diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/ContentView.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/ContentView.swift
index 59cd5a3..97c89ba 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/ContentView.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/ContentView.swift
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ struct ContentView: View {
     @State private var awaitingApproval: ApprovalRequest?
     @State private var speedTestTarget: StoredHost?
     @State private var libraryTarget: StoredHost?
+    /// Wakes a sleeping host and waits for it to come back online before connecting (drives the
+    /// "Waking…" overlay). macOS-only in practice — WoL is gated off on iOS/tvOS.
+    @StateObject private var waker = HostWaker()
     #if !os(macOS)
     @State private var showSettings = false
     #endif
@@ -212,12 +215,18 @@ struct ContentView: View {
     }
 
     private var home: some View {
+        // The "Waking…" overlay rides over BOTH home UIs (and the pre-connect window is still
+        // `home`, so it covers the whole wake→online→connect sequence).
+        homeBase.overlay { WakeOverlay(waker: waker) }
+    }
+
+    @ViewBuilder private var homeBase: some View {
         #if os(macOS)
         Group {
             if gamepadUIActive {
                 GamepadHomeView(
                     store: store, model: model, discovery: discovery,
-                    libraryTarget: $libraryTarget,
+                    libraryTarget: $libraryTarget, waker: waker,
                     connect: { connect($0) }, connectDiscovered: connectDiscovered)
             } else {
                 HomeView(
@@ -225,7 +234,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                     showAddHost: $showAddHost, pairingTarget: $pairingTarget,
                     speedTestTarget: $speedTestTarget, libraryTarget: $libraryTarget,
                     connect: { connect($0) }, connectDiscovered: connectDiscovered,
-                    onPaired: handlePaired, onLaunchTitle: launchTitle)
+                    onPaired: handlePaired, onLaunchTitle: launchTitle, wake: { wakeOnly($0) })
             }
         }
         #elseif os(iOS)
@@ -233,7 +242,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
             if gamepadUIActive {
                 GamepadHomeView(
                     store: store, model: model, discovery: discovery,
-                    libraryTarget: $libraryTarget,
+                    libraryTarget: $libraryTarget, waker: waker,
                     connect: { connect($0) }, connectDiscovered: connectDiscovered)
             } else {
                 HomeView(
@@ -242,7 +251,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                     speedTestTarget: $speedTestTarget, libraryTarget: $libraryTarget,
                     showSettings: $showSettings,
                     connect: { connect($0) }, connectDiscovered: connectDiscovered,
-                    onPaired: handlePaired, onLaunchTitle: launchTitle)
+                    onPaired: handlePaired, onLaunchTitle: launchTitle, wake: { wakeOnly($0) })
             }
         }
         #else
@@ -252,7 +261,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
             speedTestTarget: $speedTestTarget, libraryTarget: $libraryTarget,
             showSettings: $showSettings,
             connect: { connect($0) }, connectDiscovered: connectDiscovered,
-            onPaired: handlePaired, onLaunchTitle: launchTitle)
+            onPaired: handlePaired, onLaunchTitle: launchTitle, wake: { wakeOnly($0) })
         #endif
     }
 
@@ -406,9 +415,37 @@ struct ContentView: View {
     /// delegated-approval connect (host parks it until the operator approves).
     private func startSession(
         _ host: StoredHost, launchID: String? = nil,
-        allowTofu: Bool, requestAccess: Bool = false
+        allowTofu: Bool, requestAccess: Bool = false, approvalReq: ApprovalRequest? = nil
+    ) {
+        let go = {
+            startSessionDirect(
+                host, launchID: launchID, allowTofu: allowTofu,
+                requestAccess: requestAccess, approvalReq: approvalReq)
+        }
+        // Asleep (not advertising) and we can wake it? Fire the magic packet and WAIT for it to come
+        // back online — a cold box takes far longer to boot than a connect will sit — showing the
+        // "Waking…" overlay meanwhile. Then connect. Otherwise dial straight away.
+        if PunktfunkConnection.wakeOnLANAvailable, !host.wakeMacs.isEmpty, !discovery.advertises(host) {
+            discovery.start() // so we can observe it reappear
+            waker.start(
+                host: host, connectsAfter: true, macs: host.wakeMacs, lastIP: host.address,
+                isOnline: { discovery.advertises(host) }, onOnline: go)
+        } else {
+            go()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The actual dial — reached directly when the host is awake, or from the waker once a woken
+    /// host is back online. `prepareWake` still runs here to LEARN/refresh the MAC now that the host
+    /// is advertising (and is a harmless no-op otherwise).
+    private func startSessionDirect(
+        _ host: StoredHost, launchID: String? = nil,
+        allowTofu: Bool, requestAccess: Bool = false, approvalReq: ApprovalRequest? = nil
     ) {
         prepareWake(for: host)
+        // The delegated-approval wait prompt only makes sense once we're actually dialing — set it
+        // here (after any wake), not before, so it never stacks under the "Waking…" overlay.
+        if let approvalReq { awaitingApproval = approvalReq }
         model.connect(
             to: host,
             width: UInt32(clamping: width), height: UInt32(clamping: height),
@@ -452,12 +489,24 @@ struct ContentView: View {
     /// as paired (see the `.streaming` branch of `onChange`).
     private func requestAccess(_ req: ApprovalRequest) {
         guard !model.isBusy else { return }
-        awaitingApproval = req
         // Pin the advertised certificate for a discovered host (impostor defence during the long
         // wait); a manually-typed host has no advertised fingerprint, so trust-on-first-use.
         var host = req.host
         host.pinnedSHA256 = req.advertisedFingerprint
-        startSession(host, allowTofu: false, requestAccess: true)
+        // `awaitingApproval` is set inside startSessionDirect (after any wake), so it never stacks
+        // under the "Waking…" overlay.
+        startSession(host, allowTofu: false, requestAccess: true, approvalReq: req)
+    }
+
+    /// Explicit wake-only (the touch card's "Wake Host" menu item / a future gamepad action): fire
+    /// the packet and wait for the host to come online, but don't connect — the user then sees it
+    /// go online and can connect.
+    private func wakeOnly(_ host: StoredHost) {
+        guard PunktfunkConnection.wakeOnLANAvailable, !host.wakeMacs.isEmpty else { return }
+        discovery.start()
+        waker.start(
+            host: host, connectsAfter: false, macs: host.wakeMacs, lastIP: host.address,
+            isOnline: { discovery.advertises(host) }, onOnline: {})
     }
 
     /// Picked a title in the (experimental) library: dismiss the browser and start a session that
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/AddHostSheet.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/AddHostSheet.swift
index d039ccb..6d75c50 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/AddHostSheet.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/AddHostSheet.swift
@@ -1,67 +1,87 @@
-// "+" sheet: name (optional) + address + port → a card in the hosts grid. The first
-// actual connection runs the trust-on-first-use fingerprint prompt.
+// Add / edit a host: name (optional) + address + port + Wake-on-LAN MAC → a card in the grid.
+// The MAC prefills from what we already know — the host's stored MAC, or the live mDNS advert's if
+// it hasn't been learned yet — so it's usually already correct; type/paste it for a host we've
+// never seen advertise. The first actual connection still runs the trust-on-first-use prompt.
 
