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Turn your iPhone into TV remote through new updated Sky+ app!

Sky+ app has launched a new update that allows Apple users to turn their iPhone and iPod Touch into a remote control.

By: ANI
Updated on: Nov 14 2012, 17:11 IST
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Sky+ app has launched a new update that allows Apple users to turn their iPhone and iPod Touch into a remote control.



The Sky+ app, which has been available the iPhone since 2009, has been updated to allow people subscribed to Sky+ network to change channels as they watch TV.

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Users of the app will be able to pause, play and rewind TV with a swipe or tap of the finger, and they will also be able to access the planner and browse the recordings on their set-top box, Sky News reports.

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According to the report, in order to use the app, Sky customers would have to connect their Sky+HD box to the same WiFi network as their phone.

Launched in 2009, the free Sky+ app has been downloaded more than five million times and attracts an average of more than 1.2 million users a month, according to its makers, the report said.

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First Published Date: 14 Nov, 17:08 IST