What is Sky Glass, how much does it cost and how can I get it?

(Pocket-lint) - Sky Glass is simply a work from Sky that launched successful October 2021. Unlike the company's flagship merchandise - Sky Q, which requires a outer crockery and abstracted Sky Q container that you link to your abstracted TV, Sky Glass combines the dish, container and TV into 1 product. 

Here is everything you request to cognize astir Sky Glass, including what it is, what it offers, however overmuch it costs and however it is antithetic from Sky Q.

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What is Sky Glass?

Sky Glass is fundamentally a TV that has Sky's services built into it. Sky calls it "the smarter TV" and with it, you tin watercourse each channel, amusement and app implicit Wi-Fi. 

There's nary request for a outer dish, nary request for a abstracted box, and nary request for a abstracted TV either. Instead, Sky Glass is designed arsenic the full package.

The TV is c neutral and it features squared edges and an aluminium build, with a colour-matched stand. There are 5 colour options available: Anthracite Black, Ocean Blue, Racing Green, Dusky pink, Ceramic White. All travel with a colour co-ordinated remote.

What are the Sky Glass TV specifications?

The Sky Glass TV comes successful 3 size options - 48-inches, 55-inches and 65-inches.

There's a Quantum Dot QLED sheet moving the amusement with zoned full-array backlight, an Ultra HD solution and enactment for Dolby Vision, arsenic good arsenic HDR 10 and HLG. There are 3 HDMI 2.1 ports, with eARC and CEC supported.

Sky built the Sky Glass TV with Philips TP Vision and it said it volition regularly swap the TV to the latest model. 

In presumption of audio, the Sky Glass TV has six speakers built in, offering a 3.1.2 transmission statement with 3 outwards-firing speakers, a cardinal subwoofer and 2 upwards-firing speakers. It supports 360-degree Dolby Atmos.

How overmuch does Sky Glass cost?

The Sky Glass TVs tin beryllium bought separately, connected a 0 per cent concern statement done Sky, though a Sky subscription bundle is required too, connected apical of this amount. 

The 43-inch Sky Glass TV exemplary costs £649 connected its ain - oregon from £13 a period for 48 months, the 55-inch exemplary costs £849 connected its ain - oregon £17 a period for 48 months, and the 65-inch exemplary costs £1049 connected its ain - oregon £21 a period for 48 months. They each travel with a two-year warranty and determination is simply a 24-month enactment too. 

In presumption of afloat Sky Glass subscription costs, you're looking astatine a minimum of £39 a period - which includes the £13 a period for the TV and £26 a period for the Sky Ultimate TV package. This terms would springiness you the 43-inch Sky Glass TV with Netflix and Sky Entertainment. If you wanted the 55-inch exemplary for example, this monthly outgo would beryllium £43 a month, portion the 55-inch exemplary would beryllium £47 a month. This is for 48 months.

For £62 a month, you could get the Sky Glass 43-inch TV with Sky Sports, Sky Kids, Sky Entertainment, Netflix and Sky Cinema. This would summation to £66 a period for the 55-inch exemplary and £70 a period for the 65-inch model. Again, this is for 48 months.

Meanwhile, £70 a period would get you the Sky Glass 43-inch TV with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Netflix and Sky Entertainment. This would summation to £74 a period for the 55-inch exemplary and £78 a period for the 65-inch model, for 48 months.

A £10 upfront interest applies to each Sky Glass subscriptions, and you'll besides request to support successful caput that you volition request broadband. Multi-room done the Sky Stream Puck is besides disposable but costs an further £10 a month.

What astir multi-room with Sky Glass?

The Sky Stream Puck is simply a abstracted container that is disposable alongside Sky Glass. A small similar the Sky Q mini box, the Sky Stream Puck is simply a 2nd streaming box, which allows for Sky multi-room, arsenic concisely mentioned above. Up to six Pucks tin beryllium added to the Sky Glass TV. 

That means if you person different TV successful the chamber - oregon 5 bedrooms - for example, the Sky Stream Puck volition alteration you to person Sky services connected those TV if you person Sky Glass downstairs.

Alternatively, you could opt for the tiny Sky Glass TV successful a chamber and enactment a puck downstairs successful the surviving room, allowing for Sky services without a Sky container connected a existent TV. 

What bash you request for Sky Glass?

As Sky Glass is intended to beryllium a afloat bundle - box, satillite crockery and TV successful one, you request a batch little than what you request for Sky Q. 

You bash inactive request an progressive net transportation though. This doesn't request to beryllium done Sky, but a minimum velocity of 11mbps is required for 1 Sky Glass, and a minimum of 30mbps for multi-room. 

How is Sky Glass antithetic from Sky Q?

Sky Q requires a outer dish, a abstracted Sky Q container and a TV to plug the Sky Q container into, portion Sky Glass has everything successful 1 product. The contented disposable crossed some platforms is the same, though the interfaces are different.

Both connection multi-room functionality done either the Sky Q mini container oregon Sky Stream Puck, respectively.

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When volition Sky Glass beryllium available?

Sky Glass is disposable from 18 October successful the UK.

Are determination immoderate much features coming to Sky Glass?

Yes. Sky has said the Sky Glass work volition amended successful 2022 with the motorboat of a 4K astute camera that volition unlock a scope of services for the full family. Sky has said it volition alteration however we chat, play games, workout and stock amusement astatine home.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 7 October 2021.