Sky Go on Apple TV: How to watch Sky on Apple’s media streamer
Sky Go has evolved multiple times across the years, transforming into its current form as a means to watch Sky content on the go in a nifty app package. As well as watching Sky Go on your mobile device, you’ll be able to install the app on a handful of your gadgets – but can you get Sky Go on Apple TV?
While Sky Go can be installed on your iPhone, iPad, Mac – even your PS4 – Sky seems to draw a line at conveniently downloading the Sky Go app onto Apple TV, Apple’s very own media streaming device. Sky has made no clear statement on why or future endeavours to change this, but it’s fair to assume Sky would probably prefer its customers to pay for an additional Sky Q box, rather than integrating Sky Go onto Apple TV.
All is not lost though, as there are means to bring Sky Go and Apple TV together so you can tune into all your favourite services in one place on Apple TV’s interface and watch all the latest fantastic Sky Original series and other channels within your Sky subscription.
How to install Sky Go on Apple TV
While it’s not as straightforward as downloading the app to browse and watch Sky Go on Apple TV, there are workarounds if you want access to all your streaming services in one place.
- Download Sky Go on iPhone/iPad/Mac from the App Store
- Launch the app on any of these three devices
- Login with your Sky TV subscription details
- Turn on your TV with Apple TV
- Select Screen Mirroring on your iPhone/iPad/Mac and select Apple TV when it appears
- The screen on your iPhone/iPad/Mac should then be mirrored on your TV
- From here select what you want to watch on Sky Go and it’ll play on Apple TV
What can I watch on Sky Go with Apple TV?
What you can watch on Sky Go really comes down to your Sky TV subscription. There are plenty of Sky TV deals out there that will bring together some of Sky’s best add-ons for an affordable price, so the kinds of things you can watch on Sky Go is vast.
That said, Sky Go is available for all Sky TV customers, included in the baseline Sky TV package at around £25 a month. In this package, you’ll get Sky TV channels like Sky Atlantic, Sky One, MTV, and Comedy Central. All Sky TV customers can also benefit from…