SkyQ App for mobile phones now available
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As the subject states, the app is now available on mobile phones as well as tablets.
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Thanks OP
It's great. You can download programmes to save on your iPhone. Will be handy for travelling to be able to watch my recordings.
Yup. Wish i had this on my Android phone when i went on holiday a few weeks ago!
Glad to have it now and seems to work well on my Z5.
While on the same network you can watch all your recordings, if you want to watch while your away from home you download any recordings before you leave.
Anything else you stream from the on demand.
While not on the same network when opening the app a message appears 'You can still watch TV, On Demand or downloads.'
I haven't come across anything I can't watch yet, so works OK for me, which program can't you access on it?
Maybe, but I managed to watch Eastenders on my tablet last night on the kitchen, and my wife watched Emmerdale, so BBC and ITV recordings seemed to work fine.
I have also watched a BBC red button program about 80's music (Zoey Ball) on the tablet as well.
Can't say I've tried to download them for offline viewing, but that's not what Matt35 said, he said viewing recordings.
that's watching them though compared to actually downloading them to physical drive of the device.
if your device is on the wifi system your Q box is then effectively its just another multiroom device. when you want to download it to an ipad and take it with you some channels impose restrictions as they have their own app's
Actually it seems it maybe just be restricted to BBC Channels that are unable to download and ive just noticed you cannot setup a recording on BBC Channels while away from home either, there's a Q box icon on the programs in the TV guide which say you need to be connected to a Q box when selected.
Not being able to download I can sort of understand but not being about to set a recording on BBC Channels while away from home seems a bit harsh.
I've set some recordings on ITV,Ch4 & Ch5 so will see if I can download them to phone when I get home from work later.
I did say in my post I was talking about watching them in the home, and not downloading them for offline viewing, I also said that Matt35 (who's post I was responding to originally) also just stated watching, which is why i was querying it with him, as you can watch, you just can't download.
I am loving my Q system, not had a problem yet, recordings records, mini hasn't lost connection yet, and tablets seem to work wherever, lets hope i'm not tempting fate with that, and we have many wifi devices around the house (phones, tablets, TV's, game systems, etc), but the mini q has worked each and every time.
Tried downloading major crimes to my tablet but it wasn't available to download also rosewood.
On Universal channel and Alibi channel?
Can't say I have tried them, i assume maybe either the channel (or Sky) don't have the rights for these programs to be downloaded.
Had you already had it recorded on your Q box?
Edit: just checked the app and it seems you can't even set Major Crimes to record from the app while not connected to the Q box.
Works fine for me on Android:-
1 Start Q app
2. Search for Major Crimes
3. Click on episode, then ... and select record once/series .
Must and an iOS thing then.
Can you also set BBC programs to record?
There is an intermittent problem with part of Sky's app platform at the moment though.. Might be worth trying again later today.
Thinks I need a lay down Lol
You can run SkyQ on as many devices as you like for live viewing on your network (although can only use a maximum of 2 at a time), but once you want to use it away from your network, or for downloaded material (which you can then watch away from your network), it then counts as part of your 4 devices - otherwise what is to stop you hooking up 100 tablets and downloading all your shows to them for friends and family?