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618: The Cell Cycle

Aug 27, 2026 · 1 hr 35 min · 15 segments

Will the Home Hub know whose head is biggest? What will September 9th bring? Can anyone afford new Macs? Who knows Tim Cook best? All of these questions will be answered on this week's episode. ####…

Will the Home Hub know whose head is biggest? What will September 9th bring? Can anyone afford new Macs? Who knows Tim Cook best? All of these questions will be answered on this week's episode. #### This episode of Connected is sponsored by: - Sentry: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. New users get $100 in Sentry credits with code connected26. - ElevenLabs: Conversational agents that sound human. Get started today. - Bolt.new: Build apps with AI. Get a free 30-day Pro account. #### Links and Show Notes: ##### Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. ##### Submit Feedback ##### 🤠 Relay for St. Jude ##### Home Hub Code Hints at Face-Based Profile Switching - MacRumors ##### Designed in California - Relay ##### Apple Announces September 9 Surprise and Shine Event - MacStories ##### Polishing Cloth Updated - 512 Pixels ##### Apple Updates a Power Adapter for the EU and Vietnam and Drops the Price of Its Polishing Cloth - MacStories ##### Apple’s Most Back-Ordered New Product Is Not What You Expect - The New York Times ##### Cloth Pro Max – Copland Supply ##### Window Cap – Copland Supply ##### Moof Hat – Copland Supply ##### 404 - 512 Pixels ##### Apple Updates Magic Keyboards - MacStories ##### Firexo Fire Extinguishers ##### Relay for St. Jude 2026 - 512 Pixels ##### Relay for St Jude 2026 – The Enthusiast ##### Apple unveils M6, M5 Ultra chips and updates its desktop Macs – Six Colors ##### New Mac Mini and Mac Studio: 13 Things You Might Have Missed - MacRumors ##### Instagram Reel for the New Macs – Instagram ##### The Potential of M6 and M5 Ultra for Local AI on macOS - MacStories ##### oMLX — LLM inference, optimized for your Mac

Will the Home Hub know whose head is biggest? What will September 9th bring? Can anyone afford new Macs? Who knows Tim Cook best? All of these questions will be answered on this week's episode. ####…

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Speakers: Myke HurleyHostStephen HackettHostFederico ViticciHost

Top entities: Apple×60 Federico Viticci×24 Mac×20 Tim Cook×11 iPhone×15

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈2k followers

Home Hub User Recognition2:00 – 7:50

Myke HurleyHost

2:00

Oh, geez.

Myke HurleyHost

2:01

Rod wrote in and said, "Hear me out.

Myke HurleyHost

2:03

Face ID for the new Home Pod thing, Home Hub.

Myke HurleyHost

2:06

Whoever's looking at it with the largest face, it shows their stuff." Now, largest face is funny.

Myke HurleyHost

2:11

I, uh

Federico ViticciHost

2:11

[laughs]

Myke HurleyHost

2:11

I don't think Rod meant, like, whoever just has the biggest head.

Myke HurleyHost

2:14

It's got, like-

Stephen HackettHost

2:15

Closest

Myke HurleyHost

2:15

... maybe whoever's closest.

Stephen HackettHost

2:16

Closest face.

Stephen HackettHost

2:16

[laughs]

Myke HurleyHost

2:16

But I like largest face.

Myke HurleyHost

2:19

Um, so, but this is interesting.

Myke HurleyHost

2:20

Julie Clover at MacRumors, I'm gonna read from Julie's, uh...

Myke HurleyHost

2:24

The, uh, people are just digging into this Tahoe thing.

Myke HurleyHost

2:27

Like, they won't stop.

Myke HurleyHost

2:28

So this is from Julie: "The accessory will show personal content for different users in the home, with options to select a profile via Control Center or the Settings app on the device.

Myke HurleyHost

2:38

The Home Hub is expected to have an operating system similar to tvOS, so the Control Center and profile selection options might look like those on the Apple TV.

