One of the most significant online content streaming services is HBO Max. It competes with other well-known brands in the sector, including Netflix, Disney+, etc. One of the platform’s significant releases just happened: Season 2 of Euphoria. However, it appears that things are not turning out as planned.
According to multiple reports that have surfaced over the past few hours, the HBO Max app is crashing in the middle of the Euphoria Season 2 premiere, frustrating many users who have been waiting for it.
During the Euphoria Season 2 premiere, the HBO Max app crashes. Evidently, millions of HBO Max subscribers were hoping to watch Euphoria Season 2 when the HBO Max app kept crashing for several hours. Given the circumstances, it is conceivable that the crash was brought on by the numerous people who were concurrently streaming the much-anticipated series. Euphoria is after all among the most well-liked games on the platform. The latter, though, is merely a hunch that hasn’t been verified in writing. HBO Max has not yet provided any formal confirmation on the subject. There are still many unknowns as this issue just started to surface a few hours ago. This is probably going to continue until the business makes a formal announcement about the situation in the upcoming hours.
While waiting for additional information regarding the HBO Max app crash issue, we’ll update this page. So, keep checking back with us if you want to know when it will be rectified. Additionally, you can look at the HBO Max Bugs/Issues tracker.
Update 1 (January 10)
HBO Max Support has confirmed that it has fixed the issue where the app was crashing.
Hello, our team has solved this problem. Please let us know if there is anything else we can help you with. Thanks very much!
Update 2 (February 16)
Many HBO Max users are again reporting App crashes when watching Season 2 of Euphoria. On the lighter side, it supports HBO Max Twitter has already confirmed this issue and said they are working to fix it as soon as possible.
Update 3 (February 28)
It seems that many HBO Max subscribers are having an issue with the service because the servers went down just as the Euphoria season finale was cancelled.
The app was down for the first 15 minutes of Euphoria.
Update 4 (22 Aug)
Now, many HBO Max users are having trouble while trying to watch Episode 1 of House of the Dragon, the new Game of Thrones spin-off series.
According to several reports (1, 2, 3), the HBO Max app crashes when users try to load the episode. Luckily the HBO Max team is already aware of the problem and they recommend closing and restarting the app.
If the HBO Max team’s suggestion doesn’t work for you, there are a few additional workarounds you can try:
Update 5 (23 Aug)
HBO Max Support has confirmed that the recent issue with their app on the Fire TV Stick has been resolved and users can now watch House of the Dragon.
Good news! You should now be able to watch from your Firestick, enjoy your show! If you have any further questions for us, just let us know. Best, ^GB