+import PunktfunkKit
 import SwiftUI
 
 struct AddHostSheet: View {
     @Environment(\.dismiss) private var dismiss
-    @State private var name = ""
-    @State private var address = ""
-    @State private var port = 9777
+
+    /// nil = add a new host; non-nil = edit this one (fields prefilled, identity/pin preserved).
+    let existing: StoredHost?
+    /// MAC(s) to offer when the host has none stored yet — the live advert's, so the field is
+    /// prefilled the moment the host is on the network, even before a connect has learned it.
+    let suggestedMacs: [String]
+    let onSave: (StoredHost) -> Void
+
+    @State private var name: String
+    @State private var address: String
+    @State private var port: Int
+    @State private var mac: String
     #if os(tvOS)
     private enum EditField: String, Identifiable {
-        case name, address, port
+        case name, address, port, mac
         var id: String { rawValue }
     }
-    @State private var editing: EditField?
+    @State private var editingField: EditField?
     #endif
 
-    let onAdd: (StoredHost) -> Void
+    private var isEditing: Bool { existing != nil }
+    private var actionTitle: String { isEditing ? "Save" : "Add Host" }
+    private var canSave: Bool { !address.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).isEmpty }
+
+    init(existing: StoredHost? = nil, suggestedMacs: [String] = [], onSave: @escaping (StoredHost) -> Void) {
+        self.existing = existing
+        self.suggestedMacs = suggestedMacs
+        self.onSave = onSave
+        _name = State(initialValue: existing?.name ?? "")
+        _address = State(initialValue: existing?.address ?? "")
+        _port = State(initialValue: Int(existing?.port ?? 9777))
+        let stored = existing?.macAddresses ?? []
+        _mac = State(initialValue: (stored.isEmpty ? suggestedMacs : stored).joined(separator: ", "))
+    }
 
     var body: some View {
         #if os(tvOS)
         // No inline text editing on tvOS — Settings-style value rows; pressing one
         // raises the SYSTEM fullscreen keyboard (TVTextEntry).
         VStack(spacing: 24) {
-            TVFieldRow(
-                label: "Name", value: name, placeholder: "Optional"
-            ) { editing = .name }
-            TVFieldRow(
-                label: "Address", value: address, placeholder: "IP or hostname"
-            ) { editing = .address }
-            TVFieldRow(
-                label: "Port", value: String(port), placeholder: ""
-            ) { editing = .port }
+            TVFieldRow(label: "Name", value: name, placeholder: "Optional") { editingField = .name }
+            TVFieldRow(label: "Address", value: address, placeholder: "IP or hostname") { editingField = .address }
+            TVFieldRow(label: "Port", value: String(port), placeholder: "") { editingField = .port }
+            TVFieldRow(label: "MAC", value: mac, placeholder: "Wake-on-LAN — auto-filled when known") { editingField = .mac }
             HStack(spacing: 32) {
                 Button("Cancel", role: .cancel) { dismiss() }
-                Button("Add Host") { add() }
-                    .disabled(address.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).isEmpty)
+                Button(actionTitle) { save() }.disabled(!canSave)
             }
             .padding(.top, 12)
         }
         .frame(maxWidth: 1000)
         .padding(60)
-        .navigationTitle("Add Host")
-        .fullScreenCover(item: $editing) { field in
+        .navigationTitle(isEditing ? "Edit Host" : "Add Host")
+        .fullScreenCover(item: $editingField) { field in
             switch field {
             case .name:
                 TVTextEntry(title: "Name (optional, e.g. Living Room)", text: name) {
                     name = $0
-                    editing = nil
+                    editingField = nil
                 }
             case .address:
                 TVTextEntry(title: "IP or hostname", text: address) {
                     address = $0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
-                    editing = nil
+                    editingField = nil
                 }
             case .port:
-                TVTextEntry(
-                    title: "Port", text: String(port), keyboardType: .numberPad
-                ) {
-                    if let value = Int($0), (1...65535).contains(value) {
-                        port = value
-                    }
-                    editing = nil
+                TVTextEntry(title: "Port", text: String(port), keyboardType: .numberPad) {
+                    if let value = Int($0), (1...65535).contains(value) { port = value }
+                    editingField = nil
+                }
+            case .mac:
+                TVTextEntry(title: "MAC address(es), comma-separated — aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff", text: mac) {
+                    mac = $0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+                    editingField = nil
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -71,77 +91,77 @@ struct AddHostSheet: View {
                 TextField("Name", text: $name, prompt: Text("Optional — e.g. Living Room"))
                 TextField("Address", text: $address, prompt: Text("IP or hostname"))
                 TextField("Port", value: $port, format: .number.grouping(.never))
-                    #if os(tvOS)
-                    // tvOS floats the label above a non-empty field INSIDE the pill,
-                    // shoving the value off-center — the field is always prefilled
-                    // here, so drop the label there.
-                    .labelsHidden()
+                TextField("MAC", text: $mac, prompt: Text("Wake-on-LAN — auto-filled when known"))
+                    .autocorrectionDisabled()
+                    #if os(iOS)
+                    .textInputAutocapitalization(.never)
                     #endif
             }
             #if !os(tvOS)
-        .formStyle(.grouped)
-        #endif
+            .formStyle(.grouped)
+            // The grouped form's default system text is oversized next to the app's Geist
+            // typography — bring it down and on-brand so the panel doesn't read out of place.
+            .font(.geist(12, relativeTo: .callout))
+            .controlSize(.small)
+            #endif
             #if os(iOS)
-            // The detent below is sized to fit all 3 rows + the action button exactly, so the
-            // Form must NOT scroll/bounce inside it — lock it. (iOS 16+; safe at iOS 17.)
             .scrollDisabled(true)
             #endif
             #if os(macOS)
-            // macOS: UNCHANGED — Cancel + Spacer + Add in an HStack, both wired to the
-            // window's default/cancel keyboard actions. The 380-wide .fixedSize panel below
-            // keeps this compact and centered.
             HStack {
                 Button("Cancel", role: .cancel) { dismiss() }
                     .keyboardShortcut(.cancelAction)
                 Spacer()
-                Button("Add Host") { add() }
+                Button(actionTitle) { save() }
                     .glassProminentButtonStyle()
                     .keyboardShortcut(.defaultAction)
-                    .disabled(address.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).isEmpty)
+                    .disabled(!canSave)
             }
             .padding(16)
             #else
-            // iOS / iPadOS: NO Cancel — the sheet is dismissed by the drag indicator,
-            // swipe-down, or tap-outside. (AddHostSheet never sets interactiveDismissDisabled,
-            // so all three are live; if anyone adds it later, restore a Cancel here or there is
-            // no way back out.) A single FULL-WIDTH primary action reads as the one thing to do.
-            // The fill must be on the LABEL, not the Button: .frame(maxWidth:.infinity) on the
-            // Button only widens its hit area and leaves the styled capsule hugging the text —
-            // stretching the label is what makes the glass/bordered pill itself go edge-to-edge.
-            // .controlSize(.large) gives the tall, thumb-friendly height; .defaultAction lets a
-            // hardware keyboard / iPad Return submit.
-            Button { add() } label: {
-                Text("Add Host").frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
+            Button { save() } label: {
+                Text(actionTitle).frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
             }
                 .glassProminentButtonStyle()
                 .controlSize(.large)
                 .keyboardShortcut(.defaultAction)
-                .disabled(address.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).isEmpty)
+                .disabled(!canSave)
                 .padding(16)
             #endif
         }
         #if os(iOS)
-        // A short bottom sheet, not a full-screen modal. .height(320) hugs the 3-field grouped
-        // Form + the full-width action row, instead of the half-screen .medium it used to rest
-        // at. A single fixed detent is enough: the system keeps the content above the keyboard
-        // when Address/Port is focused, and on iPadOS this renders as a short bottom sheet (not a
-        // centered formSheet card). The Form itself is .scrollDisabled (above) so it can't
-        // bounce/scroll inside this fixed detent. (.height(_:) is iOS 16+, safe at iOS 17.)
-        .presentationDetents([.height(320)])
+        // Four fields + the action row — a touch taller than the 3-field add sheet used to be.
+        .presentationDetents([.height(392)])
         .presentationDragIndicator(.visible)
         #endif
         #if os(macOS)
-        .frame(width: 380)
+        .frame(width: 400)
         .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
         #endif
         #endif
     }
 
