When Max was nonetheless known as HBO Max, it launched a redesigned app that added SharePlay for Apple units, however solely in the USA. Now, the streaming service is rolling out the function to all customers globally. SharePlay is now out there to all Max customers on the paid ad-free and supreme ad-free plans, permitting them to host and take part in watch events through FaceTime and iMessage regardless of the place they’re.
Customers can click on on the small print part of every title or the Share button within the FaceTime app to begin watching with buddies. Every session can have as much as 32 individuals, however they need to all be Max subscribers. Because of this individuals from areas the place Max will not be out there, reminiscent of Asian nations, won’t be able to observe with buddies in the USA or Europe. Warner Bros. plans to develop Max to Southeast Asia later this yr, however the firm warned on its web site that the timeline may nonetheless change.
SharePlay for Max is out there for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Imaginative and prescient Professional headphones. To begin a watch celebration on iPhone, iPad, and Imaginative and prescient Professional, customers should discover the Share icon on the present or film’s particulars web page, enter the contact they need to share with, after which provoke a FaceTime name. In the event that they choose “Messages” on their cellular machine, their buddies will obtain a message asking them to hitch SharePlay. On Apple TV, customers should first open FaceTime, then click on the SharePlay button and choose Max from the app listing.
