{"id":147199,"date":"2021-01-04T19:55:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T16:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-hbo-now-button-on-your-roku-remote-might-open-hbo-max-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-01-04T19:55:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T16:55:37","slug":"the-hbo-now-button-on-your-roku-remote-might-open-hbo-max-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hbo-now-button-on-your-roku-remote-might-open-hbo-max-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#The HBO Now Button on Your Roku Remote Might Open HBO Max \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;#The HBO Now Button on Your Roku Remote Might Open HBO Max \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_66359\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66359 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/thumbcache\/0\/0\/f500af5cd4645291809a95a6bf645d68\/p\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8e08e7f5.jpg\" alt=\"Roku remote with HBO button\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-credittext=\"Michael Crider\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Michael Crider<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At one point, some Roku remotes had a dedicated \u201cBlockbuster\u201d button. It seems quaint now, but a similar problem is h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening with HBO\u2019s dedicated buttons. HBO Now isn\u2019t really a thing anymore, replaced with HBO Max, making the old HBO Now button on your Roku remote useless. But maybe not: the functionality seems to have been updated for some users.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/so-i-have-some-good-news-and-bad-news-about-rokus-hbo-button\/1100-6485773\/\">Chris Pereira of Gamespot<\/a> noticed that the HBO Now button on his Roku Ultra remote would open the brand new HBO Max app a few days after it became available on the Roku platform. At the time, he reported that the app then crashed, apparently due to some software error. He could still open the HBO Max app manually from the Roku home page. That indicates that someone at Roku spared a thought for millions of Roku remotes and the \u201cHBO\u201d buttons on them, even if they were technically for a service that\u2019s now obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>After reading Pereira\u2019s article, I tried out the remote on my several-years-old TCL TV, which uses Roku as its smart TV operating system. I\u2019m currently subscribed to HBO Max with the app installed, and my Roku remote features an outdated HBO Now button. When I pressed the HBO Now button, HBO Max launched, without the crashing issue that was apparently present late last year.<\/p>\n<p>Give it a shot on your Roku set-top box or Roku-powered TV. It might just be the rare example of an outdated button getting new life.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>setTimeout(function(){!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','1137093656460433');fbq('track','PageView');},3000);<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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It seems quaint now, but a similar problem is happening with HBO\u2019s dedicated buttons. 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