-    private func add() {
-        onAdd(StoredHost(
-            name: name.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces),
-            address: address.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces),
-            port: UInt16(clamping: port)))
+    private func save() {
+        var host = existing ?? StoredHost(name: "", address: "")
+        host.name = name.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+        host.address = address.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+        host.port = UInt16(clamping: port)
+        host.macAddresses = Self.parseMacs(mac)
+        onSave(host)
         dismiss()
     }
+
+    /// Split comma/space/newline-separated MACs, keep only well-formed `aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff` (six hex
+    /// octets, normalized lower-case); nil when none are valid, so clearing the field clears the
+    /// stored MAC.
+    static func parseMacs(_ s: String) -> [String]? {
+        let macs = s
+            .split(whereSeparator: { ",; \n\t".contains($0) })
+            .map { $0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).lowercased() }
+            .filter { m in
+                let parts = m.split(separator: ":")
+                return parts.count == 6 && parts.allSatisfy { $0.count == 2 && UInt8($0, radix: 16) != nil }
+            }
+        return macs.isEmpty ? nil : macs
+    }
 }
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadAddHostView.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadAddHostView.swift
index 8a37775..dd8c686 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadAddHostView.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadAddHostView.swift
@@ -58,16 +58,19 @@ struct GamepadAddHostView: View {
             .padding(.top, gamepadTitleTopPadding(compact: compact))
             .padding(.bottom, compact ? 4 : 8)
             .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
-            .overlay(alignment: .topTrailing) { closeButton.padding(.trailing, 20) }
+            .overlay(alignment: .topTrailing) { closeButton.padding(.top, 20).padding(.trailing, 20) }
             .background { GamepadTrayScrim(edge: .top) }
         }
         .safeAreaInset(edge: .bottom, spacing: 0) {
             bottomTray
-                .padding(.horizontal, 22)
-                .padding(.vertical, compact ? 6 : 10)
+                // Equal distance from the left and bottom edges for the legend pill (see GamepadHomeView).
+                .padding(.horizontal, compact ? 12 : 18)
+                .padding(.bottom, compact ? 12 : 18)
+                .padding(.top, compact ? 6 : 10)
                 .background { GamepadTrayScrim(edge: .bottom) }
         }
-        .background { GamepadScreenBackground() }
+        // No aurora — the same clean Liquid-Glass-over-dark base as the gamepad settings screen.
+        .background { GamepadFormBackground() }
         // A port can't exceed 5 digits — cap while typing so the row can't grow absurd.
         .onChange(of: port) { _, value in
             if value.count > 5 { port = String(value.prefix(5)) }
@@ -165,14 +168,16 @@ struct GamepadAddHostView: View {
         }
         .padding(.horizontal, 16)
         .padding(.vertical, 13)
-        .background {
-            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14, style: .continuous)
-                .fill(.white.opacity(focused || editing == row.id ? 0.1 : 0))
-        }
+        // Liquid Glass rows, matching the settings screen; the focused (or actively edited) row
+        // takes the brand wash, and the edited row keeps its brand caret border.
+        .consoleGlass(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14, style: .continuous),
+            tint: (focused || editing == row.id) ? Color.brand.opacity(0.30) : nil,
+            interactive: focused)
         .overlay {
             RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14, style: .continuous)
                 .strokeBorder(
-                    editing == row.id ? Color.brand.opacity(0.7) : .white.opacity(focused ? 0.22 : 0),
+                    editing == row.id ? Color.brand.opacity(0.7) : .white.opacity(focused ? 0.28 : 0.06),
                     lineWidth: 1)
         }
         .scaleEffect(focused ? 1.0 : 0.98)
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadChrome.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadChrome.swift
index 90b2074..ae0745f 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadChrome.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadChrome.swift
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ struct GamepadHint: Identifiable {
 }
 
 /// The pinned controls legend every gamepad screen shows bottom-leading (via `.safeAreaInset`).
-/// Same font/spacing everywhere so the legend reads as system chrome, not per-screen decoration.
+/// Same font/spacing everywhere so the legend reads as system chrome, not per-screen decoration —
+/// worn as a self-contained Liquid Glass pill (like the top-bar controller chip) so it floats over
+/// the backdrop instead of dissolving into it.
 struct GamepadHintBar: View {
     let hints: [GamepadHint]
 
@@ -57,39 +59,141 @@ struct GamepadHintBar: View {
         }
         .font(.geist(14, .semibold, relativeTo: .subheadline))
         .foregroundStyle(.white.opacity(0.85))
+        .padding(13)
+        .consoleGlass(Capsule())
+        .overlay(Capsule().strokeBorder(.white.opacity(0.12), lineWidth: 1))
     }
 }
 
-/// The console backdrop: a living "aurora" field in the brand's violet family — soft color blobs
-/// drifting on slow Lissajous paths over black, in the direction of Apple Music's animated player
-/// background but calmer (long 30–90 s periods, muted opacities, a legibility scrim on top, so it
-/// reads as ambience behind the cards, never as content). Deliberately pure SwiftUI rather than a
-/// .metal shader: these sources are built both by SwiftPM (`swift run`/tests) and by the Xcode
-/// project's synchronized folders, and a compiled metallib is only reliably bundled in one of the
-/// two — radial gradients driven by a TimelineView give the same look with none of that risk.
+/// The console backdrop: a living aurora in the brand's violet family, drifting slowly over black
+/// so it reads as ambience behind the cards, never as content. On iOS 18 / macOS 15+ it's an
+/// animated `MeshGradient` — a continuous silk of colour whose control points wander on slow,
+/// out-of-phase sinusoids — finished with an elliptical vignette (pools light in the centre, sinks
+/// the corners) and a top/bottom legibility scrim. Older OSes fall back to the original drifting
+/// radial-blob field, unchanged, so nothing regresses.
 ///
-/// Applied via `.background { }` — NOT as a ZStack sibling — so the `.ignoresSafeArea()` here
-/// can't inflate the caller's layout past the safe area (see the layout discipline note in
-/// GamepadHomeView's header). Honors Reduce Motion by freezing the field at a fixed phase.
+/// Deliberately pure SwiftUI, no `.metal`: these sources build under both SwiftPM (`swift run`/
+/// tests) and the Xcode project's synchronized folders, and a compiled metallib is only reliably
+/// bundled in one of the two. MeshGradient + TimelineView give the silky look with none of that
+/// risk. Applied via `.background { }` — NOT a ZStack sibling — so the `.ignoresSafeArea()` here
+/// can't inflate the caller's layout past the safe area (see the layout note in GamepadHomeView's
+/// header). Honors Reduce Motion by freezing the field at a fixed phase.
 struct GamepadScreenBackground: View {
     @Environment(\.accessibilityReduceMotion) private var reduceMotion
 