Myke HurleyHost

2:46

Here are some of the code strings." Sorry, I'm not...

Myke HurleyHost

2:49

So this is, this is the, what the device will say to you.

Myke HurleyHost

2:51

"Sorry, I'm not sure who you are.

Myke HurleyHost

2:53

To access your personal content, you'll need to select yourself in Control Center." And, "Before I can help you with that, you'll need to enable personal content." And then these are the ones that are interesting to me, right? So, like, okay, I can see how that's like tvOS.

Myke HurleyHost

3:06

You just select your face.

Myke HurleyHost

3:06

What about this? This is, the device would say, "I'm not sure who's speaking.

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Performance MetricsTechnology > Artificial Intelligence > Local AI > Machine Learning
Product StrategyBusiness > Corporate Leadership > Apple Inc. > Tim Cook
Telecom MarketingTechnology > Telecommunications
Product LaunchesTechnology > Telecommunications > Telecom Marketing
Advertising StrategiesTechnology > Telecommunications > Telecom Marketing > Product Launches
Corporate LeadershipBusiness
TelecommunicationsTechnology
Operating SystemsTechnology > Software
Apple Inc.Business > Corporate Leadership
Tim CookBusiness > Corporate Leadership > Apple Inc.
Smart Home DevicesTechnology > Consumer Electronics
User Interface DesignTechnology > Software > Operating Systems > tvOS
tvOSTechnology > Software > Operating Systems
Local AITechnology > Artificial Intelligence
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Machine LearningTechnology > Artificial Intelligence > Local AI
Apple ProductsTechnology > Consumer Electronics > Smart Home Devices
HomePodTechnology > Consumer Electronics > Smart Home Devices > Apple Products
Technology
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Artificial IntelligenceTechnology
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Home Hub User Recognition2:00 – 7:50

Myke HurleyHost

2:00

Oh, geez.

Myke HurleyHost

2:01

Rod wrote in and said, "Hear me out.

Myke HurleyHost

2:03

Face ID for the new Home Pod thing, Home Hub.

Myke HurleyHost

2:06

Whoever's looking at it with the largest face, it shows their stuff." Now, largest face is funny.

Myke HurleyHost

2:11

I, uh

Federico ViticciHost

2:11

[laughs]

Myke HurleyHost

2:11

I don't think Rod meant, like, whoever just has the biggest head.

Myke HurleyHost

2:14

It's got, like-

Stephen HackettHost

2:15

Closest

Myke HurleyHost

2:15

... maybe whoever's closest.

Stephen HackettHost

2:16

Closest face.

Stephen HackettHost

2:16

[laughs]

Myke HurleyHost

2:16

But I like largest face.

Myke HurleyHost

2:19

Um, so, but this is interesting.

Myke HurleyHost

2:20

Julie Clover at MacRumors, I'm gonna read from Julie's, uh...

Myke HurleyHost

2:24

The, uh, people are just digging into this Tahoe thing.

Myke HurleyHost

2:27

Like, they won't stop.

Myke HurleyHost

2:28

So this is from Julie: "The accessory will show personal content for different users in the home, with options to select a profile via Control Center or the Settings app on the device.

Myke HurleyHost

2:38

The Home Hub is expected to have an operating system similar to tvOS, so the Control Center and profile selection options might look like those on the Apple TV.

Myke HurleyHost

2:46

Here are some of the code strings." Sorry, I'm not...

Myke HurleyHost

2:49

So this is, this is the, what the device will say to you.

Myke HurleyHost

2:51

"Sorry, I'm not sure who you are.

Myke HurleyHost

2:53

To access your personal content, you'll need to select yourself in Control Center." And, "Before I can help you with that, you'll need to enable personal content." And then these are the ones that are interesting to me, right? So, like, okay, I can see how that's like tvOS.

Myke HurleyHost

3:06

You just select your face.

Myke HurleyHost

3:06

What about this? This is, the device would say, "I'm not sure who's speaking.

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