Description of the issue: When trying to play any title on HBO Max, I get the following error: “Can’t play content on this browser version. It looks like you’re using an older browser. Update your browser or watch on another supported device.” Steps to Reproduce: Open Brave Browser (version 1.…

Hello - Does this work in a fresh profile? Menu → More Tools → Add New Profile Please make sure to turn on Widevine on the new profile. Thanks for confirming!

@Hhero still having issues? What did you find out from new profile? Asking as I see you had replied but then seem to have deleted your response.

Still not working, fresh profile and Widevine is on. Deleting the reply was my mistake and I can’t reply a duplicate.

@Hhero I believe I know what you’re dealing with. Just to confirm, if you go to brave://components and try to update things there, particularly Widevine Content Decryption Module, do you get an update error?

If the answer to the components is that you do have an error, then follow instructions from one of the two choices below. But if no issues on updating, then ignore this. The solution will be to go in and rearrange the permissions or to do a clean reinstallation of Brave, whichever you think is easi…

[image] I tried clicking check for update button. Update error did not come up, just up-to-date.

@Hhero of course your issue is going to be something different. Then I guess back to the drawing board. I don’t have an HBO Max subscription and don’t feel like paying for one to test on this. So going to have to ask you to check on a few things. First, let me confirm: When you did the new profile…

hbomax.com##+js(brave-fix) (Exists already in Brave shields)

Can you test Brave Nightly @Hhero https://brave.com/download-nightly/

Just tried it on freshly installed Brave Nightly and HBO Max does work. What does this mean? Do I need to clean reinstall Brave?

HBO Max shows 'Can’t play content on this browser version' error on Brave

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Saoiray July 16, 2025, 5:02pm 17

Actually, you may be able to download and install Brave on top of your current. Without uninstalling just download and install. It could potentially repair whatever is broken. Nothing would be lost in this, so safe option so long as you’re not uninstalling.

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HBO Max shows 'Can’t play content on this browser version' error on Brave

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