Unfortunately there isn't a Sky Go app available for Android at the minute. However, Sky have said that they are "currently working to develop a version of the Sky Go application for Android devices and hope to have it available later this year."
How to watch Sky on your Android device
Sky started developing the Android Sky Go app around the same time that they started developing the iPhone app, but because of the uniformed iOS that runs across iPhones, iPads and iPod's, developing the app for Apple devices was quicker and easier to complete. Sky have said that the "Android platform is more fragmented with a wide range of different devices that have differing hardware and different versions of the Android OS so it takes longer for us to build and test for this."
However if you cannot wait any longer for Sky to release an Android app, then there are other steps you can take to get your Sky channels streaming on your Android device.
How to get Sky on your Android device.
If you're desperate to watch Sky on your Android device, then you can either wait until sometime in winter when Sky think the app will be ready, or you can buy a product called Slingbox and stream all of your home's television channels over your broadband connection.
Slingbox is a set top box that transmits your home TV channels over the internet, to allow you to access your media anywhere in the world on your laptop or mobile device. The only drawback with this, is that the initial setup costs are not cheap.
The initial box costs £129 for the Solo box or £219 for the PRO-HD box, the Android App itself costs a further $29.99. See our Slingbox review for more information.
Comments
John said: Whats the point of paying that much for Sky Go Your might as well just get Sky
Antony Duff said: You need silverlight not available for Android unlike other similiar services that use flash Iplayer app not available for ICS
Matt Egan said: No Doesnt work on AndroidChrome
Ian Sandeman said: You would need to be running MS Silverlight to do that and its not available for Android I dont know if its even available on Windows Phones yet You CAN however watch some Sky channels on httpwwwtvcatchupcom if your phone has the right codecs to play live video
sdf sdfs said: Can you not just access the sky channels by logging in via a browser as oppose to an app and watch via that as I do on my netbook
C Roels said: Knock yourself out and put it as your Facebook pic
John Malekin said: Wanna send you a picture with me and the iphone package
Ian Sandeman said: You know what they say if it sounds too good to be true it probably is
C Roels said: Yeah right Spam alert
C Roels said: This is a ridiculous alternative Have you been paid by Slingbox to write this
Ian Sandeman said: Its cheaper to buy an iPhone
Ian, Exeter said: Non Sky subscribers can purchase a Sky Go Monthly Ticket which starts from 15 per month for the entertainment package and rises to 40 a month for the sports movies and entertainment package