-    /// One drifting color blob: a base position + drift ellipse (unit coordinates), angular
-    /// speeds (rad/s — periods of 30–90 s), and a radius that slowly breathes.
+    var body: some View {
+        Group {
+            if reduceMotion {
+                composite(at: 0)
+            } else {
+                // 30 Hz is plenty for a field that drifts centimetres per minute, and halves the
+                // redraw cost of a battery-fed couch device vs. the display's native rate.
+                TimelineView(.animation(minimumInterval: 1.0 / 30.0)) { context in
+                    composite(at: context.date.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        .ignoresSafeArea()
+    }
+
+    /// The colour field under a very slow warm/cool hue sway, an elliptical vignette, and the
+    /// title/hints legibility scrim.
+    private func composite(at t: TimeInterval) -> some View {
+        ZStack {
+            Color.black
+            colorField(at: t)
+                // ±8° over ~5 min — the whole field very slowly warms and cools.
+                .hueRotation(.degrees(sin(t * 0.021) * 8))
+            // Cinematic vignette: darker toward the edges so the cards sit in the pooled light.
+            // Soft (extends past the frame) so the corners deepen rather than crush to black.
+            EllipticalGradient(
+                colors: [.clear, .black.opacity(0.42)],
+                center: .center, startRadiusFraction: 0.25, endRadiusFraction: 1.15)
+            // Legibility grounding for the pinned title (top) and hint pill (bottom). This one
+            // darkens the aurora itself (it's the backdrop's bottom layer — nothing behind it to
+            // blur), so it stays a gradient, just a light one now.
+            LinearGradient(
+                stops: [
+                    .init(color: .black.opacity(0.38), location: 0),
+                    .init(color: .black.opacity(0.06), location: 0.32),
+                    .init(color: .black.opacity(0.08), location: 0.68),
+                    .init(color: .black.opacity(0.40), location: 1),
+                ],
+                startPoint: .top, endPoint: .bottom)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @ViewBuilder private func colorField(at t: TimeInterval) -> some View {
+        if #available(iOS 18, macOS 15, tvOS 18, *) {
+            MeshGradient(
+                width: 4, height: 4,
+                points: Self.meshPoints(at: t),
+                colors: Self.meshColors,
+                smoothsColors: true)
+        } else {
+            LegacyBlobField(t: t)
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - MeshGradient aurora (iOS 18 / macOS 15+)
+
+    /// Sixteen mesh colours (row-major, 4×4): dark-violet corners sink the frame, the edges carry
+    /// mid-tone violets, and the four interior points hold the bright brand family — a violet and a
+    /// blue-violet up top, a magenta-violet and a violet below — so warm pools on the left, cool on
+    /// the right, and the silk shifts temperature as those interior points drift.
+    private static let meshColors: [Color] = {
+        let corner = Color(red: 0.075, green: 0.060, blue: 0.160)
+        return [
+            corner, Color(red: 0.34, green: 0.27, blue: 0.72), Color(red: 0.30, green: 0.26, blue: 0.74), corner,
+            Color(red: 0.42, green: 0.20, blue: 0.54), Color(red: 0.49, green: 0.39, blue: 0.95), Color(red: 0.28, green: 0.31, blue: 0.84), Color(red: 0.16, green: 0.26, blue: 0.64),
+            Color(red: 0.45, green: 0.23, blue: 0.60), Color(red: 0.53, green: 0.31, blue: 0.75), Color(red: 0.35, green: 0.35, blue: 0.91), Color(red: 0.19, green: 0.28, blue: 0.70),
+            corner, Color(red: 0.22, green: 0.18, blue: 0.54), Color(red: 0.24, green: 0.20, blue: 0.58), corner,
+        ]
+    }()
+
+    /// The 4×4 control points at time `t`: every boundary point is PINNED to the frame (so the mesh
+    /// always fills edge-to-edge — a drifting edge point would shrink the mesh and expose the black
+    /// behind it), while only the four interior points wander on slow, out-of-phase sinusoids
+    /// (periods ~90–130 s) so the bright colour pools breathe without ever looking like they loop.
+    private static func meshPoints(at t: TimeInterval) -> [SIMD2<Float>] {
+        func wob(_ bx: Float, _ by: Float, _ a: Float,
+                 _ sx: Double, _ sy: Double, _ ph: Double) -> SIMD2<Float> {
+            SIMD2(bx + a * Float(sin(t * sx + ph)), by + a * Float(cos(t * sy + ph * 1.3)))
+        }
+        return [
+            SIMD2(0, 0), SIMD2(0.333, 0), SIMD2(0.667, 0), SIMD2(1, 0),
+            SIMD2(0, 0.333),
+                wob(0.333, 0.333, 0.11, 0.049, 0.063, 0.4),
+                wob(0.667, 0.333, 0.10, 0.055, 0.052, 2.1),
+            SIMD2(1, 0.333),
+            SIMD2(0, 0.667),
+                wob(0.333, 0.667, 0.10, 0.058, 0.049, 3.6),
+                wob(0.667, 0.667, 0.12, 0.047, 0.061, 5.0),
+            SIMD2(1, 0.667),
+            SIMD2(0, 1), SIMD2(0.333, 1), SIMD2(0.667, 1), SIMD2(1, 1),
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
+/// Pre-18/15 fallback for `GamepadScreenBackground`: the original drifting radial-blob field — four
+/// soft colour blobs on slow Lissajous paths, additively blended. Kept verbatim so older OSes see
+/// exactly the aurora they shipped with (the mesh path is the upgrade for OS 18/15+).
+private struct LegacyBlobField: View {
+    let t: TimeInterval
+
+    /// One drifting color blob: a base position + drift ellipse (unit coordinates), angular speeds
+    /// (rad/s — periods of 30–90 s), and a radius that slowly breathes.
     private struct Blob {
         let color: Color
         let center: CGPoint
         let drift: CGSize
         let speed: (x: Double, y: Double)
         let phase: (x: Double, y: Double)
-        /// Radius as a fraction of the view's larger dimension (+ breathing amplitude/speed).
         let radius: CGFloat
         let breathe: (amount: CGFloat, speed: Double)
         let opacity: Double
     }
 
-    /// The brand violet, a deeper indigo, a warmer plum, and a cool blue — related hues so the
-    /// field shifts within one temperature instead of strobing through the rainbow.
     private static let blobs: [Blob] = [
         Blob(color: Color(red: 0.53, green: 0.47, blue: 0.96), // brand violet
              center: CGPoint(x: 0.30, y: 0.24), drift: CGSize(width: 0.16, height: 0.10),
@@ -110,49 +214,18 @@ struct GamepadScreenBackground: View {
     ]
 
     var body: some View {
-        Group {
-            if reduceMotion {
-                field(at: 0)
-            } else {
-                // 30 Hz is plenty for centimeters-per-minute drift, and halves the redraw cost
-                // of a battery-fed couch device vs. the default display rate.
-                TimelineView(.animation(minimumInterval: 1.0 / 30.0)) { context in
-                    field(at: context.date.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        .ignoresSafeArea()
-    }
-
-    private func field(at t: TimeInterval) -> some View {
         GeometryReader { geo in
             let side = max(geo.size.width, geo.size.height)
             ZStack {
-                Color.black
-                ZStack {
-                    ForEach(Self.blobs.indices, id: \.self) { i in
-                        blobView(Self.blobs[i], at: t, in: geo.size, side: side)
-                    }
+                ForEach(Self.blobs.indices, id: \.self) { i in
+                    blobView(Self.blobs[i], in: geo.size, side: side)
                 }
-                // ±10° over ~5 min — the whole field very slowly warms and cools.
-                .hueRotation(.degrees(sin(t * 0.021) * 10))
-                // Composite the additive blobs offscreen once instead of per-layer.
-                .drawingGroup()
-                // Legibility scrim: the title (top) and detail/hints (bottom) always sit on
-                // near-black, whatever the blobs are doing behind them.
-                LinearGradient(
-                    stops: [
-                        .init(color: .black.opacity(0.55), location: 0),
-                        .init(color: .black.opacity(0.15), location: 0.35),
-                        .init(color: .black.opacity(0.20), location: 0.65),
-                        .init(color: .black.opacity(0.60), location: 1),
-                    ],
-                    startPoint: .top, endPoint: .bottom)
             }
+            .drawingGroup()
         }
     }
 
-    private func blobView(_ blob: Blob, at t: TimeInterval, in size: CGSize, side: CGFloat) -> some View {
+    private func blobView(_ blob: Blob, in size: CGSize, side: CGFloat) -> some View {
         let x = blob.center.x + blob.drift.width * CGFloat(sin(t * blob.speed.x + blob.phase.x))
         let y = blob.center.y + blob.drift.height * CGFloat(cos(t * blob.speed.y + blob.phase.y))
         let r = side * blob.radius
@@ -168,28 +241,62 @@ struct GamepadScreenBackground: View {
     }
 }
 
-/// A darkening scrim behind a pinned tray (a screen title, the hints/detail bar, the keyboard
-/// tray): scrollable rows pass beneath those insets, so without this the tray text and the row
-/// underneath render interleaved. Fades toward the content so it reads as depth, not a bar.
+/// A blur gradient behind a pinned tray (a screen title, the hints/detail bar, the keyboard tray):
+/// scrollable rows pass beneath those insets, so without this the tray text and the row underneath
+/// render interleaved. Pure blur — a dark material faded out by a gradient mask, no dark tint — so
+/// the tray's text sits on a softly blurred backdrop that dissolves into the rows.
 struct GamepadTrayScrim: View {
     let edge: VerticalEdge
 
     var body: some View {
-        LinearGradient(
-            stops: [
-                .init(color: .black.opacity(0.92), location: 0),
-                .init(color: .black.opacity(0.85), location: 0.55),
-                .init(color: .black.opacity(0), location: 1),
-            ],
-            startPoint: edge == .top ? .top : .bottom,
-            endPoint: edge == .top ? .bottom : .top)
+        let fromEdge: UnitPoint = edge == .top ? .top : .bottom
+        let toContent: UnitPoint = edge == .top ? .bottom : .top
+        Rectangle()
+            .fill(.ultraThinMaterial)
+            // These trays always sit on the dark console UI; force dark so the material frosts dark
+            // (white text stays legible) regardless of the system appearance.
+            .environment(\.colorScheme, .dark)
+            // Fade the whole blur out toward the content so it dissolves rather than ending on a line.
+            .mask {
+                LinearGradient(
+                    stops: [
+                        .init(color: .black, location: 0),
+                        .init(color: .black.opacity(0.9), location: 0.5),
+                        .init(color: .clear, location: 1),
+                    ],
+                    startPoint: fromEdge, endPoint: toContent)
+            }
             // Grow past the tray so the fade-to-clear happens OUTSIDE its bounds — the tray's own
-            // text always sits on the near-opaque part, rows dim before they reach it.
+            // text always sits on the strong part, rows blur out before they reach it.
             .padding(edge == .top ? .bottom : .top, -32)
             .ignoresSafeArea()
     }
 }
 
