In a matter of days, Apple will launch iPhone software which is strikingly different to what’s available now — even down to the naming.

Apple iPhone fans may soon feel like their parents, who had to watch their baby grow up way too fast. The latest reports suggest the tech giant won’t stick to its old naming convention. The expected iOS 19 will instead be called iOS 26 to line up with the year following now.

Apple is planning a huge shakeup to its naming scheme for software updates. Bloomberg reports that this year’s iOS