For a few days now, Max has reached the site that HBO Max previously had. We have seen how it works on Android TV/Google TV and we have given the impressions regarding the change. But in addition to arriving with an application for Amazon’s Fire TV range, the arrival of Max It has been a bit of a headache for some users.
And just as in the market we find remote controls for TVs and other devices with dedicated buttons for Netflix or Disney+, there are also some that have a button for HBO Max and although now with the change it has stopped working using that button, there are a solution that allows you to use it again as if nothing had happened.
From HBO Max to Max
However, with the jump from HBO Max to Max, there are users who cannot access the new platform, using as they always have by adding remotely. These are cases in which the controller has a button dedicated to HBO Max.
This has happened on some TV remote controls such as TCL, LG, and even Android TV devices, according to some users. reddit. Even on X (formerly Twitter), there are people complaining about.
when they are coming to change the hbomax button on my remote control to just max pic.twitter.com/GKGRtBBBY4
— e (@disasterp1ants) May 23, 2023
In this way, the HBO Max button has stopped working in some user controls that instead of having HBO Max, now have Max. But this is not a problem in the case of those who have a TV or a device with Android TV or Google TV, such as a Chromecast.
And in the application store, in Google Play Store you can find applications such as Button Mapper or tvQuickActions to change button behavior of the remote control.
Either of these two applications allows you to configure the chosen button, in this case the HBO Max button, so that it works with any other specific application or service. And if it doesn’t work with HBO Max, it can be used with Max. Is about remap keys to assign any function. Let’s see all the steps.
The process is very simple, what I like the most is the one that involves using an app like Button Mapper.. It is a free application and although we can win some functions by donating a coffee to its creator, with the “free” mode there is more than enough.
Once the app is installed on the TV (or on the Chromecast), to remap the button you have to press “Add buttons”. You can choose the button you want to remap.
Once you have chosen the button in question, you must click on the activation box on “Personalize” and then choose between the different options. You can choose between using a single press, double press or long press as a method to access a new function. I have marked “1 touch”.
From here a drop-down menu appears that allows you to add new functions to the buttons of the remote control but also choose the applications you want to use with depending on which button.
Then a new panel opens in which you will see different options. By default, the checked action is “Actions” but if you click on actions you will see how a new window appears in which you can select between the actions proposed by the app.
One of them is applications (this is the one you are interested in), shortcuts… You are going to click on “Applications”.
You will see that A list is displayed with all the applications you have installed. If you are a Disney+, Apple TV+ subscriber, HBO Max, Max… you will see them reflected. The same with Spotify, Tidal… any app you have installed.
I I have selected Max for testing. You can choose to activate it with a single touch, a long touch or a double click. That’s a matter of taste.
With all these steps taken, just exit the application and return to the TV home screen. There you only have to press the button, in this case, the DH Max, and check how The Max application directly opens.
Furthermore, at the time when you are not interested and if you want to regain normal function From the remote control you just have to remove the button or even easier, deactivate the action that you have added within the application.
Having said all this, it is possible to configure any button on the remote control (applications, functions…) to access Max (or any other application). You just have to repeat the same steps that we have seen in the article and choose the button whose function we want to replace.
Likewise you can choose the application that we want to assign to that button among all those that are installed on the device. The same thing we have done with Max, can be done with SkyShowtime, Apple TV+, Filmin…