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Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

KevNB — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:02:27 GMT

Due to the delayed update, it is imperative to expedite the release of the M2 silicon version of the Sky Go app. We are currently in the second year of the Apple silicon transition, with the M3 version on the horizon. In light of this, we would like to inquire about the timing of the release of a Universal binary for the Sky Go app on the MacOS desktop. While the Intel variant functions adequately through the Rosetta 2 translation infrastructure, the performance is severely compromised, even when running on a multicore M2 series device.

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

Jason+P — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:55:07 GMT

Sky really needs to either update this app to make it universal or provide a separate version for Apple silicon.

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

Annie+UK — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:09:11 GMT

Arm has a small market share for computers and apple make up a fraction of that so what benefit is it to Sky to have a new team (or spreading the existing team even more thinly) creating/maintaining the app for a small tartget audiance?

In reality Sky "need" not do anything

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

designerlondon — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:03:16 GMT

we all know what Annie 'needs' to do.... anyway will just carry on with Sky at home and Sky Go on iOS and BBC, Netflix, Disney, Prime and others are all M2 / Safari compatible so will invest more in those guys. I think Sky are quaking in their boots financially (personal opinion) to start helping Mac users

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

JR83 — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:04:18 GMT

I have spent ages trying to get Skygo working on Mac mini M2. It was simply in the end. download installer, open in finder and then get info. in the info click "open with Rosetta" a Rosetta download is prompted when you run installer and then hey presto it worked.

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

samb5827 — Fri, 02 May 2025 22:01:12 GMT

I appreciate Annies comment is over two years old now, but the fact Sky still haven't created a version of Sky Go for Apple Silicon is unfathomable, particularly when almost 1 in 4 desktop users in the UK own a Mac. Currently not all of them will be Apple Silicon, but the proportion that are will increse year on year. The longer Sky leave it, the more pressure there will be to create the new version as the demand increases with new sales of Apple Silicon. Rosetta is simply a temporary bridge that Apple built, and applications translated using it are not at all optimised for use on Apple Silicon. Apple will eventually set Rosetta 2 to be end of life, like they did for Rosetta 1 back in 2011 after the migration from Motorola PPC to Intel chipsets on Macs. If Apple announce it soon, then Sky will panic...

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

Jason+P — Fri, 02 May 2025 22:15:36 GMT

Sky will need to make a decision.

There's plenty of alternative streaming services available that have a native app or allow viewing via the web.

I'll just cancel my Sky subscription completely soon as I can get everything everywhere I need elsewhere.

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

TimmyBGood — Sat, 03 May 2025 08:18:30 GMT

@samb5827 wrote:

If Apple announce it soon, then Sky will panic...

Or possibly Go (a product from when Sky was an independent British company) doesn't have much of a future under Comcast ownership?

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

samb5827 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:00:32 GMT

Well it's official now. Apple will be dropping support for Rosetta in macOS 27 (the next macOS - Tahoe - will be skipping version numbers and will be macOS 26) - see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-silicon/about-the-rosetta-translation-environment/ for more. I would reckon macOS 27 will be released around September/October 2026 looking at their past release cycles, maybe slightly longer if they're late or change their release cycle. So Sky probably have until late next year to get a native Sky Go app for Apple Silicon before it will stop working for all macs on the latest OS.

Guess we'll see if Comcast really do want to keep a Sky Go offering or not.

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

panaddu — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:32:06 GMT

A notification stated that support for Intel-based apps, including Sky Go, will end with Mac OS V27. This will make Sky Go unusable on my new MacBook Pro M5. Is Sky planning to release an updated version of Sky Go for Silicon Macs? I couldn’t find any answers in the community. As a regular Sky Go user, I’d appreciate a clear response so I can decide whether to switch providers.

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

JT97 — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:59:16 GMT

The Sky Go app is already built for iPhone and iPad using Apple silicon, so in theory it could run on Apple silicon Macs as well. macOS even allows you to download certain iPhone and iPad apps directly from the App Store.

However, it’s up to the developer whether they allow their app to be available on Mac, and Sky has chosen not to enable this.

While the underlying hardware is very similar, there can be additional considerations such as content licensing, DRM, and platform-specific restrictions, which likely influence that decision.

So although Sky effectively already has an app that could run on Apple silicon Macs, it hasn’t been made available and it’s unlikely to change anytime soon as its a choice.

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

mrblues — Mon, 18 May 2026 08:48:39 GMT

Sky need to hurry up and release the Universal Binary or a silicon only version of Sky go because apple will no longer support Intel apps with the next version of Mac OS which will be released later this year. Rosetta is being removed.

I am using an m2 mac book pro and on Mac OS Tahoe sky go will not install.

Re: Where is the Apple MacOS M1/M2 silicon version of Sky Go?

mrblues — Tue, 19 May 2026 09:54:56 GMT

All iPhones run on arm processors you can run iPhone apps on

Mac OS. There it does not take much work for a software engineer to recompile the source code of the app to make it run natively on Mac OS.