topic Re: Watching Sky Go without using data in Sky Mobile

Watching Sky Go without using data

Dave8787 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:39:55 GMT

I read you need a 50GB allowance to watch Sky content on your phone without using data. I just wanted to check: does that mean you need to be paying for 50GB each month, or that you need to have saved up at least 50GB in your Sky Piggy bank? If the latter, could you grab the data back, so you have more than 50GB, and then be able to watch content without using data?

Thanks in advance for any help/answers

Re: Watching Sky Go without using data

TimmyBGood — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:36:45 GMT

@Dave8787

It's 50 megabytes (a negligible amount), not 50 gigabytes.

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-mobile-watch

Re: Watching Sky Go without using data

Dave8787 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:14:44 GMT

Ah, sorry, my mistake.

Then replacing all my GBs with MBs, do you know the answer?

Thanks.

Re: Watching Sky Go without using data

TimmyBGood — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:37:54 GMT

@Dave8787

50MB of data is a tiny amount and really shouldn't be a challenge on any subscription. I'd assume that a top-up from the Piggybank would work (the minimum 1GB it's possible to transfer being twenty times larger than 50MB)

Re: Watching Sky Go without using data

PandJ2020 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:31:09 GMT

AIUI you simply need 50MB available under the appropriate SIM to start watching.

Re: Watching Sky Go without using data

Dave8787 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:40:30 GMT

Thank you, I think I got confused by the amount, and also my phone showed data being used. However I've just read that that's what happens, even though data is only used for adverts.

Re: Watching Sky Go without using data

Dave8787 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:41:42 GMT

Thank you, I see that now. Was confused between what data my phone said was being used and what is actually used.

Re: Watching Sky Go without using data

caesarome — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 18:22:53 GMT

@Dave8787 wrote:

also my phone showed data being used.

Your phone's own data monitor will show as data being used because it is. It is just that Sky will not "charge" you for it apart from a really tiny amount for some pre roll adverts.

Re: Watching Sky Go without using data

Dave8787 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 18:27:16 GMT

Thank you for explaining.