Users who already subscribe to HBO through a Roku will see their HBO app automatically update into HBO Max, where they can use their previous login information.
The press release touting the news makes it clear that “the highly anticipated Wonder Woman 1984 debuts in theaters and on HBO Max on Christmas Day and will be available to HBO Max subscribers on their Roku devices directly from their living rooms at no additional cost.”
The release specifically mentions The Matrix 4, Mortal Kombat, The Suicide Squad, and Space Jam: A New Legacy. And that’s probably as good as reason as any why after months of delays, Roku and HBO were able to make a deal to put HBO Max on the platform.
It also mentions Warner Bros. plan to release all of their 2021 theatrical releases on HBO Max the same day they premiere in multiplexes.