Apple brings back the clownfish for iOS 16 beta 3

Screenshot: Umar Shakir / The Verge via Wayback Machine

The clownfish wallpaper from Apple's notorious 2007 presentation is finally making its way to the devices for some developers. Jack Roberts shared a screen capture of the Clownfish option under the Collections section in the newest version of Apple's mobile operating system. Mark Gurman, a reporter for Mark Gurman, was the one to retweet the message.

A photo of a baby and adult clownfish living in a green anemone is the first image ever presented during Steve Jobs' reveal of the original iPhone and its glorious-at-the-time 3.5-inch display, but oddly, Apple never shipped it as a built-in wallpaper The full version of the image can be found under the Nature folder in the desktop and screen saver.

Some users appear to be seeing a new Clownfish wallpaper in iOS 16 beta 3. This is the wallpaper Steve Jobs used when the original iPhone was announced in 2007 — but it never actually ever shipped with any iPhone. Here we are 15 years later. https://t.co/OLTvb1KVJG

— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) July 6, 2022

There is no word if the clownfish wallpaper will make its way to the upcoming public release of the iOS 16 beta, and those with access to the developer version aren't guaranteed to get it either. It is definitely something to look forward to now that it has been enhanced from the original. The actorVMU demonstrated that it has a parallax animation as well.

If you want a copy of the macOS version of the clownfish wallpaper, you can get it here.