A few days ago HBO Max said goodbye forever and became Max: new streaming platform, new price plans, more content and a small but annoying problem for those who have a Smart TV remote with a dedicated button: Key to get into HBO Max no longer works because that platform no longer exists and does not move them to the new one.

According to this thread on Reddit, this also happened on TCL, LG models and Android TV devices, and there are also complaints on X/Twitter. If you have a Smart TV with Android TV or Google TV, or just a Chromecast with Google TV, then there is an extremely easy and effective solution: use apps like tvQuickActions or Button Mapper. Free apps that work well and let you remap controller buttons.

Change the HBO Max button on the remote to work with Max

As we explained in the section entrance, you can accomplish this task with a variety of apps, including the ones mentioned above, but we prefer Button Mapper for simplicity, so it’s the app we recommend the most. The steps to follow are:

After installing the application from the Google Play Store on our Smart TV or Chromecast (there is a paid version without ads, but the free one is sufficient for this task), open the application and click ‘add button‘.

There we select the button in question whose function we want to change and click the activation box ‘personalize‘. Here you can choose several ways to call it: single tap, double tap, long… the simplest and most intuitive is single tap.

Below there is a drop-down menu for adding new functions to the buttons and also assigning applications. Inside ‘Movements‘You will see the different tasks you can do, which is what interests us’Applications‘ and there will be a list of apps you’ve installed, so you’ll just need to select ‘Max’.

Finally, exit the app and return to the home screen to see if the physical ‘HBO Max’ button now takes you to ‘Max’ with a single tap. If you change your mind or want to remap the buttons, simply go back to the app and disable the action or delete the button. works for any button and any app on the controller.

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