Apple’s iPhone roadmap
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🗓️ 17 December 2025
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- tvOS 26.2 now available for Apple TV 4K, here’s what’s new
- Eight new iPhones in the works, here's what we know
- Apple Music is coming to ChatGPT, OpenAI announces
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Wednesday, December 17th, 2025. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.4 | We are sponsored this week by Backblaze. |
| 0:12.8 | Leading off today, rounding out our coverage of Apple Software Updates this week is TVOS 26.2. |
| 0:19.6 | This update makes key changes to the profiles feature on your Apple TV. |
| 0:24.7 | Profiles first launched on Apple TV several years ago, but only recently has TVOS started making |
| 0:30.6 | them a core feature for users. |
| 0:32.9 | With the first release of TVOS 26, Apple made profile selection the first screen you see when |
| 0:40.3 | you turn on your Apple TV. |
| 0:42.4 | The changes in TVOS 26.2 aim to make profiles more accessible and more useful than |
| 0:48.7 | before. |
| 0:49.9 | First, you can now create user profiles without tying them to a specific Apple account. |
| 0:55.5 | This is great in a variety of scenarios, such as making new profiles for guests or children in your household. |
| 1:02.3 | Previously, adding a profile required an entire Apple account to set it up, whether you are using family sharing or just your own individual Apple account. |
| 1:12.2 | TVOS 26.2 makes that process significantly easier. |
| 1:16.4 | The other changes in TVOS 26.2 focus on kids profiles. |
| 1:21.1 | You can now configure content rating restrictions when setting up a profile for a child. |
| 1:26.5 | This will ensure that Apple's TV app only shows |
| 1:29.3 | TV shows and movies that are age appropriate per your choices. You can update your Apple TV |
| 1:34.9 | to TVOS 26.2 by going to the Settings app and looking for the software update option. |
| 1:40.7 | Next up the day, you'll soon be able to ask ChatGPT to quickly create Apple Music |
| 1:46.0 | Playlists, among other things. OpenAI first launched its apps in ChatGPT platform last October |
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