Apple Reportedly To Have Major Overhaul iOS & Big Jump To iOS 26 Instead of iOS 19

[RAMROD 117,032]

Apple may be on the verge of a big change in the way the company names its software updates -- and it's an approach that may seem familiar to anyone who's familiar with Windows 95, or a '57 Chevy. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Apple is rebranding its operating systems by using the two last digits of the upcoming year. So the current iOS 18 will be replaced by iOS 26, not iOS 19, when it arrives in the fall of 2025.
 

The Bloomberg story cites unnamed sources, who say that the additional updates will take the names iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26 and visionOS 26.  According to the sources, the hope is to bring consistency to Apple's branding and remove confusion. Bloomberg notes that current operating systems, including iOS 18, watchOS 12, macOS 15 and visionOS 2, use different numbers since they didn't debut at the same time.

It's noteworthy that the Bloomberg story made no mention of renaming iPhones. The current iPhone model is iPhone 16, which came out in February. The iPhone 17 lineup is expected to be announced in September, but there's no word on it being renamed to iPhone 26 rather than iPhone 17.

 

 

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apple-reportedly-changing-software-naming-ios-26-not-ios-19-is-next/?utm_source=reddit.com

[bpmMonkey 7,716]

48 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

Apple may be on the verge of a big change in the way the company names its software updates -- and it's an approach that may seem familiar to anyone who's familiar with Windows 95, or a '57 Chevy. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Apple is rebranding its operating systems by using the two last digits of the upcoming year. So the current iOS 18 will be replaced by iOS 26, not iOS 19, when it arrives in the fall of 2025.
 

The Bloomberg story cites unnamed sources, who say that the additional updates will take the names iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26 and visionOS 26.  According to the sources, the hope is to bring consistency to Apple's branding and remove confusion. Bloomberg notes that current operating systems, including iOS 18, watchOS 12, macOS 15 and visionOS 2, use different numbers since they didn't debut at the same time.

It's noteworthy that the Bloomberg story made no mention of renaming iPhones. The current iPhone model is iPhone 16, which came out in February. The iPhone 17 lineup is expected to be announced in September, but there's no word on it being renamed to iPhone 26 rather than iPhone 17.

 

 

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apple-reportedly-changing-software-naming-ios-26-not-ios-19-is-next/?utm_source=reddit.com

I mean, they have to justify the coming price jump somehow without directly mentioning Donald. 5-10% per iOS version - sounds reasonable 

[RAMROD 117,032]

29 minutes ago, bpmMonkey said:

I mean, they have to justify the coming price jump somehow without directly mentioning Donald. 

I doubt that will happen since the court just blocked that yesterday along with his ability to make new tarriffs stuffs 

[NemoMyName 2,194]

Not beating the allegations of (unnecessary) annual releases