HBO is readying a third streaming service in addition to HBO Now and HBO Go - here's how the three HBO services stack up

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Kit Harrington as Jon Snow on HBO's "Game of Thrones."

• HBO has a new streaming service coming in 2020: HBO Max.
• HBO already operates two major streaming services, HBO Go and HBO Now.
• So, what's the difference between the three different streaming services? A surprising amount of stuff - let's dig in!
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First, the bad news: "Friends" is leaving Netflix, and it's not coming back any time soon.

Turns out there's a good reason for that, as it's headed to HBO's new streaming service in 2020 alongside "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and a mess of other stuff. That new service is named "HBO Max," and it's intended as the most deluxe form of HBO's already existing streaming services.

But what's so different about HBO Max from HBO's current streaming options? Let's dig in.