SKY Go coming to Android next month! at last!

Shimmy · 18 Feb 2012 at 19:55

Looks like we only have a few days to wait!

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/sky-go-for-android-uk-release-date-22-february-1063534

ci_newman · 18 Feb 2012 at 20:12

However, no ICS support and no support for Tablets either = fail. I bet it won't run on my HD2 either

Shimmy · 18 Feb 2012 at 21:41

ci_newman said:
However, no ICS support and no support for Tablets either = fail. I bet it won't run on my HD2 either

We'll have to see, plenty of my apps say they don't support ICS yet, but they still run fine on my Nexus.

_Jimlad_ · 19 Feb 2012 at 00:22

better run on my nexus!

djmc0 · 19 Feb 2012 at 02:48

I've heard these rumours for a while. Hope something comes of it, and soon as I work shifts, and relied on sky go at work to catch the football now and again, they have recently made it mandatory to update to the latest version of Silverlight, and to do that on my work PC you need admin rights, which normally I can bypass, but not with silverlight, and on top of that I just a new Gnex on three, all you can eat data, Netflix is a dream, add Sky go to that, and a MHL cable, would be a huge relief for me.

Matteysan · 19 Feb 2012 at 11:10

Hi upNdown,

I just heard back this minute.

Sky Go Android will not support ice cream sandwich when it is launched, however there are plans to develop the App to support it.

Sorry I couldn't give you the information you were looking for.

Thanks

Taken from here:
http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Using-Sky-Go/waving-at-sky-cant-you-see-me/m-p/300891

6th post down. No idea why they are not supporting anything more poor show from Sky really.

Cosimo · 19 Feb 2012 at 13:26

_Jimlad_ said:
better run on my nexus!

.... and on my Galaxy Tab!

Em3bbs · 19 Feb 2012 at 15:16

djmc0 said:
I've heard these rumours for a while. Hope something comes of it, and soon as I work shifts, and relied on sky go at work to catch the football now and again, they have recently made it mandatory to update to the latest version of Silverlight, and to do that on my work PC you need admin rights, which normally I can bypass, but not with silverlight, and on top of that I just a new Gnex on three, all you can eat data, Netflix is a dream, add Sky go to that, and a MHL cable, would be a huge relief for me.

It's not a rumour, this is a firm date and the app defiintely exists now.

However as well as not appearing in the market for most devices (not even my Note or Nexus) the app does an additional check for the model number (I assume from the build.prop) so it won't be easily loaded onto unsupported devices.

Keep an eye on the Android market tomorrow.

e36Adz · 19 Feb 2012 at 21:58

_Jimlad_ said:
better run on my nexus!

simulatorman said:
.... and on my Galaxy Tab!

......... and on my Galaxy Note!!!!!

MissChief · 20 Feb 2012 at 01:50

At launch the app will only support galaxy S and S2 and some HTC phones as well. There is some sort of check in the phone you have to stop OT from running and it won't run on rooted phones either I heard.

_Jimlad_ · 20 Feb 2012 at 07:42

the app is gonna get hacked to ****

Cosimo · 20 Feb 2012 at 08:35

_Jimlad_ said:
the app is gonna get hacked to ****

But you'll still need to be a Sky subscriber to use it.

_Jimlad_ · 20 Feb 2012 at 08:36

simulatorman said:
But you'll still need to be a Sky subscriber to use it.

yeah i would imagine so, but SKY limiting it to certain devices (for whatever reason) won't stop them being hacked to run on anything device.

i would not be surprised to see a hack that allows anyone access

Em3bbs · 20 Feb 2012 at 08:50

@skysportsnews
If you're an Android phone user, you can download the Sky Go app from this morning & watch Sky Sports channels on the move #SSN

It's out.

Em3bbs · 20 Feb 2012 at 08:54

_Jimlad_ said:
yeah i would imagine so, but SKY limiting it to certain devices (for whatever reason) won't stop them being hacked to run on anything device.

i would not be surprised to see a hack that allows anyone access

I would be surprised, it's not been hacked on any other platform (jailbroken iPhones, Windows, Mac). They have made very sure that it's secure. Of course everything can be broken but I don't think it will happen and if it does any holes will be plugged straight away and I imagine people will lose their Sky accounts.

_Jimlad_ · 20 Feb 2012 at 08:56

yep it's on the market

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bskyb.skygo#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmJza3liLnNreWdvIl0.

and yeah it does not install on my nexus!

to me that is like bringing out a new program that only runs on windows XP

mofo's!!

Cosimo · 20 Feb 2012 at 09:01

Em3bbs said:
@skysportsnews
If you're an Android phone user, you can download the Sky Go app from this morning & watch Sky Sports channels on the move #SSN

It's out.

Here:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bskyb.skygo#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmJza3liLnNreWdvIl0

CSA · 20 Feb 2012 at 09:05

it wont install on my HTC desire Z , sure if the other desire models are supported then mine should be ? ive noticed on market it actually says my HTC is a "htc vision" and i cant find anywhere to change it

Cosimo · 20 Feb 2012 at 09:08

CSA said:
it wont install on my HTC desire Z , sure if the other desire models are supported then mine should be ? ive noticed on market it actually says my HTC is a "htc vision" and i cant find anywhere to change it

This list appears to be:

Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S2, HTC Sensation, HTC Incredible S HTC Desire, Desire S and Desire HD.

Em3bbs · 20 Feb 2012 at 09:20

The annoying thing for me is that my kitchen iPad and PC are already registered, so I don't want to test it out on my S2 and lose Sky Go access for a month on either of those. I wish they would lower the length of time before you can change devices to a day or something.