WWDC 2025 will kick off in June and has been rumoured to be a stage the place Apple may unveil iOS 19, its newest OS replace for the iPhone, together with extra firmware iterations for its units. Nonetheless, a current report signifies that iOS 19 could not arrive in any respect. Whereas the corporate will certainly preview the upcoming iOS firmware, it’s stated to be not often known as iOS 19 in any respect. The report means that Apple might be altering its naming conference (or nomenclature) technique for iOS.

Apple to Preview iOS 26 As an alternative of iOS 19

It has been recognized for a while that Apple may make some huge adjustments this yr in relation to its working programs. However whereas this was beforehand considered relevant to the core design or performance, the change could start from the nomenclature itself. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman stories that the Cupertino-based tech large may move away from an iteration-based strategy in direction of an year-based one in relation to the naming of its OS updates.

This probably means OS updates will reportedly be recognized by the yr it’s launched as a substitute of a model quantity, the journalist stated, citing nameless sources aware of the plans. Therefore, iOS 19 is predicted to be known as iOS 26, iPadOS 19 might be iPadOS 26, macOS 16 could possibly be macOS 26, and so forth and so forth. The corporate is reported to make use of the upcoming yr as a substitute of the present one whereas naming its firmware variations.

The next replacements of Apple’s updates are more likely to be previewed at WWDC 2025:

Notably, Apple’s OS updates are accompanied by completely different variations as they didn’t launch on the identical time. Thus, iOS 18 is the most recent replace for the iPhone whereas macOS 15 ships with all Mac units. In the meantime, the just lately launched Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional runs on the visionOS 2 firmware. Thus, Apple is alleged to be making this alteration to carry “consistency to its branding” and to do away with a naming strategy that could possibly be complicated to prospects and builders alike.

This modification, together with all the options, is predicted to be previewed on the WWDC 2025 keynote which takes place on June 9.