Sky has today announced the launch of Sky Glass, dramatically simplifying the way customers watch TV.
Until now, customers who wanted Sky TV needed to get a satellite dish installed, or stream a reduced selection of channels via the NOW TV streaming service. The introduction of Sky Glass means customers can now get Sky TV over WiFi, with no satellite dish, no box and no fuss.
This would make the service available to customers in rental accommodation that are unable to install satellite dishes on their homes.
The new streaming TV from Sky will be available to buy in the UK from 18 October 2021.
Sky Glass, the streaming TV from Sky - key features:
- The only TV with Sky and all your favourite apps inside
- Buy your TV like you buy your mobile phone with flexible payments
- Cutting-edge design available in five colours and three sizes
- Ultra HD and Quantum Dot technology producing over 1 billion colours
- 360° Dolby Atmos® sound with powerful built-in speakers and sub-woofer
- Talk to your TV: just say “Hello Sky” to find what to watch
- The world’s first TV to be certified as a CarbonNeutral® product
The Sky interface integrates content from numerous third-party TV apps and subscriptions services, such as BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Disney Plus, ITV Hub, All4 and more. Simply plug, pair and play to enjoy stunning screen quality and cinematic sound, with everything you need built in, so you will be ready to go in minutes.
Sky Glass is the streaming TV with Sky inside, providing the total integration of hardware, software and content. Built on over 30 years of understanding what our customers want, this is a TV that only Sky could make. We believe this is the smartest TV available, and that customers will love it.
Sky Glass TVs will be available in three sizes: 43-inch, 55-inch, and 65-inch and five rich colours with matching remotes and customisable speaker fascias for extra personalisation. It has a mounting bracket cleverly integrated into the TV, or a sleek colour matched stand.
With just one wire and the soundbar and Sky Q box built into the set, Sky Glass makes clutter a thing of the past, while the woven acoustic mesh used to optimise sound performance and millimetre-perfect perforations help Sky Glass sound as good as it looks.
At the press of a single button, you can now create a personal Playlist of your favourite content across apps and channels, live and on demand. The new plus button on the remote adds to your Playlist for you to stream any time you want – all in one place.
Sky Glass is available from as little as £13 per month, exclusively with Sky TV, starting from £26 for Sky Ultimate TV and for the first time HD is included as standard. That’s £39 per month to get the 43” Sky Glass TV plus every episode of award-winning Sky Originals and Sky Exclusives, all your favourite channels and a fantastic line up you won’t find on Freeview, as well as Netflix. For just £4 more a month you can increase the size of your TV to a 55”, or £8 more for a 65”.
It comes with a full two-year warranty and a free delivery service that includes unboxing and packaging removal.
For those that enjoy watching Sky in multiple rooms in your house, a separate package, Whole Home Sky, will come with an additional puck, which will let you carry the Sky Glass interface over to a second TV.