+/// The calm backdrop for the gamepad UI's form screens (settings, add-host) — NOT the launcher's
+/// drifting aurora (this stays still and quiet), but deliberately NOT near-black either: Liquid
+/// Glass refracts whatever sits behind it, so over black the rows turn invisible. A deep indigo
+/// base plus two soft, static violet/indigo glows give the glass real colour and luminance to lens,
+/// so the rows read as glass while the screen stays restful.
+struct GamepadFormBackground: View {
+    var body: some View {
+        ZStack {
+            Color(red: 0.075, green: 0.062, blue: 0.150)
+            // Violet lift top-leading, cooler indigo bottom-trailing — resolution-independent
+            // (fraction radii) so the glow scale tracks the window on any screen.
+            EllipticalGradient(
+                colors: [Color(red: 0.40, green: 0.31, blue: 0.68).opacity(0.9), .clear],
+                center: UnitPoint(x: 0.26, y: 0.14),
+                startRadiusFraction: 0, endRadiusFraction: 0.78)
+            EllipticalGradient(
+                colors: [Color(red: 0.20, green: 0.24, blue: 0.58).opacity(0.75), .clear],
+                center: UnitPoint(x: 0.82, y: 0.9),
+                startRadiusFraction: 0, endRadiusFraction: 0.78)
+        }
+        .ignoresSafeArea()
+    }
+}
+
 /// "Which pad is driving this UI" — the active controller's name and battery, worn as a quiet
 /// chip in the launcher's top bar. Callers observe GamepadManager already, so this re-renders
 /// when the pad or its battery state changes.
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadHomeView.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadHomeView.swift
index 4bcf613..5296076 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadHomeView.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/GamepadHomeView.swift
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ private struct HomeTile: Identifiable {
     var hasLibrary = false
     /// Shows this SF symbol in the badge instead of the title monogram (the Add Host tile).
     var icon: String?
-    /// Whether the detail panel shows the online/paired pill (hosts yes, actions no).
-    var showsStatus = true
+    /// Offline saved host we hold a MAC for (and WoL is available) — activating it wakes first.
+    var canWake = false
     let activate: () -> Void
 }
 
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ struct GamepadHomeView: View {
     @ObservedObject var model: SessionModel
     @ObservedObject var discovery: HostDiscovery
     @Binding var libraryTarget: StoredHost?
+    /// Wake-and-wait driver — gates the carousel while its overlay is up, and the carousel's
+    /// activate routes an offline+wakeable host through it (see ContentView.startSession).
+    @ObservedObject var waker: HostWaker
     let connect: (StoredHost) -> Void
     let connectDiscovered: (DiscoveredHost) -> Void
 
@@ -84,8 +87,11 @@ struct GamepadHomeView: View {
         }
         .safeAreaInset(edge: .bottom, alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
             GamepadHintBar(hints: hints)
-                .padding(.leading, 22)
-                .padding(.vertical, compact ? 6 : 10)
+                // Equal distance from the left and bottom edges — the pill's corner inset was the
+                // real asymmetry (leading 22 vs bottom 10), not its internal padding.
+                .padding(.leading, compact ? 12 : 18)
+                .padding(.bottom, compact ? 12 : 18)
+                .padding(.top, compact ? 4 : 8)
         }
         .background { GamepadScreenBackground() }
         .onAppear { discovery.start() }
@@ -115,13 +121,13 @@ struct GamepadHomeView: View {
 
     @ViewBuilder private func hero(for size: CGSize) -> some View {
         let cardWidth = min(340, size.width * 0.84)
-        // 96 ≈ the carousel's own vertical breathing (+40) plus the detail line (~54); clamp so
-        // the strip + detail always fit the region the safe-area insets leave.
-        let cardHeight = min(compact ? 170 : 210, max(118, size.height - 96))
+        // 48 ≈ the carousel's own vertical breathing (+40) plus a small margin; clamp so the strip
+        // always fits the region the pinned title / hints safe-area insets leave. (The old detail
+        // line below the strip is gone — it only re-printed what the centered card already shows.)
+        let cardHeight = min(compact ? 176 : 224, max(118, size.height - 48))
         VStack(spacing: compact ? 8 : 10) {
             Spacer(minLength: 0)
             carousel(cardWidth: cardWidth, cardHeight: cardHeight)
-            detailPanel
             Spacer(minLength: 0)
         }
         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
@@ -155,9 +161,9 @@ struct GamepadHomeView: View {
             onActivate: { $0.activate() },
             onSecondary: { openLibraryForSelected() },
             onTertiary: { showSettings = true },
-            // Stop consuming the controller while another screen is presented on top — otherwise
-            // the launcher navigates behind it (invisibly on iPhone, visibly on iPad's page sheet).
-            isActive: libraryTarget == nil && !showSettings && !showAddHost
+            // Stop consuming the controller while another screen (or the wake overlay) is on top —
+            // otherwise the launcher navigates behind it (invisibly on iPhone, visibly on iPad).
+            isActive: libraryTarget == nil && !showSettings && !showAddHost && waker.waking == nil
         ) { tile in
             hostCard(tile, size: CGSize(width: cardWidth, height: cardHeight))
         }
@@ -186,49 +192,14 @@ struct GamepadHomeView: View {
             }
     }
 
-    /// The "now focused" host, spelled out below the strip — empty (not hidden) so the layout
-    /// doesn't jump as the selection changes.
-    @ViewBuilder private var detailPanel: some View {
-        let tile = tiles.first { $0.id == selection }
-        VStack(spacing: 6) {
-            Text(tile?.title ?? " ")
-                .font(.geist(22, .bold, relativeTo: .title2))
-                .foregroundStyle(.white)
-                .lineLimit(1)
-            HStack(spacing: 10) {
-                Text(tile?.subtitle ?? " ")
-                    .font(.geist(13, relativeTo: .caption))
-                    .foregroundStyle(.white.opacity(0.6))
-                if let tile, tile.showsStatus {
-                    statusPill(online: tile.isOnline, paired: tile.isPaired)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
-        .padding(.horizontal, 24)
-        .animation(.smooth(duration: 0.25), value: selection)
-    }
-
-    private func statusPill(online: Bool, paired: Bool) -> some View {
-        HStack(spacing: 6) {
-            Circle()
-                .fill(online ? Color.green : Color.white.opacity(0.35))
-                .frame(width: 6, height: 6)
-            Text(online ? "ONLINE" : "OFFLINE")
-            if paired { Text("· PAIRED") }
-        }
-        .font(.geist(11, .medium, relativeTo: .caption2))
-        .tracking(0.8)
-        .foregroundStyle(.white.opacity(0.55))
-    }
-
     // MARK: - Hint bar (pinned bottom-leading via safeAreaInset)
 
