Hey, Apple! I'm waiting for this change

Thursday, May 29, 2025

I see on The Verge:

Apple is going to change how it names its next set of major operating systems, Bloomberg reports. Instead of just notching up the version number, Apple will instead mark them by year.

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.

I really enjoy of it. I can’t figure out which iPhone and OS is the latest. These numbers… Every year different. It’s getting harder and harder for me to find my way around.

That’s why I think a release number corresponding to the year of production is a good step to organize the naming.

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