Mxr ws n mrcn vd gm lv strmng pltfrm. Th srvc lnchd n Jnry 5, 2016, s Bm, ndr th wnrshp f c-fndrs Mtthw Slsmnd nd Jms Bhm. Th srvc plcd n mphss n ntrctvty, wth lw strm ltncy nd pltfrm fr llwng vwrs t prfrm ctns tht cn nflnc strm.
Th srvc ws cqrd by Mcrsft n gst 2016, ftr whch t ws rnmd Mxr n 2017 nd ntgrtd nt Mcrsft's Xbx dvsn (ncldng tp-lvl ntgrtn n Xbx n). n 2019, Mxr gnd ttntn whn t sgnd tw tp strmrs frm ts mn cmpttr, Twtch—Nnj nd Shrd—t cntrct wth th srvc.
Hwvr, ctng n nblty t scl ts prtns, Mcrsft nnncd n Jn 22, 2020 tht Mxr wld b shttng dwn by th nd f Jly 22, nd tht n grmnt hd bn md wth Fcbk fr mntzd chnnls t jn smlr prgrms n Fcbk's gm strmng pltfrm. Mcrsft ffclly sht dwn Mxr n Jly 22, 2020.