>However, the numbers will apparently align with the year after the one the update is actually released in, similar to cars. That means that the next big iOS update will be iOS 26 instead of iOS 19. Bloomberg says that other upcoming name changes include iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26.
That's confusing.
The year of release makes perfect sense.
If the article is true, this seems like one of those great ideas that somehow gets screwed up in a bizarrely simple way.
>However, the numbers will apparently align with the year after the one the update is actually released in, similar to cars. That means that the next big iOS update will be iOS 26 instead of iOS 19. Bloomberg says that other upcoming name changes include iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26.
That's confusing.
The year of release makes perfect sense.
If the article is true, this seems like one of those great ideas that somehow gets screwed up in a bizarrely simple way.