Sky Q and Sky Go get new abilities, including voice commands to record what you're watching

(Pocket-lint) - Sky has announced a fewer caller features for Sky Q and the accompanying Sky Go app.

The additions to Sky Q each centre connected voice. You tin present power betwixt apps utilizing commands done the dependable distant - you nary longer person to spell backmost to the Sky Q homescreen to commencement different app.

For example, if you are listening to euphony connected Spotify but privation to ticker thing connected Netflix instead, conscionable accidental "Netflix" into the remote.

You tin besides present discontinue an app and caput backmost to the homescreen by conscionable saying "home"; oregon into a TV channel,  by saying "watch 409" for Sky Sports (or different favourite station).

While watching unrecorded TV, you tin present grounds the remainder of an occurrence oregon movie by conscionable saying "record" oregon "record this" into the remote.

A caller postulation leafage for Audio Desctriptive Content has been created too. That's besides accessible via dependable command.

The Sky Go iOS app present has Sky Sports Recap to drawback up connected highlights during unrecorded Premier and EFL matches. It's besides coming to Android devices soon.

Sky has added the quality to skip ads connected Sky Go too, and everyone tin present download TV to the Sky Go app to ticker without an net connection, not conscionable Sky Go Extra and Sky Q Multiscreen subscribers.

Finally, Sky Go contented tin present beryllium watched connected 2 devices astatine once. Sky Go Extra and Sky Q Multiscreen customers tin inactive watercourse to 4 concurrently.

The caller features are rolling retired now.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 9 September 2021.