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It looks like Apple really will be jumping to iOS 26 this year.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman was first to report that Apple was planning to start tying the version numbers of its software platforms to release years. For example, Gurman expects Apple to announce iOS 26 at WWDC next month, instead of iOS 19.
The rumor has since been corroborated by AppleInsider's Marko Zivkovic.
"I can independently confirm that Apple's '26' version branding is real," he said, in a post shared on X on Wednesday.
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