Sky Go ARM version for new Qualcomm devices.

[Annie+UK]

It's likely that Microsofts x86 translation layer is the cause of the issues as I don't think Sky have a native ARM version of Sky Go for Windows

[mmm57]

If you read my reply that's what I said. 

Thanks

[OwenRoberts]

How do you get to the properties of the skygo app?

[mmm57]

As per Jamrg's previous post:

"Right Click SkyGo.exe | Properties | Compatibility (tab) | Change Emulation Settings | Tick "Hide x64 Emulation Capability (x86 apps only)"

This only works partially, hopefully a version that that either works in X86 translation or a native ARM version will be forthcoming.

[Gabrielpi]

I have a ne Microsoft Surface Pro 11 and I tried many times to make it work following the advice of this thread but without success, it kept crashing when I was on the log in screen. Then, for some reasons, I thought to try running the app as an administrator and it dd work.

[kefren]

Running as Admin worked until a week ago, then it suddenly started crashing again. An autoupdate, perhaps.

[StuartRUtd]

Is there any more update on this?  I can't get the Sky Sports Desktop app to work and tried changing the emulation settings but still just crashes a few seconds after opening.

[Dave+Lorde]

Just upgraded to a Windows 11 Microsoft Surface Pro 11 (ARM64) and tried the 'Default' and 'Safe emulation' modes + run as administrator but Sky Go always crashed after the cookie selection prompt - after a delay.

But when I changed to 'Strict execution', it loaded and ran without any problem, and responded well to keyboard & mouse input. So far...

[7zarkie7]

Erm works perfectly for me now

[Dave+Lorde]

Yeah, I just tried again with 'Strict execution' emulation and it's OK.

[7zarkie7]

I have it on safe emulation , and it works fine. Also check what version of windows you have, command line , type ver. 

I am on Windows 11 26200.7019

Mark

[Dave+Lorde]

I'm on Windows 11 Home v.26200.6899. 

[7zarkie7]

Thats is fine, AVX2 support was rolled out in that build so I was wondering if that would have made the difference but seems you would already have it on that build. My version of the Sky App is 25.4.2 , although I see there is a beta programme for the app so i am going to join that in the hope that maybe we get an arm version at some point  ! 

[7zarkie7]

Beta version is 25.5.1 and is MUCH quicker on ARM.

Mark

[Dave+Lorde]

Thanks for that tip - I hadn't noticed the beta programme.

Yes, I think you're right, the beta is much snappier - faster even than on my old non-ARM laptop.