Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems

Apple goes to vary the way it names its subsequent set of main working techniques, Bloomberg reports. As an alternative of simply notching up the model quantity, Apple will as an alternative mark them by 12 months.

Nonetheless, the numbers will apparently align with the 12 months after the one the replace is definitely launched in, just like vehicles. That signifies that the subsequent huge iOS replace will likely be iOS 26 as an alternative of iOS 19. Bloomberg says that different upcoming title adjustments embrace iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26.

Apple plans to formally announce the change at its Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC), which kicks off on June ninth. The thought is to make Apple’s software program model numbers extra constant. Proper now, the model numbers are all over; the present naming schemes embrace issues like iOS 18, watchOS 12, and visionOS 2.

At WWDC, Apple can also be anticipated to indicate off a design overhaul of its working techniques that’s impressed by the Imaginative and prescient Professional’s visionOS. The occasion begins with a keynote on June ninth at 1PM ET.