The sticks or spikes are increasingly popular devices that allow, with a minimal investment, to convert old televisions into Smart TVs and renew devices that are a few years old and no longer receive the corresponding updates to be able to continue using the Applications More popular.
Although there are different brands and numerous options on the market, one of the most popular families of this type of accessories is the one manufactured by Amazon, its Fire TV, whether its stick (Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Stick 4K, Fire TV Stick 4K Max) or the Fire TV Cube.
Being very good devices (as we have been able to see first-hand, by the way), they are not without buts and buts. One of the main ones is the absence of applications from companies with which Amazon has not reached agreements to be part of its platform, something that is especially noticeable in some of its main rivals in the world of streaming.
Focusing on the world of content audiovisualapplications such as its own Prime Video (obviously) and others such as Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Pluto TV or YouTube were available, but there was a notable absence: HBO Max.
But that’s history.
From now on, customers of the different devices in the Fire TV range in Spain can now enjoy Max’s app and servicethe successor platform to HBO Max that arrived in our country a few days ago.
What is Max
Max is the result of the fusion of HBO Max and Discovery+ on a single platform and its catalog combines HBO, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, the DC Universe, Discovery or TLC, among others.
Additionally, subscribers to any Max plan can access the Paris 2024 Olympic Games complete.
The platform offers more than 4,500 hours of programming original, with content such as the second season of The Dragon Housespaces like Beijing Express (with celebrities and presented by Miguel Ángel Muñoz) or Naked Attraction (a dating show hosted by Marta Flinch) and original Spanish series like Rage (with Carmen Machi) or When no one sees us (with Maribel Verdú).
Max as a channel on Prime Video
In the official presentation of Max España, the service announced an agreement between Warner and Amazon to distribute Max in Spain as a channel within Prime Video, for 9.99 euros per month.
Starting June 11, Max will be added to other channels such as MGM+, Shadowz, Flixolé, AMC Selekt, AMC+ or Planet Horror, to which users can subscribe from their subscription to Prime.
Prime customers subscribed to Max will be able to add the complementary subscription of sportsfor 5 euros more per month, to access events such as Roland Garros, the Australian Open, Giro d’Italia, the Vuelta a España, Tour de France, Women’s Tour de France and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as the UFC .
“Alexa, open Max”
Thanks to voice control with Alexa, to start the application from the Fire TV all you need to do is say “Alexa, open Max”.
A possibility that joins the options that Fire TVs already offer, which allow much more than controlling the playback of movies with Alexa. contents.
Users can also manage the smart home devices compatible directly from the television.
A catalog of possibilities that, as the owners of these devices know, grows over time, with the incorporation of new Alexa Skills and voice features.