     private var hints: [GamepadHint] {
         let selected = tiles.first { $0.id == selection }
         var hints = [GamepadHint(
             glyph: buttonGlyph(\.buttonA, fallback: "a.circle"),
-            text: selected?.id == .addHost ? "Add Host" : "Connect")]
+            text: selected?.id == .addHost ? "Add Host"
+                : (selected?.canWake == true ? "Wake & Connect" : "Connect"))]
         if libraryEnabled, selected?.hasLibrary == true {
             hints.append(.init(glyph: buttonGlyph(\.buttonY, fallback: "y.circle"), text: "Library"))
         }
@@ -252,6 +223,8 @@ struct GamepadHomeView: View {
                 isConnecting: model.phase == .connecting && model.activeHost?.id == host.id,
                 filled: true,
                 hasLibrary: true,
+                canWake: PunktfunkConnection.wakeOnLANAvailable
+                    && !discovery.advertises(host) && !host.wakeMacs.isEmpty,
                 activate: { connect(host) })
         }
         let discovered = discovery.unsaved(among: store.hosts).map { d in
@@ -267,7 +240,6 @@ struct GamepadHomeView: View {
             title: "Add Host",
             subtitle: "Register a host by address",
             icon: "plus",
-            showsStatus: false,
             activate: { showAddHost = true })
         return saved + discovered + [add]
     }
@@ -291,14 +263,23 @@ private struct GamepadHostTile: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
-            HStack(alignment: .top) {
+            HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 8) {
                 monogramBadge
                 Spacer(minLength: 0)
-                if tile.isOnline {
-                    Circle()
-                        .fill(Color.green)
-                        .frame(width: 9, height: 9)
-                        .shadow(color: .green.opacity(0.7), radius: 5)
+                // The status the removed detail panel used to spell out, now on the card itself: a
+                // lock for a paired (pinned-identity) host + a green pip when it's live on the LAN.
+                HStack(spacing: 7) {
+                    if tile.isPaired {
+                        Image(systemName: "lock.fill")
+                            .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .semibold))
+                            .foregroundStyle(.white.opacity(0.5))
+                    }
+                    if tile.isOnline {
+                        Circle()
+                            .fill(Color.green)
+                            .frame(width: 9, height: 9)
+                            .shadow(color: .green.opacity(0.7), radius: 5)
+                    }
                 }
             }
             Spacer(minLength: 0)
@@ -315,11 +296,11 @@ private struct GamepadHostTile: View {
         }
         .padding(20)
         .frame(width: size.width, height: size.height, alignment: .leading)
-        .background {
-            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 26, style: .continuous)
-                .fill(.ultraThinMaterial)
-                .environment(\.colorScheme, .dark)
-        }
+        // Liquid Glass console tile — a brand wash marks a saved host as primary; discovered /
+        // Add-Host tiles stay neutral glass with a dashed edge. Glass clips to the shape itself.
+        .consoleGlass(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 26, style: .continuous),
+            tint: tile.filled ? Color.brand.opacity(0.20) : nil)
         .overlay {
             RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 26, style: .continuous)
                 .strokeBorder(
@@ -328,7 +309,6 @@ private struct GamepadHostTile: View {
                         startPoint: .top, endPoint: .bottom),
                     style: StrokeStyle(lineWidth: 1, dash: tile.filled ? [] : [6, 5]))
         }
-        .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 26, style: .continuous))
         .shadow(color: .black.opacity(0.45), radius: 20, y: 14)
     }
 
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/HomeView.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/HomeView.swift
index 4a10e3a..47b4f79 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/HomeView.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/HomeView.swift
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@ struct HomeView: View {
     let onPaired: (StoredHost, Data) -> Void
     /// Picked a title in the (experimental) library — start a session that launches it.
     let onLaunchTitle: (StoredHost, String) -> Void
+    /// Explicit Wake-on-LAN of an offline host — fires the packet and waits for it to come online
+    /// (the "Waking…" overlay), without connecting. Routed through ContentView's HostWaker.
+    let wake: (StoredHost) -> Void
     /// Experimental game-library browser (gated) — the host-card "Browse Library…" action.
     @AppStorage(DefaultsKey.libraryEnabled) private var libraryEnabled = false
+    /// The host being edited (name / address / port / Wake-on-LAN MAC) — drives the edit sheet.
+    @State private var editTarget: StoredHost?
 
     var body: some View {
         NavigationStack {
@@ -126,6 +131,13 @@ struct HomeView: View {
         .sheet(isPresented: $showAddHost) {
             AddHostSheet { store.add($0) }
         }
+        .sheet(item: $editTarget) { host in
+            // Prefill the MAC from the live advert when the host hasn't stored one yet.
+            AddHostSheet(
+                existing: host,
+                suggestedMacs: discovery.hosts.first { host.matches($0) }?.macAddresses ?? [],
+                onSave: { store.update($0) })
+        }
         #if os(iOS)
         // SettingsView owns its own NavigationSplitView (sidebar + detail) and Done button, so it
         // is presented directly — wrapping it in a NavigationStack here would nest a split view in
@@ -155,13 +167,8 @@ struct HomeView: View {
             onForget: { store.forgetIdentity(host) },
             onRemove: { store.remove(host) },
             onBrowseLibrary: onBrowseLibrary,
-            onWake: {
-                let macs = host.wakeMacs
-                let ip = host.address
-                DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated).async {
-                    PunktfunkConnection.wakeOnLAN(macs: macs, lastKnownIP: ip)
-                }
-            })
+            onWake: { wake(host) },
+            onEdit: { editTarget = host })
     }
 
     private var discoveredSection: some View {
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/HostCards.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/HostCards.swift
index 28bfd32..1ac5574 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/HostCards.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/HostCards.swift
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ struct HostCardView: View {
     /// Send a Wake-on-LAN magic packet. Shown only when the host is offline and we have a stored
     /// MAC to target (a tap-to-connect already auto-wakes; this is the explicit "just wake it").
     var onWake: (() -> Void)? = nil
+    /// Open the edit sheet (name / address / port / Wake-on-LAN MAC).
+    var onEdit: (() -> Void)? = nil
 
     var body: some View {
         let m = CardMetrics.current
@@ -136,6 +138,9 @@ struct HostCardView: View {
         #endif
         .disabled(isBusy)
         .contextMenu {
+            if let onEdit {
+                Button("Edit…", systemImage: "pencil", action: onEdit)
+            }
             Button("Pair with PIN…", action: onPair)
             Button("Test Network Speed…", action: onSpeedTest)
             if let onBrowseLibrary {
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/WakeOverlay.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/WakeOverlay.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4be79f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Home/WakeOverlay.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// The "Waking <host>…" modal shown while HostWaker brings a sleeping host back — a spinner + a
+// live elapsed counter, escalating to a retry/cancel prompt on timeout. Presented over BOTH the
+// touch and gamepad home (a wake only ever starts on macOS today, where WoL is ungated), and it
+// drives from either a pointer (the buttons) or a controller (B cancels, A retries once timed out).
+
+import PunktfunkKit
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct WakeOverlay: View {
+    @ObservedObject var waker: HostWaker
+
+    var body: some View {
+        if let w = waker.waking {
+            ZStack {
+                // Dim + swallow input to the home behind it.
+                Rectangle().fill(.black.opacity(0.6)).ignoresSafeArea()
+                    .contentShape(Rectangle())
+                    .onTapGesture {}
+                card(w)
+                    .frame(maxWidth: 380)
+                    .padding(28)
+                    .consoleGlass(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 22, style: .continuous))
+                    .overlay(
+                        RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 22, style: .continuous)
+                            .strokeBorder(.white.opacity(0.12), lineWidth: 1))
+                    .padding(40)
+            }
+            .environment(\.colorScheme, .dark)
+            .transition(.opacity)
+            #if os(iOS) || os(macOS)
+            .background { WakeControllerInput(waker: waker) }
+            #endif
+        }
+    }
+
+    @ViewBuilder private func card(_ w: HostWaker.Waking) -> some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 14) {
+            if w.timedOut {
+                Image(systemName: "moon.zzz.fill")
+                    .font(.system(size: 34)).foregroundStyle(.white.opacity(0.85))
+                Text("\(w.hostName) didn't wake")
+                    .font(.geist(19, .bold, relativeTo: .title3)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+                Text("It may still be booting, or it's powered off / off this network.")
+                    .font(.geist(13, relativeTo: .caption)).foregroundStyle(.white.opacity(0.6))
+                    .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
+                HStack(spacing: 12) {
+                    Button("Cancel") { waker.cancel() }.buttonStyle(.bordered)
+                    Button("Try Again") { waker.retry() }.glassProminentButtonStyle()
+                }
+                .padding(.top, 6)
+            } else {
+                ProgressView().controlSize(.large).tint(.white)
+                Text("Waking \(w.hostName)…")
+                    .font(.geist(19, .bold, relativeTo: .title3)).foregroundStyle(.white)
+                Text("Waiting for it to come online · \(w.seconds)s")
+                    .font(.geistFixed(13)).foregroundStyle(.white.opacity(0.6))
+                    .monospacedDigit()
+                Button(w.connectsAfter ? "Cancel" : "Stop Waiting") { waker.cancel() }
+                    .buttonStyle(.bordered)
+                    .padding(.top, 6)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#if os(iOS) || os(macOS)
+/// Controller binding for the overlay: B cancels; A retries once it has timed out. A zero-size
+/// backing view owning a `GamepadMenuInput` for the overlay's lifetime (the home carousel/list is
+/// gated inactive while a wake is up, so nothing else is consuming the pad).
+private struct WakeControllerInput: View {
+    @ObservedObject var waker: HostWaker
+    @State private var input = GamepadMenuInput(manager: .shared)
+
+    var body: some View {
+        Color.clear
+            .onAppear {
+                input.onBack = { waker.cancel() }
+                input.onConfirm = { if waker.waking?.timedOut == true { waker.retry() } }
+                input.start()
+            }
+            .onDisappear { input.stop() }
+    }
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Screenshots/ScreenshotScenes.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Screenshots/ScreenshotScenes.swift
index 3b33efa..70133fa 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Screenshots/ScreenshotScenes.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Screenshots/ScreenshotScenes.swift
@@ -18,23 +18,47 @@ struct ShotScene {
 
