Sky TV expert reveals three little-known buttons to instantly skip ads, unlock secret ‘night mode' and lost remote trick

The Sun

2 days ago

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.
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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."
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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.