TV

As an add-on, it is pretty easy to add Max. You can add services through the YouTube TV app on your TV, phone or computer. 

On the YouTube TV app on your TV, you select the store icon next to your profile picture in the top right, you then select the network you’d like to add (in this case  Max), select "add network" and confirm the purchase on the next screen.

On a computer or through the mobile app, you need to go into your profile, then settings and then membership. You then click the checkmark next to the Max box and then simply click purchase to finish.

What does Max on YouTube TV cost?

Adding Max to YouTube TV will cost an extra $15 per month to your YouTube TV subscription. 

YouTube TV does also offer an Entertainment Plus package, which adds HBO Max, Starz and Showtime to their subscription for a combined price of $29.99 per month on top of their base subscription.

It should be noted that if you have already subscribed to Max outside of YouTube TV, it will not carry over to your YouTube TV subscription, it will still be required to purchase Max either as an individual app or through the Entertainment Plus package.

Max is also available to add to Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google TV, Android TV and Vizio TVs.

Michael Balderston

Michael Balderston is a DC-based entertainment and assistant managing editor for What to Watch, who has previously written about the TV and movies with TV Technology, Awards Circuit and regional publications. Spending most of his time watching new movies at the theater or classics on TCM, some of Michael's favorite movies include Casablanca, Moulin Rouge!, Silence of the Lambs, Children of Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Star Wars. On the TV side he enjoys Only Murders in the Building, Yellowstone, The Boys, Game of Thrones and is always up for a Seinfeld rerun. Follow on Letterboxd.