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

[KevNB]

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.

[Jason+P]

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

[Annie+UK]

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

[designerlondon]

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

[JR83]

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.

[samb5827]

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...

[Jason+P]

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.

[TimmyBGood]

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@samb5827 wrote:

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

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