Sky Go

Sky UK Limited

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About this app

A brand-new design makes it quicker for Sky TV customers to find and enjoy the very best TV, plus enjoy recommendations just for you and easy switching between compatible devices.

You can stream your favourite channels, including free-to-air favourites like ITV and Channel 4, and depending on your Sky TV subscription, great dramas on Sky Atlantic and live sport on Sky Sports.

So, whether your main TV is being used by the kids and you want to stream your favourite show at home or you want to download stuff to watch while you’re out and about*, Sky Go’s got you covered.

With Sky Go Extra, you’re able to download your favourite recordings** to watch even when you’re offline, meaning you can carry hits like Chernobyl, Big Little Lies or Love Island with you wherever you go.

SKY GO FEATURES:

Depending on your TV subscription, you can:

• Stream over a hundred channels live, including:
o Free-to-air favourites including ITV and Channel 4 – watch Gogglebox, Catch-22 and other hits
o Sky Atlantic – the home of the highest rated show of all time on IMDb – Chernobyl – as well as Big Little Lies and more
o Sky One – the home of shows including The Simpsons, A League Of Their Own, Modern Family and more
o Sky Sports – keep up-to-date with the latest action from the Premier League, EFL, England cricket and more (Sky Sports subscription required)
o Sky Cinema, Film 4 and others for hit movies (Sky Cinema subscription required)

• Catch Up on the shows you want when you want On Demand
• Download Sky Go onto your compatible devices. Then flip between them to your heart’s content.*
• Watch on compatible mobiles and tablets
• Ready for the next episode? It’ll play without you having to lift a finger
• Find more movies you’ll love. Your Sky TV app on your device gets to know what you like. then recommends movies for you
• If you’re a Sky TV customer, Sky Go is part of your Sky TV package, so there is no extra cost for Sky TV customers!
• With Sky Go Extra, download shows to watch without WiFi *– and stream without using any of your data if you’re a Sky Mobile customer ***
Sky Q customer features
• Pause shows on your TV in one room at home and pick up on your device in another.
• Download your recordings to take with you and watch offline.
• To use Sky Q features on the Sky Go app including accessing your recordings you need to be on the same WiFi network as your Sky Q Box and have a Sky Q Multiscreen subscription.

*Sky Go Extra subscription required. Find out more at sky.com/skygo
**Requires Sky Q box, Sky TV and Sky Q Experience subscriptions, HDTV, Sky Q app connected to home broadband. Save selected recordings from last 90 days to compatible tablet connected to home broadband. Finished recordings may be unavailable to sync for a few hours. Two syncs/downloads per programme. Transfer speed depends on device and connection.
***Requires active Sky Mobile airtime plan and at least 50Mb of data. Streaming adverts prior to and within on demand content, and watching ads within some Sky Apps may use your data allowance. See sky.com/watchmobile for more information. Content available depends on TV package.

Additional information

General: Available to residential customers in the UK or Ireland only. Some programmes from live Sky TV channels are unavailable via Sky Go. Further terms apply.

Sky’s privacy notice explains how Sky uses your information. You can view this notice at: sky.com/privacy

Available on Android 5.1 and above

Ratings and reviews

The sky app streaming experience has improved over time. Whilst still not as reliable over a less -than-perfect signal as Netflix, it's not bad overall. Wish there were some way of accessing recordings on my own sky box from another network connection. What seems really stupid is not being able to see schedules for the BBC on the channel guide, but I believe this is not the fault of Sky but is some bizarre block from the BBC. EDIT: A week ago, no BBC listings, but there today! Policy change?

The adverts constantly crashing makes most shows unwatchable. It also doesn't sync your progress between the mobile and the box. So, to watch an episode you are already halfway through, you have to sit through several sets of adverts in order to get fast forward to the right bit. Then when those adverts crash, you have to start all over again! Regularly the adverts keep crashing in the same place, so you can never get to the bit of the show you want to watch!

At times it won't launch at all. Clear cache, uninstall/reinstall, still nothing. Eventually does though. It does like to freeze on ads for a couple of minutes at times before and during a show. Threw up an error when watching french open final last week and wouldn't resolve itself so just watched on TV instead. So does have a few bugs. Great when you don't get them though!

What's new

Showpages will be re-ordered so bonus content now appears after numbered episodes. Bug fixes and performance enhancements.