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.

Apple Inc. is planning the most sweeping change yet to its operating system names, part of a software overhaul that extends to all its devices. The next Apple operating systems will be identified by ...

How to download the iOS 27 developer beta (and which iPhone models support it) ...

Apple announced a new naming scheme and design for iOS during the Worldwide Developers Conference keynote June 9. Alan Dye, Apple's vice president of Human Interface Design, called the roll out of iOS ...

Apple could make a big change to the way it numbers its operating systems, with a year-based system renaming iOS 19 as iOS 26, and macOS in the same way. Apple's numbering system is fairly ...

TL;DR: Apple will rebrand its operating systems by adopting a year-based naming scheme, such as iOS 2026 and macOS 26, starting with releases in September 2025. This change aims to reduce consumer ...

Apple will reportedly change the way it names its operating systems, per a Bloomberg report. Operating systems will now be named by year, meaning the update after the current iOS 18 will be iOS 26 ...

Apple is altering how it names its operating systems, starting with a major update to roll out in September for the iPhone. Instead of increasing the version number, Apple will name the iPhone ...

In less than two weeks, on June 9, Apple will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), in which it will showcase the next versions of the operating systems that power its myriad ...

Apple has released iOS 26.6 beta 2 and iPadOS 26.6 beta 2, focusing on fixes, security updates and a Contacts warning.

In June, Apple previewed the iPhone’s next operating system, iOS 26. Without a doubt, the headline feature of iOS 26 (yes, the iPhone’s OS has a new number system) is its complete design overhaul, ...