As Apple's WWDC 2020 keynote approaches, we could see a new branding of the company's software: A leak claims that iOS will be rebranded as iPhone OS. This comes courtesy of celebrity owner Jon Prosser. This time, he simply tweeted "iPhone OS":
iPhone OS June 18, 2020 Given the proximity of the Apple WWDC 2020 event, which begins on June 22, Apple may seize the opportunity to rebrand iOS as iPhone OS, if this tweet is correct. In this case, iOS 14 would probably be iPhone OS 14. Why make the switch? Perhaps to further delineate the iPhone's operating system from iPadOS, which has added features and capabilities to distinguish itself from iOS since its release in September 2019.
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Will iPhone OS be different from iOS?
Since this leak is only two words long, we can't really understand the difference between iPhone OS and iOS, if there is one. Maybe it's just a naming convention and, to be clear, a second name change, because Apple originally changed the name from iPhone OS to iOS in June 2010. Although it's been a decade short of the iOS moniker, now that Since the operating system has been split to cover both iPhones and iPads, it would make sense to go back to making it clear which operating system supports which device. (However, this would exclude iPod Touch models.) This doesn't mean the operating systems are totally different from one another: a leak in February suggested that iOS 14 (or iPhone OS 14) could inherit iPadOS features like the app switcher.- Everything that comes with iOS 14 (or iPhone OS 14) will appear on the best iPhones