Apple Begins Work on iOS 19 for Next Year

Apple has already started developing iOS 19, even though the release of iOS 18 is still around two and a half months away. iOS 18 will bring new artificial intelligence features.

For now, anyone who wishes can install iOS 18 beta 2, although it is unstable and may reduce their device's battery life. Nevertheless, users will have the chance to try out the new features early.

While iPhone users eagerly await iOS 18, Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurman wrote in his weekly newsletter, Power Up, that Apple is already working on iOS 19, which is expected to be released in September 2025. According to Gurman, the internal codename for the next iPhone operating system is “Luck” (Luck), which may not be the best choice for the software that powers the company's most important product.

Other software in development for 2025 and their internal codenames include macOS 16 ("Cheer"), watchOS 12 ("Nepali") and visionOS 3 ("Discovery"). Apple is working on software that will not be released until next year because the company is developing its updated devices for next year and needs the new software to run them.

This is not an accelerated development schedule for Apple; the company is simply following its usual timetable.