Apple will announce iOS 26 at WWDC, not iOS 19

Apple is planning a huge shakeup to its naming scheme for software updates. Bloomberg reports that this year’s iOS update won’t be called iOS 19 after all. Instead, Apple is planning to call it “iOS 26” as part of a new year-based naming strategy. Here’s exactly what that means for all of Apple’s platforms … iOS 26 (yes, really) What this means is that at WWDC next month Apple will announce the following new software versions: iOS 26 (instead of iOS 19) macOS 26 (instead of macOS 16) iPadOS 26 (instead of iPadOS 19) watchOS 26 (instead of watchOS 12) tvOS 26 (instead of tvOS 19) visionOS 26 (instead visionOS 3) Bloomberg explains that Apple is making this change to “bring consistency to its branding and move away from an approach that can be confusing to customers and developers.” The branding alignment comes as Apple is also reportedly planning dramatic redesigns for all of its platforms. The goal seems to be to unify everything both in terms of naming and design. 9to5Mac’ ... Read full article.