Apple overhauled the naming system for all its operating systems to use a year-based unified version number. As someone who dreads deciphering model numbers, I say Apple should do the same for its ...

Instead of using system names like iOS 19 and macOS 19, the company will now use the year as part of the name. This means all its operating systems will be called iOS 26 , iPadOS 26 , macOS 26 ...

That is, the new numbering system reflects the last two digits of 2026, rather than the current year of 2025, similar to how new automobile models are introduced. Samsung and Microsoft have both ...