Any chance of fast forward/rewind/pause coming to Sky Go on computers?

[rkjj]

It's certainly possible technically... so is there any chance those features will come to PC/Mac soon, for live programmes, or will Sky Go remain comparitively crippled? We're been used to these fuctions on Sky for a couple of decades, and personally I feel they're almost essential.

Also, what's the status on a native Apple silicon Mac app? Thanks guys! 🙂

[TimmyBGood]

@rkjj 

Short of being a Time Lord, how does anyone fast forward live television?

Pause and rewind are hardware dependent because they require local storage, and that's not available on many Go client devices.

[Annie+UK]

Sky Go is a streaming client, on my devices, you can pause and adjust the timeline so I'm confused as to why a PC client would not also allow this

[rkjj]

"Short of being a Time Lord, how does anyone fast forward live television?"

When they've had it on pause for a while, or rewound, then yes, unsurprisingly.

[rkjj]

"Sky Go is a streaming client, on my devices, you can pause and adjust the timeline so I'm confused as to why a PC client would not also allow this"

Exactly. Many other streaming services can manage this feat on PC and Mac, so I don't unsderstand the issue. Not being able to pause what I'm watching in 2025 is absolutely bonkers.