Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Friday, September 19th, 2025.

I'm your host, Chance Miller.

We are sponsored this week by IMAISING.

Leading off today, one of the promises of the smart home is that, in theory, it should intelligently adapt and respond to your needs.

iOS 26 provides a key update in that department

with a new adaptive temperature feature. This feature is in the home app and it's meant to help

you automate your thermostat. Apple says, quote, set your thermostat to automatically adjust

when you're on your way home, when you go to sleep, or when you're away for

extended periods of time. Your iPhone uses on-device intelligence to predict when you're on the

way home to bring it to the correct temperature by the time you get there. It also adjust the

thermostat to save energy when you're far away from home. It also responds to your sleep

schedule created on iPhone to adjust the temperature

for when you go to sleep and wake up. End quote. Most smart thermostats already offer some

sort of similar functionality via their own native apps, but what Apple is aiming to do with the

adaptive temperature feature in iOS 26 has move everything into the home app. The jury's still out on how

well this feature will actually perform, but it's a notable update to Apple's home app to attempt to

make the smart home actually as smart as it should be. Next up today, it's iPhone 17 release day,

and that means the internet is ready to start the next drama about the

redesigned phones. One early concern is about the superficial durability of the iPhone 17 Pro,

and its new aluminum chassis, especially on the darker color deep blue model. Because anodized

aluminum still has the raw silver metal color underneath,

any light nicks or scratches are much more visible to the eye, compared to similar wear and

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