Apple wants to abandon iOS 19: The next update for iPhone would be called … iOS 26
We laughed at Microsoft when he had jumped Windows 9 to go directly to Windows 10. A quirk that has remained famous, often attributed to dark technical reasons or a desire for symbolic rupture. Ten years later, here is that Apple seems decided to follow suit: according to Bloombergthe next version of iOS would not be called iOS 19… But iOS 26. A choice that makes you smile, of course – but which, as in Microsoft at the time, hides a real strategic logic.
WWDC 2025: Apple could reveal iOS 26 instead of iOS 19
It may seem anecdotal, but in the ultra-mastisted universe of Apple, this kind of decision is never the result of chance. If we believe the information of Bloombergthis massive digital jump would not only affect the iPhone, but also all the platforms: iPados, MacOS, Watchos and Tvos would all adopt the figure 26 During WWDC of June 9, 2025.
Why this brutal change? The logic seems inspired by the automotive or video game industries, where the version numbers often align with the release year (you remember the jump Galaxy S10 At S20 at Samsung?). Apple seems to want to standardize its software range and end the inconsistencies that saw iOS 18 rub shoulders with MacOS 15 and Watchos 12. A nightmare for readability, that this new diagram wants to correct.
But beyond the cosmetics, this change would also be an indication of a deeper renewal. Insistent rumors evoke A major visual overhaul of iOS, possibly the most important since iOS 7. New design, new architecture, and therefore new number to mark the occasion.
Of course, Apple did not confirm the information, faithful to its strategy of silence before the Keynotes. But the simple fact that this rumor takes so much magnitude emphasizes how high expectations are – and how confirmed this change, if confirmed, could mark a turning point. See you on June 9 for WWDC 25.
