You can now stream Sky onto any TV you like, and Sky Glass is about to get better
As a reminder of just how much Sky Glass and, now, Sky Stream are ever-evolving products, Sky took the opportunity of its Sky Stream launch event to also talk assembled journalists through some of the new features we can look forward to seeing on Sky Entertainment OS products soon.
By far the most exciting/startling of these new features is a picture quality update for Sky Glass that Sky is hoping to roll out before Christmas. Sky demoed this new picture quality build side by side against a Sky Glass a current Sky Glass that hadn’t received the update, and the difference was remarkable. For starters, brightness levels, especially for bright highlights of HDR images, looked far higher than they do on the current Glass software.This instantly makes HDR images look more dynamic, natural and premium, but it’s joined, too, by deeper/less greyed over black levels; richer colours, especially in bright picture areas; more consistently natural and dynamic tones, even in dark scenes; and, presumably due to the extra light control and range, a noticeable improvement in the apparent sharpness and the sense of depth images enjoy. Apparently this is all down to a complete overhaul of the Sky Glass local dimming system. A system which barely seemed to be functioning when I, and which certainly wasn’t delivering the sort of punch, refinement and cinematic quality that the updated Sky Glass exhibits. There were traces of blooming around extremely stand out bright highlights on the updated Glass that you don’t get on the current build, but these were very small and subdued, don’t creep into black bars above and below wide aspect ratio content, and felt like the tiniest of compromises in return for all the positive stuff the new picture quality update looks set to bring. It was actually like looking at a completely new TV - yet of course, nothing has been changed at a hardware level.Look out for more from me on this key update once it’s ready to roll out. As for other upcoming features set to arrive on both Sky Glass and the new Sky Stream before Christmas, the highlights are as follows:will move further up on the homepage so it’s really quick to get to - it’ll be the first choice on your category rail, in factwill be introduced as a new rail on the homepage, so it’s even easier to jump to what you were last watching, whether it’s the latest thriller or last episode of your favourite soap Quickly get to the latest episode of TV shows and sporting events where it matters most, and forget scrolling through every episode and series on a showpage: You’ll now see theAll your Playlist rails will now be ordered by most recent, plus we’re introducing a ‘rail at the top that’ll display all your most recent shows, so you can get to new content and episodes quickly.‘because you watched’, so you and your household can add content to your own dedicated Playlists. Whether you’re a sports buff or reality TV fan, you’ll be able create your very own watchlist from apps and channels, both live and on demand, to enjoy whenever you’re ready to watch.watch in every film or show they’ve been in? Soon you’ll see anSky Glass is available in five different colour options.On top of all this, Sky Glass specifically will be receiving before the end of the year Bluetooth connectivity so you can listen to it using Bluetooth headphones; ‘One Shot’ voice commands ; a Find Your Remote Control feature where saying ‘Hello Sky, where’s my remote’ will cause the handset to start beeping; and automatic swapping to Sky’s new dedicated UHD HDR content channels when you tune to a Sky Sports Main Event channel . If the idea of Sky without a dish and the enhanced content finding features of the Entertainment OS platform sounds interesting to you, head to
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