 @MainActor
 enum ShotScenes {
-    static let all: [ShotScene] = [
-        ShotScene(name: "01-stream", orientation: .landscape, colorScheme: .dark) {
-            AnyView(ShotStreamHero())
-        },
-        ShotScene(name: "02-hosts", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
-            AnyView(ShotHome())
-        },
-        ShotScene(name: "03-pair", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
-            AnyView(ShotPair())
-        },
-        ShotScene(name: "04-trust", orientation: .landscape, colorScheme: .dark) {
-            AnyView(ShotTrust())
-        },
-        ShotScene(name: "05-settings", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
-            AnyView(ShotSettings())
-        },
-    ]
+    static var all: [ShotScene] {
+        var scenes: [ShotScene] = [
+            ShotScene(name: "01-stream", orientation: .landscape, colorScheme: .dark) {
+                AnyView(ShotStreamHero())
+            },
+            ShotScene(name: "02-hosts", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
+                AnyView(ShotHome())
+            },
+            ShotScene(name: "03-pair", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
+                AnyView(ShotPair())
+            },
+            ShotScene(name: "04-trust", orientation: .landscape, colorScheme: .dark) {
+                AnyView(ShotTrust())
+            },
+            ShotScene(name: "05-settings", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
+                AnyView(ShotSettings())
+            },
+        ]
+        #if os(iOS) || os(macOS)
+        // The gamepad-mode console screens (no tvOS — native focus engine there). Dev-only shots
+        // for eyeballing the Liquid Glass host tiles + settings rows.
+        scenes += [
+            ShotScene(name: "06-gamepad-home", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
+                AnyView(ShotGamepadHome())
+            },
+            ShotScene(name: "07-gamepad-settings", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
+                AnyView(ShotGamepadSettings())
+            },
+            ShotScene(name: "08-gamepad-addhost", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
+                AnyView(ShotGamepadAddHost())
+            },
+            ShotScene(name: "09-waking", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
+                AnyView(ShotWaking())
+            },
+        ]
+        #endif
+        scenes.append(ShotScene(name: "10-edithost", orientation: .natural, colorScheme: .dark) {
+            AnyView(ShotEditHost())
+        })
+        return scenes
+    }
 }
 
 // MARK: - Mock data
@@ -75,7 +99,7 @@ private struct ShotHome: View {
             showAddHost: .constant(false), pairingTarget: .constant(nil),
             speedTestTarget: .constant(nil), libraryTarget: .constant(nil),
             connect: { _ in }, connectDiscovered: { _ in },
-            onPaired: { _, _ in }, onLaunchTitle: { _, _ in })
+            onPaired: { _, _ in }, onLaunchTitle: { _, _ in }, wake: { _ in })
         #else
         HomeView(
             store: store, model: model, discovery: discovery,
@@ -83,11 +107,77 @@ private struct ShotHome: View {
             speedTestTarget: .constant(nil), libraryTarget: .constant(nil),
             showSettings: .constant(false),
             connect: { _ in }, connectDiscovered: { _ in },
-            onPaired: { _, _ in }, onLaunchTitle: { _, _ in })
+            onPaired: { _, _ in }, onLaunchTitle: { _, _ in }, wake: { _ in })
         #endif
     }
 }
 
+// MARK: - Gamepad-mode console screens (dev-only glass preview)
+
+#if os(iOS) || os(macOS)
+private struct ShotGamepadHome: View {
+    @StateObject private var store = ShotMock.hostStore()
+    @StateObject private var model = SessionModel()
+    @StateObject private var discovery = HostDiscovery()
+    @StateObject private var waker = HostWaker()
+
+    var body: some View {
+        GamepadHomeView(
+            store: store, model: model, discovery: discovery,
+            libraryTarget: .constant(nil), waker: waker,
+            connect: { _ in }, connectDiscovered: { _ in })
+    }
+}
+
+private struct ShotGamepadSettings: View {
+    var body: some View { GamepadSettingsView() }
+}
+
+private struct ShotGamepadAddHost: View {
+    var body: some View { GamepadAddHostView(onAdd: { _ in }) }
+}
+
+private struct ShotWaking: View {
+    @StateObject private var store = ShotMock.hostStore()
+    @StateObject private var model = SessionModel()
+    @StateObject private var discovery = HostDiscovery()
+    @StateObject private var waker = HostWaker()
+
+    var body: some View {
+        GamepadHomeView(
+            store: store, model: model, discovery: discovery,
+            libraryTarget: .constant(nil), waker: waker,
+            connect: { _ in }, connectDiscovered: { _ in }
+        )
+        .overlay { WakeOverlay(waker: waker) }
+        .onAppear {
+            waker.debugSet(.init(
+                hostID: store.hosts.first?.id ?? UUID(),
+                hostName: "Battlestation", connectsAfter: true, seconds: 14))
+        }
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+// MARK: - Edit host (add/edit sheet with the Wake-on-LAN MAC field)
+
+private struct ShotEditHost: View {
+    var body: some View {
+        ZStack {
+            ShotHome().blur(radius: 24).overlay(Color.black.opacity(0.45))
+            AddHostSheet(
+                existing: StoredHost(
+                    name: "Battlestation", address: "192.168.1.20", port: 9777,
+                    pinnedSHA256: ShotMock.fingerprint, macAddresses: ["a4:b1:c2:d3:e4:f5"]),
+                onSave: { _ in })
+                #if os(macOS)
+                .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12))
+                .shadow(radius: 40, y: 16)
+                #endif
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // MARK: - Settings
 
