What is HBO Max Shuffle Play? Feature explained and series list revealed

HBO Max, a WarnerMedia platform, debuted a new "shuffle" button this week, a much-requested feature that allows viewers to watch random episodes from a handpicked list of shows. It joins Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon's shuffle play services.

Let's take a look at how the feature works and which shows have been included under this highly requested feature.

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List of series present under the HBO Max Shuffle Play feature

The shuffle play button on HBO Max will allow random episodes from 45 series to be played, with the software itself making the decision. HBO's Shuffle Play feature is presently only available on the desktop interface.

The complete list of shows under the Shuffle Play feature is:

1. A World of Calm
2. Adventure Time
3. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
4. Apple & Onion
5. Chappelle Show
6. Courage the Cowardly Dog
7. Craig of the Creek
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm
9. Ed, Ed and Eddy
10. ER
11. Flight of the Conchords
12. Fresh Prince
13. Friends
14. Full House
15. Great Pottery Throwdown
16. Hot Ones
17. How It Really Happened
18. Impractical Jokers
19. Key and Peele
20. Looney Tunes
21. Martin
22. Mike & Molly
23. Regular Show
24. Reno 911!
25. Rick & Morty
26. Robot Chicken
27. Scooby-Do, Where Are You!
28. Selena + Chef
29. Sesame Street
30. South Park
31. Teen Titans Go!
32. The Amazing World of Gumball
33. The Big Bang Theory
34. The Boondocks
35. The Mentalist
36. The Middle
37. The Nanny
38. The Office
39. The Shot: Uninterrupted
40. Tom and Jerry
41. Total Dramarama
42. Two and a Half Men
43. We Bare Bears
44. Whose Line is it Anyway
45. Young Sheldon

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How is HBO Max Shuffle Play different from Netflix's Play Something?

HBO's move comes nearly a year after Netflix released Play Something, a shuffle feature that selects a TV episode or movie based on a subscriber's viewing history or from their watchlist.

The shuffle button on HBO Max, on the other hand, does not cover the entire service. For the time being, it's restricted to only 45 shows. The shuffle play, according to the company, is designed to randomize episodes within a series so that “give[s] users some context into the content they will be shown.” According to a spokesman for WarnerMedia,

“With an added element of serendipity, selecting the shuffle button lets you kick your feet up and start watching faster.”

Another distinction between Netflix's and HBO's shuffle-play capabilities is that the HBO version is only available in desktop (web browser) interfaces around the world, but Netflix's Play Something is available on connected TV devices as well as Android phones and tablets.