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What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?
Technology
Joe Svetlik

This little-known free Sky upgrade has changed how I watch TV – but there's a problem

The Sky Q remote control screen on the Sky Go app on an Apple iPhone 12 Mini.

Did you know you can control your Sky Q box with your mobile? This feature launched as part of an update to the Sky Go mobile app a year ago, so I know I'm a little late to this. But no major publication – this one included – covered it at launch. Cord Busters and Broadband TV News were the only outlets that ran the news, according to my Google search. I use Sky Q daily, and I've only just discovered it.

It's a neat feature, and one I've been using a lot in the few days since I noticed it. There are several reasons for this – and one rather large reason I wish it had never been invented...

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