 private struct ShotSettings: View {
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Session/HostWaker.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Session/HostWaker.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46c2381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Session/HostWaker.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+// Wake a sleeping host and WAIT for it to come back before proceeding.
+//
+// A magic packet is fire-and-forget, and a cold box can take 20–60 s to POST, boot, and start
+// advertising on mDNS again — far longer than a connect attempt will sit. The old path fired a
+// packet and immediately dialed, so a genuinely-asleep host just failed. This drives a visible
+// "Waking…" state instead: it (re-)sends the packet, polls the host's mDNS presence once a second,
+// and on success runs `onOnline` (the real connect for a Wake-&-Connect, or nothing for an explicit
+// wake-only); on timeout it parks in a retry/cancel state. One wake at a time.
+
+import Foundation
+import PunktfunkKit
+import SwiftUI
+
+@MainActor
+final class HostWaker: ObservableObject {
+    struct Waking: Equatable {
+        let hostID: UUID
+        let hostName: String
+        /// Whether coming online chains into a connect (Wake & Connect) vs. just stopping.
+        let connectsAfter: Bool
+        var seconds = 0
+        var timedOut = false
+    }
+
+    /// nil = idle; non-nil drives `WakeOverlay`.
+    @Published private(set) var waking: Waking?
+
+    /// How long to wait for the host to reappear before giving up. Generous — a cold boot + service
+    /// start can be a minute-plus.
+    private let timeoutSeconds = 90
+    /// Re-send the packet this often: a single one can be missed, and some NICs only wake on a fresh
+    /// packet after dropping into a deeper sleep state.
+    private let resendEverySeconds = 6
+
+    private var loop: Task<Void, Never>?
+    /// Captured so "Try Again" replays the exact same wait.
+    private var replay: (() -> Void)?
+
+    /// Wake `host` and wait for `isOnline()` to go true, then run `onOnline`. `macs`/`lastIP` target
+    /// the magic packet. No-ops straight to `onOnline` when there's nothing to wake with or the host
+    /// is already up (a race between the caller's check and here).
+    func start(
+        host: StoredHost, connectsAfter: Bool,
+        macs: [String], lastIP: String?,
+        isOnline: @escaping () -> Bool, onOnline: @escaping () -> Void
+    ) {
+        guard !macs.isEmpty, !isOnline() else {
+            cancel()
+            onOnline()
+            return
+        }
+        replay = { [weak self] in
+            self?.run(host: host, connectsAfter: connectsAfter, macs: macs, lastIP: lastIP,
+                      isOnline: isOnline, onOnline: onOnline)
+        }
+        replay?()
+    }
+
+    /// Stop waiting and dismiss the overlay (B / Cancel).
+    func cancel() {
+        loop?.cancel()
+        loop = nil
+        replay = nil
+        waking = nil
+    }
+
+    /// Restart the wait after a timeout (A / Try Again).
+    func retry() { replay?() }
+
+    private func run(
+        host: StoredHost, connectsAfter: Bool, macs: [String], lastIP: String?,
+        isOnline: @escaping () -> Bool, onOnline: @escaping () -> Void
+    ) {
+        loop?.cancel()
+        waking = Waking(hostID: host.id, hostName: host.displayName, connectsAfter: connectsAfter)
+        let timeout = timeoutSeconds
+        let resend = resendEverySeconds
+        loop = Task { [weak self] in
+            var elapsed = 0
+            while !Task.isCancelled {
+                if elapsed % resend == 0 { Self.sendPacket(macs: macs, lastIP: lastIP) }
+                if isOnline() {
+                    guard let self, !Task.isCancelled else { return }
+                    self.waking = nil
+                    self.loop = nil
+                    onOnline()
+                    return
+                }
+                if elapsed >= timeout {
+                    self?.waking?.timedOut = true
+                    self?.loop = nil
+                    return
+                }
+                try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 1_000_000_000)
+                elapsed += 1
+                self?.waking?.seconds = elapsed
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Blocking sends (see PunktfunkConnection.wakeOnLAN) — off the main thread.
+    private static func sendPacket(macs: [String], lastIP: String?) {
+        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated).async {
+            PunktfunkConnection.wakeOnLAN(macs: macs, lastKnownIP: lastIP)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #if DEBUG
+    /// Force a static waking state for the screenshot harness (no timers, no packets).
+    func debugSet(_ w: Waking) { waking = w }
+    #endif
+}
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/GamepadSettingsView.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/GamepadSettingsView.swift
index 5536d40..0eb6469 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/GamepadSettingsView.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Settings/GamepadSettingsView.swift
@@ -81,13 +81,17 @@ struct GamepadSettingsView: View {
                     .init(glyph: buttonGlyph(\.buttonB, fallback: "b.circle"), text: "Done"),
                 ])
             }
-            .padding(.leading, 22)
+            // Equal distance from the left and bottom edges for the legend pill (see GamepadHomeView).
+            .padding(.leading, compact ? 12 : 18)
             .padding(.trailing, 22)
-            .padding(.vertical, compact ? 6 : 10)
+            .padding(.bottom, compact ? 12 : 18)
+            .padding(.top, compact ? 6 : 10)
             .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
             .background { GamepadTrayScrim(edge: .bottom) }
         }
-        .background { GamepadScreenBackground() }
+        // No aurora here — the settings read as clean Liquid Glass over a quiet dark base, so the
+        // glass rows are the only material on the screen.
+        .background { GamepadFormBackground() }
         .onAppear {
             gamepads.refresh()
             gamepads.startDiscovery()
@@ -148,13 +152,14 @@ struct GamepadSettingsView: View {
             }
             .padding(.horizontal, 16)
             .padding(.vertical, 13)
-            .background {
-                RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14, style: .continuous)
-                    .fill(.white.opacity(focused ? 0.1 : 0))
-            }
+            // Every row is Liquid Glass; the focused one takes a brand wash and reacts to press.
+            .consoleGlass(
+                RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14, style: .continuous),
+                tint: focused ? Color.brand.opacity(0.30) : nil,
+                interactive: focused)
             .overlay {
                 RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14, style: .continuous)
-                    .strokeBorder(.white.opacity(focused ? 0.22 : 0), lineWidth: 1)
+                    .strokeBorder(.white.opacity(focused ? 0.28 : 0.06), lineWidth: 1)
             }
             .scaleEffect(focused ? 1.0 : 0.98)
             .animation(.smooth(duration: 0.18), value: focused)
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Stores/HostStore.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Stores/HostStore.swift
index 81778d6..0bb8e03 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Stores/HostStore.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Stores/HostStore.swift
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ final class HostStore: ObservableObject {
         hosts.removeAll { $0.id == host.id }
     }
 
+    /// Replace a saved host in place (the edit sheet) — matched by id, so identity/pin/last-connected
+    /// carried on the passed value are preserved.
+    func update(_ host: StoredHost) {
+        guard let i = hosts.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == host.id }) else { return }
+        hosts[i] = host
+    }
+
     func markConnected(_ hostID: UUID) {
         guard let i = hosts.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == hostID }) else { return }
         hosts[i].lastConnected = Date()
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Support/GlassStyle.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Support/GlassStyle.swift
index 2f3f467..d025159 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Support/GlassStyle.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Support/GlassStyle.swift
@@ -67,3 +67,41 @@ extension View {
         modifier(GlassProminentButton())
     }
 }
+
+// MARK: - Console glass (gamepad host tiles + settings rows)
+
+/// Liquid Glass tuned for the gamepad UI's dark "console" surfaces — the host-carousel tiles and
+/// the settings rows. Unlike `glassBackground` (floating-overlay only, per HIG), this deliberately
+/// clads content tiles / dense rows: a chosen part of the 10-foot console look. `tint` washes the
+/// glass toward a color (the brand violet on the focused / primary surface); `interactive` makes
+/// it flex on press. The pre-26 fallback is `.ultraThinMaterial` forced dark — these surfaces
+/// always sit on the near-black backdrop, so the material must stay dark even in a light appearance.
+private struct ConsoleGlass<S: Shape>: ViewModifier {
+    let shape: S
+    var tint: Color?
+    var interactive = false
+
+    func body(content: Content) -> some View {
+        if #available(iOS 26, macOS 26, tvOS 26, *) {
+            content.glassEffect(glass, in: shape)
+        } else {
+            content.background { shape.fill(.ultraThinMaterial).environment(\.colorScheme, .dark) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @available(iOS 26, macOS 26, tvOS 26, *)
+    private var glass: Glass {
+        var g: Glass = .regular
+        if let tint { g = g.tint(tint) }
+        if interactive { g = g.interactive() }
+        return g
+    }
+}
+
+extension View {
+    /// Liquid Glass for a dark console surface (a host tile / settings row), or `.ultraThinMaterial`
+    /// (forced dark) pre-26. Pass the surface's shape explicitly — glass defaults to a Capsule.
+    func consoleGlass<S: Shape>(_ shape: S, tint: Color? = nil, interactive: Bool = false) -> some View {
+        modifier(ConsoleGlass(shape: shape, tint: tint, interactive: interactive))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Trust/PairSheet.swift b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Trust/PairSheet.swift
index 9f46a18..4238761 100644
--- a/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Trust/PairSheet.swift
+++ b/clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Trust/PairSheet.swift
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct PairSheet: View {
                     TextField(
                         "PIN", text: $pin,
                         prompt: Text("Shown in the host's web console"))
-                        .font(.system(.title3, design: .monospaced))
+                        .font(.geistFixed(16)) // prominent, but on-brand mono (not oversized title3)
                         #if os(iOS)
                         .keyboardType(.numberPad)
                         #endif
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ struct PairSheet: View {
             }
             #if !os(tvOS)
         .formStyle(.grouped)
+        // Bring the grouped form's default system text down to the app's Geist scale so the sheet
+        // doesn't read oversized / out of place (matches AddHostSheet). The PIN field keeps its own
+        // explicit Geist Mono font.
+        .font(.geist(12, relativeTo: .callout))
+        .controlSize(.small)
         #endif
             HStack {
                 Button("Cancel", role: .cancel) {