Apple WWDC 2025: macOS 26 may not support four Mac models. Is your device on the list? Check out the list here and other details.

With the next-generation version of iOS and other 2025 software updates, Apple is planning to change its numbering scheme. Rather than iOS 19,

I even had a concept headline: My only iOS 19 feature request is that Apple calls it iOS 20. Fun! I figured the solution was too silly, unlikely, and just better saved for floating next year.

That means we could soon see the debut of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26 and visionOS 26. The numbers would align with the year after each major OS release, since Apple typically rolls out the first public versions of those each fall.

The next major version of macOS, now dubbed "macOS 26," is rumored to drop support for several older Intel-based Mac models

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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.

Apple is reportedly rebranding its operating systems' names at WWDC 2025. Here's to hoping this means the software and hardware experience of everything becomes more unified, too.

iOS 7 arrived in 2013, marking the first major iOS redesign. Skeuomorphism gave way to a simpler interface with solid backgrounds and no textures. Stylized buttons were replaced by text, and beautifully designed icons were replaced by flat shapes.