Apple is already working on next year’s versions of all its operating systems

Apple is already working on next year’s versions of all its operating systems, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says in his latest “Power On” newsletter. 

He says that the company has formally begun work on 2025’s major operating systems: iOS 19 (“Luck”), macOS 16 (“Cheer”), watchOS 12 (“Nepali) and visionOS 3 (“Discovery”). Now, this may seem early. After all, this year’s crop of software hasn’t been released to the public yet. 

However, Gurman says this is the usual schedule: The company is already developing next year’s hardware products and needs the accompanying software to start testing the devices. That said, it’s far too early to tell what the actual features will be

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