Re: [RUMOUR] Apple to change OS numbering system

On 2025-05-28 22:44:05 +0000, Your Name said:

Rumouredly Apple is not going to call the next version of their operating systems iOS 19 and iPadOS 19, and instead will start referencing the year. Like some other sectors*, they will stupidly use the *next* year rather than the year it is released ... so get ready to (perhaps) expect iOS 26 and iPadsOS 26 to be announced at the Developers Conference.   :-\
 * Car makers already use the same model date of the following year.
  Magainze producers use a similar date of the following month / week.
      Apple rumored to release iOS 26 at WWDC, instead of iOS 19
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    iOS 26 could be launched at WWDC instead of iOS 19iOS 26 could
    be launched at WWDC instead of iOS 19.
     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.

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    <https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/05/28/apple-rumored-to-release-ios-26-at-wwdc-instead-of-ios-19?utm_medium=rss> 

Rather than pointlessly changing the OS numbering system, it would make slightly more sense to change the device numbering system to be the year of actual release so it was easy to know how old an iPhone, iPad, etc. are (especially since the installed OS version changes).