Rumors suggest that Apple plans to skip iOS 18 and go directly to iOS 26. The company’s idea is to align the operating system’s version number with the year following its release.
If this happens, the next iOS, expected to be released during WWDC 2025 on June 9, will not be called iOS 19, but rather iOS 26, to match the year 2026.
This version numbering has been maintained year after year since the first iOS version was launched along with the first iPhone in 2007.
Leaks also indicate that Apple’s other operating systems, such as iPadOS, WatchOS, and macOS, are expected to undergo the same change.
It is worth noting that Apple has not yet confirmed these leaks, so, as with everything from Apple, this information should be treated as a rumor until the big tech company makes an official announcement.
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