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The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Sky TV expert reveals three little-known buttons to instantly skip ads, unlock secret ‘night mode' and lost remote trick
A SKY insider has shared some of his little-known tricks to get the best out of your TV. Advertisement 2 Sky's Matt Rye reveals his top tips 2 Never lose your remote again Credit: Sky Faster ad skipping So let's start with the ads first of all. If you pay for ad skip, you can bypass any breaks but some viewers go through the long process of manually fast forwarding. "Don't fancy watching the ads?" Matt Rye, Sky 's Director of Product Management told The Sun. "Upgrade to the ad skip feature for the option to skip through them all using the 'skip ads' button that pops up on screen as soon as the break begins." Advertisement Read more about Sky This button will take you straight to the show content with needing to work out when to hit stop after fast fowarding. Night Mode Night Mode is a special feature that prevents you from waking up the entire household. This can come in especially useful for loud booms during a movie. "If you're a late-night TV watcher like I am, especially when watching movies until the early hours of the morning, you might not want to disturb everyone's sleep with loud volume," Matt says. Advertisement Most read in Tech Breaking "For this, we have night mode. "An optional setting, which reduces the volume level of dramatic sounds. "Press the three dots button on your remote to bring up the menu and select." Discover new features on Sky TV that make it even easier to find favourite shows Lost your remote? Losing your remote can be a right pain, leading to endless searches around the house or down the side of the sofa. Advertisement Fortunately, there's an easy way people forget to use to instantly retrieve their controller. "If you've lost your remote down the back of the sofa, or the kids have hidden it somewhere, you can ask Glass to find it for you," Matt explains. "Say 'Hello Sky, Find my remote' and the remote will start beeping until you find it and pick it up." DON'T FORGET YOUR SKY FREEBIES Sky regularly dishes out a number of freebies as an extra perk for customers. At the moment, the company is doing weekly giveaways of food from Sainsbury's. We've already There are also free cinema preview tickets for the latest releases, as well as discounts for days out such as theme parks. And if you subscribe to Sky Cinema, don't forget you get two free tickets for Vue every month.
Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Sky TV expert reveals three little-known buttons to instantly skip ads, unlock secret ‘night mode' and lost remote trick
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A SKY insider has shared some of his little-known tricks to get the best out of your TV. Sky Glass and Sky Stream hide a number of handy hacks, including ways to instantly skip ads faster than ever and a secret "night mode" that may come in very useful. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Sky's Matt Rye reveals his top tips 2 Never lose your remote again Credit: Sky Faster ad skipping So let's start with the ads first of all. If you pay for ad skip, you can bypass any breaks but some viewers go through the long process of manually fast forwarding. "Don't fancy watching the ads?" Matt Rye, Sky's Director of Product Management told The Sun. "Upgrade to the ad skip feature for the option to skip through them all using the 'skip ads' button that pops up on screen as soon as the break begins." This button will take you straight to the show content with needing to work out when to hit stop after fast fowarding. Night Mode Night Mode is a special feature that prevents you from waking up the entire household. This can come in especially useful for loud booms during a movie. "If you're a late-night TV watcher like I am, especially when watching movies until the early hours of the morning, you might not want to disturb everyone's sleep with loud volume," Matt says. "For this, we have night mode. "An optional setting, which reduces the volume level of dramatic sounds. "Press the three dots button on your remote to bring up the menu and select." Discover new features on Sky TV that make it even easier to find favourite shows Lost your remote? Losing your remote can be a right pain, leading to endless searches around the house or down the side of the sofa. Fortunately, there's an easy way people forget to use to instantly retrieve their controller. "If you've lost your remote down the back of the sofa, or the kids have hidden it somewhere, you can ask Glass to find it for you," Matt explains. "Say 'Hello Sky, Find my remote' and the remote will start beeping until you find it and pick it up."
The Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Sky TV expert reveals three little-known buttons to instantly skip ads, unlock secret ‘night mode' and lost remote trick
A SKY insider has shared some of his little-known tricks to get the best out of your TV. Sky Glass and Sky Stream hide a number of handy hacks, including ways to instantly skip ads faster than ever and a secret "night mode" that may come in very useful. 2 Faster ad skipping So let's start with the ads first of all. If you pay for ad skip, you can bypass any breaks but some viewers go through the long process of manually fast forwarding. "Don't fancy watching the ads?" Matt Rye, Sky 's Director of Product Management told The Sun. "Upgrade to the ad skip feature for the option to skip through them all using the 'skip ads' button that pops up on screen as soon as the break begins." This button will take you straight to the show content with needing to work out when to hit stop after fast fowarding. Night Mode Night Mode is a special feature that prevents you from waking up the entire household. This can come in especially useful for loud booms during a movie. "If you're a late-night TV watcher like I am, especially when watching movies until the early hours of the morning, you might not want to disturb everyone's sleep with loud volume," Matt says. "For this, we have night mode. "An optional setting, which reduces the volume level of dramatic sounds. "Press the three dots button on your remote to bring up the menu and select." Discover new features on Sky TV that make it even easier to find favourite shows Lost your remote? Losing your remote can be a right pain, leading to endless searches around the house or down the side of the sofa. Fortunately, there's an easy way people forget to use to instantly retrieve their controller. "If you've lost your remote down the back of the sofa, or the kids have hidden it somewhere, you can ask Glass to find it for you," Matt explains. "Say 'Hello Sky, Find my remote' and the remote will start beeping until you find it and pick it up." DON'T FORGET YOUR SKY FREEBIES Sky regularly dishes out a number of freebies as an extra perk for customers. At the moment, the company is doing weekly giveaways of food from Sainsbury's. We've already seen pizzas and ice creams to redeem so keep a look out for more on Sky VIP. There are also free cinema preview tickets for the latest releases, as well as discounts for days out such as theme parks. And if you subscribe to Sky Cinema, don't forget you get two free tickets for Vue every month.
Scottish Sun
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
I'm a Sky insider and millions of viewers need to know my easy TV hacks – there's a button to boost picture quality too
A SKY insider has revealed some of the best voice control tricks for TVs that some viewers may have totally missed. It's already pretty common knowledge that you can find any show just by saying it. Advertisement 2 You can fast forward through ads using your voice Credit: The Sun / Jamie Harris 2 Sky insider Matt Rye shares all Credit: The Sun On Sky Glass, you can say "Hello Sky" without lifting a finger to prompt it. Alternatively, you can press the mic button on your remote - which is also how it works on Sky Stream too. But it turns out there are a lot more ways you can use your voice to navigate faster. Matt Rye, Sky's Director of Product Management, has exclusively shared the best with The Sun. Advertisement Adding to your Playlist Playlist allows you to save favourite shows or movies in one tidy places. Press and hold the voice button on your remote, then say 'add to playlist' to quickly add it. If you have a personal playlist, all you need to do is specify which playlist you want to add it to. Fast forward Manually fast forwarding can be a chore. Advertisement But there's a way to quickly jump ahead using your voice. Just say, "Skip three minutes" or any other time. You can go backward too by saying something like "Rewind one hour". Sky TV remotes have hidden trick that saves you so much time Finding your remote For those with Sky Glass, you can use your voice to track down a lost remote too. Advertisement "If you've lost your remote down the back of the sofa, or the kids have hidden it somewhere, you can ask Glass to find it for you," Matt explains. Just say 'Hello Sky, find my remote" and the remote will start beeping so you can hear where it is.
The Irish Sun
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
I'm a Sky insider and millions of viewers need to know my easy TV hacks – there's a button to boost picture quality too
A SKY insider has revealed some of the best voice control tricks for TVs that some viewers may have totally missed. It's already pretty common knowledge that you can find any show just by saying it. Advertisement 2 You can fast forward through ads using your voice Credit: The Sun / Jamie Harris 2 Sky insider Matt Rye shares all Credit: The Sun On Alternatively, you can press the mic button on your remote - which is also how it works on But it turns out there are a lot more ways you can use your voice to navigate faster. Matt Rye, Sky 's Director of Product Management, has exclusively shared the best with The Sun. Advertisement Read more about Sky Adding to your Playlist Playlist allows you to save favourite shows or movies in one tidy places. Press and hold the voice button on your remote, then say 'add to playlist' to quickly add it. If you have a personal playlist, all you need to do is specify which playlist you want to add it to. Fast forward Manually fast forwarding can be a chore. Advertisement Most read in Tech Exclusive Latest But there's a way to quickly jump ahead using your voice. Just say, "Skip three minutes" or any other time. You can go backward too by saying something like "Rewind one hour". Sky TV remotes have hidden trick that saves you so much time Finding your remote For those with Sky Glass, you can use your voice to track down a lost remote too. Advertisement "If you've lost your remote down the back of the sofa, or the kids have hidden it somewhere, you can ask Glass to find it for you," Matt explains. Just say 'Hello Sky, find my remote" and the remote will start beeping so you can hear where it is. BONUS PICTURE QUALITY BOOST FEATURES There's a forgotten trick that allows Sky customers to enhance their TV picture quality too. On your remote there is a button with three white dots on it. Click it and a menu will appear along the bottom of your screen. Go to viewing mode and you can switch up how the picture appears. There's a choice of: Auto Vivid Extra-vivid Entertainment Sport Movie Music
