Sky Q now offers games that you can play between TV series

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You can now play games on Sky Q using your remote with the new PlayWorks app. You can play 20 games for free right now, including classics like Tetris, Solitaire, and Mahjong, as well as games that have already exploded on mobile like Crossy Road and Doodle Jump. You don't need to install these games to play them, and load times are very short, based on our brief hands-on experience with PlayWorks. Sky characterizes them as 'time fillers' while you wait for your next show to start. Hey, it's not Call of Duty: Warzone, but it's a way to get the most out of your Sky Q experience, and the games are purposely designed to be familiar. Since they're free, it's a pretty harmless proposition. You may have already come across PlayWorks as it produces a variety of games for casual platforms like Roku, LG, and Samsung.

How do you play games on Sky Q?

Sky says you can use the ``open PlayWorks'' voice command to access the app, or you can simply find the app in the Sky Q apps section. Sky also plans to release other apps on the Sky Q platform in the coming months, based on topics such as music, learning and fitness. It recently added Disney Plus in time for the launch. It's a welcome gift, but it's not the first time Sky has offered games to its subscribers. Older Sky viewers may remember their Sky Box games like Beehive Bedlam and Bumble Tumble, before Sky Games closed in early 2015.