Apple releases a new version of macOS every year. We expect it to release macOS 16 in 2025, the next generation of the operating system that powers its desktop and laptop Macs.
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Apple hasn’t said anything public about macOS 16 yet. That makes sense: macOS 15, due out in 2024, hasn’t been announced yet at the time of writing. Still, we can get a sense of macOS 16’s release window by looking back. The last four new macOS versions were released on these dates:
Given these dates, macOS 16 is expected to be released in September or October 2025.
Before that, it will be publicly unveiled at Apple's 2025 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. Expect a public beta of macOS 16 to be available in the summer of 2025, leading up to macOS 16's release date.
