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HBO Max is an American subscription video on demand streaming service from WarnerMedia Entertainment, a division of AT&T's WarnerMedia. The service launched on May 27, 2020.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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HBO Max Outage Chart 01/29/2026 05:10

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by HBO Max users through our website.

  1. Playback Issues (27%)

    Playback Issues (27%)

  2. Buffering (26%)

    Buffering (26%)

  3. Sign in (25%)

    Sign in (25%)

  4. Crashing (20%)

    Crashing (20%)

  5. Video Quality (2%)

    Video Quality (2%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent HBO Max outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesHolly Ridge Buffering
United StatesRacine Buffering
AustriaSt. Martin Buffering
CanadaSherbrooke Playback Issues
AustriaInnsbruck Crashing
United StatesCrestview Playback Issues
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HBO Max Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Marissa_Mc909 Marissa (@Marissa_Mc909) reported

    HBO needs to redo #houseofthedragons Episode 7 and fix the lighting. This is totally unwatchable. @hbomax @HouseofDragon

  • aiden_armstrong Pessimistic Raider Fan (@aiden_armstrong) reported

    @hbomax you’ve truly created the worst steaming app of all time. Congratulations.

  • SchulkeRobert Robert Schulke (@SchulkeRobert) reported

    @HBOMaxHelp Developing on the latest hardware and OS with screaming bandwidth is a deadly quality trap.

  • Risviltsov_Off Risviltsov (Official) (@Risviltsov_Off) reported

    @Jbn024 @hbomax @CielValkyrie could ya help a friend out? maybe retweet or somethin, if it ain't much trouble?

  • PCisInferior PortBeggarDestroyer (@PCisInferior) reported

    @LaikaL2 @hbomax They look absolutely nothing like them. That's the problem. Ellie isn't meant to look like an ugly little boy, and Joel isn't meant to be hispanic. I'll write it off because it's clear that they chose actors that appeal to the masses rather than fans of the actual game.

  • PCisInferior PortBeggarDestroyer (@PCisInferior) reported

    @LaikaL2 @hbomax They look absolutely nothing like them. That's the problem. Ellie isn't meant to look like an ugly little boy, and Joel isn't meant to be hispanic. I'll write it off because its clear that they chose actors that appeal to the masses rather than fans.

  • SchulkeRobert Robert Schulke (@SchulkeRobert) reported

    @HBOMaxHelp Yes. Did it all. Made sure I’m current on all software updates. Bandwidth is good, enough that your competitors’ app run with no issues. This is a chronic problem with your app. Try testing it on an iPhone 6s, using 4GLTE with 4 bars.

  • eboldy bunnicula (@eboldy) reported

    @pjbreenphoto @hbomax @HouseofDragon fix your editing guys

  • CiMeTravel lemongrass locs (@CiMeTravel) reported

    Once again.. for as expensive as @hbomax is… we should not have this many technical issues. And it takes so long to load up. 😤 I’m just a mom tryna stay up late and watch good tv. Come through for me please.

  • no1rican07 CM brewster (@no1rican07) reported

    @houseofdragontv @hbomax Wtf was with the darkness in this episode? Did you use the guy from the Long Night because this was just awful. Ruined the whole damn episode.

  • Anthony82778537 Anthony Griffin (@Anthony82778537) reported

    @HBOMaxHelp You think I don’t know how to brighten my tv bruv the editing in HOTD is just terrible

  • Gr8momokwife Not as pretty as Melody Dean (@Gr8momokwife) reported

    Met my first in person ancap. It was terrible thanks @hbomax

  • LaikaL2 LaikaL (@LaikaL2) reported

    @LouisV1099 @hbomax be the most important thing in this show, is them nailing their relationship in the game. If they can do just that who gives two flying shits if they don't look like carbon copies of character who aren't real? if that's your main problem you really need to get your priorities-

  • geekphotos1424 Sebastian Castellanos (@geekphotos1424) reported

    @hbomax This honestly doesn’t look terrible. I guess we’ll see

  • Hippypunk1 Hippypunk (@Hippypunk1) reported

    @HouseofDragon @hbomax Yawn. The writing is terrible. I wanted to like it.

  • CoachKing33 Commander King (@CoachKing33) reported

    @HBOMaxHelp Thanks for reaching out, not sure what the issue was but it fixed itself… the last 10 minutes of #HouseOfTheDragonHBO tho, whoa! 🤯

  • PaAlbatross JustAnotherSportsGuy (@PaAlbatross) reported

    @HBOMaxHelp what’s the deal with the sound not coming on with this latest episode?!? The others work but as soon as it cuts to the pre-episode with the GOT music it goes silent?!! Anyone else having this issue?? #HOTD #HBOMax

  • dontwhine1 Be the Best (@dontwhine1) reported

    @hbomax Terrible, filmed too dark, can’t see it in tv.

  • lpswaggerty Lonnie P Swaggerty (@lpswaggerty) reported

    Also, apparently signing out and back in fixes the issue (on the @AppleTV app for @hbomax). Thank goodness my man Googled real fast!

  • Zack_Locklear12 Zack (@Zack_Locklear12) reported

    @HouseofDragon @hbomax why do u insist on having the episodes so dark that it is impossible to see anything? You didn't learn from the awful The Long Night episode?

  • wadewilson4565 wadewilson (@wadewilson4565) reported

    @HBOMaxHelp @MrsTheDagel Has a fix been found for this?

  • Fininna Wes LastName (@Fininna) reported

    @hbomax the Xbox app has been lagging for about 2 weeks now. Nothing, no a single show, is watchable. No other app or service has this issue, Only yours.

  • LaikaL2 LaikaL (@LaikaL2) reported

    @LouisV1099 @hbomax Because its a completely different medium??? if they were to literally copy the story 1:1 and put it into a show format it wouldn't work, how does that not click in your head? also Tess is literally a plot device in the game, they could tell so much more about her backstory-

  • zephyr757 ⋆✷𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅𝒽𝑒𝓃✷⋆ (@zephyr757) reported

    I’m gonna need @hbomax to issue a written apology for literally a whole episode of black screen of #HouseOfTheDragon This is ridiculous.

  • PaAlbatross JustAnotherSportsGuy (@PaAlbatross) reported

    @HBOMaxHelp Samsung QLED 4K UHD streaming with the HBO Max app. Some shows are now not working and others are. It’s random. What’s the deal?

  • JayeSchwisow Rhiannon Schwisow (@JayeSchwisow) reported

    @hbomax It’s streaming in super crappy quality. Low resolution and complete pixilation in %40 of the episodes so far. Stopped watching halfway through.

  • bigbirdbigeggs John Balingit (@bigbirdbigeggs) reported

    @HBOMaxHelp @CVIKIS We’ll, please get more creative real quick, because that sh*t didn’t work. Why couldn’t be torches lit when it’s night time. It’s a damn castle. Was it a creative decision or just pure laziness????

  • LaikaL2 LaikaL (@LaikaL2) reported

    @LouisV1099 @hbomax sucked, and I assume they didn't follow anything about the original source material. Which TLOU seems to be doing just fine so I don't see what's your problem with it.

  • Khill9981 kevin hill (@Khill9981) reported

    @VAWeisman @HBOMaxHelp I have had this issue before with firestick, it ended up being the firestick was to old and could not handle the higher bitrate HBOmax moved to.

  • Josh_G_Roth Josh Roth (@Josh_G_Roth) reported

    @hbomax you simply have to fix the streaming on your app. There’s no reason it can’t load like Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+, Apple+… see where I’m going with this?