Sky UK TV Update Adds New Voice Features to Sky Q Boxes

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Sky (Sky Broadband) has today announced that they’ve begun to roll-out a new firmware update for their Sky Q TV boxes and service, which adds a bunch of new voice features (e.g. Voice Guidance). On top of that their Sky Go app has gained new ‘Continue Watching‘, ‘Sky Channels‘ and ‘Browse by Category‘ rails to make it easier to use.

The main additions to Sky Q this time around include some further improvements to its Voice Control feature, which means that Disney+ content will now appear in voice and text searches, making it even easier to navigate and search.

On top of that they’ve also added Voice Guidance, which gives customers spoken descriptions of the menu you’re currently navigating, as well as a description of the option you’re hovering over or have selected, and instructions for how you can easily get to your favourite shows or movies.

Fraser Stirling, Sky’s Group Chief Product Officer, said:

“Today marks another big moment for Sky Q as we roll out exciting new voice features. Integrating Disney+ into voice search means it’s now much easier to find more of what you love and adding voice guidance to our strong accessibility offering helps to create an even better experience for all Sky Q customers.”

The new features are starting to roll-out today and the phased update process is due to complete for all customers by the “end of April 2021“. Customers can activate Voice Guidance by saying “Voice Guidance on” or “Voice Guidance Off” into their Sky Q voice remote.

Edited May 21, 2021 by Chewy_fox

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