How to Change Watch Face on Apple Watch Add Complications to the Watch Face Add Complications from Other Apps Change Watch Face Colors, Symbols, Dial, etc. Set Photo as Watch Face on Apple Watch Add a Watch Face to Your Collection View Your Watch Face Collection Rearrange and Delete a Watch Face From Your Collection Change Time Shown in Watch Face Automatically Change Apple Watch Faces According to Time and Location
How to Change Watch Face on Apple Watch
There are two effortless ways to choose a different watch face on your Apple Watch quickly. Now, let us see how to add helpful features to the Apple Watch face.
Add Complications to the Watch Face
According to Apple, complications are ‘special features‘ that you can add to some watch faces. Once you do that, you can see information like battery status, weather, stocks, heart rate, etc. at a glance. Complications also let you quickly trigger an action. For example, get to the Phone app quickly. Here is how to add complications to the Apple watch face.
Add Complications from Other Apps
Third-party apps downloaded from the App Store can have their complications for the Apple Watch. Here is how to enable and make use of them. Now, this third-party complication is ready to be used with compatible watch faces. Follow the above steps for this. It is the same as adding any in-built complication. Note: watchOS 7 allows you to add multiple complications from the same app to view different pieces of information at a glance. For instance, if you use the Dawn Patrol app for surfing, you can set up a watch face that shows the water temperature, swell, and wind speed predictions for a beach of your choice.
Change Watch Face Colors, Symbols, Dial, etc.
On supported watch faces, you can change the accent color, style, dial type (analog, digital), number system (Arabic, Indian, Roman, etc.), and more. Here is how.
Set Photo as Watch Face on Apple Watch
There are two easy ways. You can use saved pictures on your Apple Watch to create and set it as a watch face. Or, use the Photos app on the iPhone. Let us look at both.
Using Apple Watch
Using Photos App on iPhone
With watchOS 7, you can share watch faces too. So, if you have a beautiful watch face with photos of your kids, you can share this with your wife’s Apple Watch.
Add a Watch Face to Your Collection
Suppose you want to sport a new watch face every day (or frequently). For this, you should add them to the collection, so it becomes effortless to switch among them. Here is how to do that. Note: When you create watch faces, for example, from photos, they are automatically added to your collection.
View Your Watch Face Collection
You can view your collection from the Apple Watch or the paired iPhone. From the Apple Watch: Press firmly on a watch face, and swipe left and right.From the iPhone: Launch the Watch app and tap on My Watch. Under MY FACES, you will see your collection. Swipe horizontally. You may also tap on Edit to see them in the list view.
Delete a Watch Face From Your Collection
You can remove watch faces straight from your Apple Watch or the iPhone. Here’s how.
From the Apple Watch
From the iPhone
Change Time Shown in Watch Face
Many people, myself included, like to keep the wristwatch 5 minutes ahead. You can do so with your Apple Watch as well. Please note that thankfully, this change does not affect alarms, the time shown in notifications, world clocks, or any other time. Pretty neat! This new forward time is visible only on the watch face. The time everywhere else, like in the upper right corner of the Apple Watch Settings app or other apps, will continue to be the actual time.
Automatically Change Apple Watch Faces According to Time and Location
The tutorial is focused on Time of Day, you can easily do similar for a location as well. This is very slightly different, Just repeat steps 1 to 3 and then choose either Arrive or Leave → Choose, and enter the location. After selection tap on Done → select whether Any time or Time Range → Tap on Next → Add Action → search for Set Watch Face → Tap on Face → select the watch face → Next → Done. As and when the shortcuts created by you will run, your Apple Watch face will switch. Isn’t this hack super simple and massively handy; And the best part is that you can create as many scenarios as you want, one for home, office, movie, parties, gym, and what not…
Customize the Apple Watch Face to Match your Mood
This how you can play with different watch face settings to make the Apple Watch reflect your personality. Feel free to explore the possibilities on your own. Besides, we also have a list of best Apple Watch alternatives. In case you are planning to get a wearable for a friend or family, make sure to check our recommendation. READ NEXT:
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