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Monday apple The developer conference around the world Immediately confirmed the news reported already apple It changes the way the company calls its software updates. It is a method that may seem familiar to anyone familiar with Windows 95 or ’57 Chevy. Apple renames its operating systems using the last two numbers next year. So the current iOS 18 will be replaced by iOS 26, not iOS 19, when it reaches the fall of 2025.
That is, the new numbering system reflects the last two numbers from 2026, instead of this year for the year 2025, similar to how to introduce new car models. Samsung and Microsoft used general label systems.
The change should make it easy for users to track the operating system is the most modern.
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The name advertisement is just one of Many changes It is expected to be announced at the WWDC event, which is now taking place. here How to adjustAnd Here is what CNET employees hope to see In the next Apple operating system.
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Updates will take the names of iPados 26, MacOS 26, Watchos 26, TVOS 26 and Visionos 26, which aims to achieve consistency to the Apple brand and remove confusion. Before the change, Apple operating systems including iOS 18, Watchos 12, MacOS 15 and VisionOS 2 used different numbers because they did not appear for the first time at the same time.
What about iPhone?
The current iPhone is the iPhone 16, which was released in September 2024. The iPhone 17 in September is expected, but there is no word in rename it to iPhone 26 instead of iPhone 17.
Tahoe time?
Before wwdc, I mentioned Bloomberg The following operating system for Apple Mac Tahoe is called, as in Lake Tahoe, Tourism delegates in Lake California Nevada CNET said They thought that choosing the name, if true, is “a beautiful batch of our destination throughout the year.” We are still waiting for confirmation.