The jump to black-and-white branding is not Max's first aesthetic intervention. When Warner Bros. first launched the streamer in 2020, it was introduced to the market under the name "HBO Max ...

Max is trading its bright blue branding and logo for a black-and-white color palette that evokes HBO’s classic branding by Andrew Liszewski Updated Mar 31, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC ...

This new theme style would introduce new significantly bolder colors to Material You. As it exists right now, Material You tries its best to match UI color schemes with the colors of your wallpaper.