Monday Apple World Developer Conference immediately confirmed the news already reported that Apple It is changing the way the company names its software updates. It is an approach that may seem familiar to anyone who is familiar with Windows 95 or a Chevy ’57. Apple is receiving its operating systems through the last two digits next year. So the current iOS 18 will be replaced by iOS 26, not iOS 19, when it arrives in the fall of 2025.
That is, the new numbering system reflects the last two digits of 2026, instead of the current year of 2025, similar to the introduction of new automobile models. Samsung and Microsoft have used both denomination systems based on the year.
The change should make it easier for users to track the operating system.
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The updates will bring the iPados names 26, Macos 26, Watchos 26, Tvos 26 and Visionos 26, aimed at bringing consistency to the Apple brand and eliminating the confusion. Prior to the change, Apple’s operating systems, including iOS 18, Watchos 12, Macos 15 and Visionos 2, used different numbers as they did not debut at once.
What about the iPhone?
The current iPhone model is iPhone 16, which came out in September 2024. The iPhone 17 line is expected to be announced in September, but there is no word that will be burst on the iPhone 26 instead of the iPhone 17.
Tahoe time?
Before WWDC, Bloomberg reported That Apple Mac Operating System is called Tahoe, as Lake Tahoe, tourist representatives of Lake California-Nevada told cnet They thought that the choice of name, if correct, is “a beautiful impulse to the destination throughout the year”. We are still waiting for confirmation of this.
