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Company adds speaker and improves screen. Sky has launched a new generation of its Glass TV that has the subscription built-in – as well as promising an “Air” version that will be cheaper. In 2021, Sky launched Glass, the first time that it offered the full Sky experience through the internet. It is a streaming TV that connects to the web and offers live programming and catch-up, both from Sky as well as other providers such as Netflix.
The TVs themselves offer much the same technology as many mid-range sets: they come in 4K and have HDR, with a soundbar attached. The new version improves that soundbar with a new speaker, as well as making the panel itself brighter. Sky described it as a second generation of the set. On the outside, very little is changed: it keeps the same relatively large design as the original box, though Sky says it is now lighter.
The price will remain the same, too. It starts at £599 with the option of monthly payments. It will still be offered in the same three sized of 55”, 65” and 75”. It will launch in a more limited set of colours – black, silver and blue – which it says is based on the most popular options in the first generation. The more radical departure was the promise of Sky Glass Air – though it is not due until later this year. It described it as the “smarter TV for less” though it did not say what the price would be.
