How to Customize Apple Watch Faces Like a Pro

Jan. 29, 2021



Whilepersonalization on iPhonekickstarts with home screen widgets, customization on Apple Watch starts from watch faces. Slowly but steadily,watchOShas created a solid library of cool watch faces. From the fun-loving Memoji to hilarious mickey mouse to the attention-grabbing photos watch face, you have got a variety of watch faces to try. And with a ton of complications on offer, you can fine-tune your favorite Apple Watch face to your heart’s liking. If you are ready to get started on the right note, let me show you how to customize Apple Watch faces like a pro.

Customize Apple Watch Faces in watchOS 7 or Later: Ultimate Guide

Customize Apple Watch Faces in watchOS 7 or Later: Ultimate Guide

Customizing Apple Watch faces had never been so exciting before. Unlike before, most watch faces come with a variety of complications to let you personalize your watch face. What’s more, there many third-party apps that offer neatly-designed watch face complications. So, depending on your needs, you can choose to show weather, activity, battery life, date, and more on a watch face to keep a tab on the things that matter to you – right from your wrist.

You don’t need to look anywhere else to get started with watch face customization.

  1. Next,swipe left/rightto select the desired watch face. Then, tap onEdit.

  2. Up next,swipe left/rightto choose a preferred feature. After that, you canturn the Digital Crownto change it.

  3. Now,swipe all the way to the leftto customize Apple Watch face complications. Then, tap acomplicationto choose it. Again, turn the Digital Crown to change it.

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  1. Once you have perfectly customized the Apple Watch face,press the Digital Crownto save your changes. Then, tap onthe watch faceto set it as your current face.

You can also customize watch faces using the Watch app on your iPhone. The process is just as easy.

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  1. Now, you have a ton of tools to fine-tune your Apple Watch face. For instance, you can choose the desired color, a nice-looking symbol, and also select from the available complications. So, try out a variety of options to give a fully personalized look to your Apple Watch face. Keep in mind that the options for customizations vary based on watch faces.

  2. Once you have customized the watch face, scroll down and tap on theSet as the current Watch Face option. Voila! This newly created watch face will show up as the current watch face on your Apple Watch right away.

For a more personalized experience, I like to set a photo as an Apple Watch face. And I bet you would also love every bit of thiscustom watch face.

  1. Now, choose theCreate Watch Faceoption.

  2. Next, select which type of watch face you would like to make. You have two options to choose from:Photo Watch Face and KaleidoscopeWatch Face (it uses either a built-in photo or a selected photo to make a colorful image in one of three different styles). I’m going to choose Photo Watch Face.

  3. Now, use all the available complications to customize your Photo Apple Watch Face. Once you are done, tap onAdd. That’s it, your photo watch face will show up on your Apple Watch instantly.

Setting a photo as a watch face using Apple Watch is a breeze.

  1. Now, swipe towards the left from the right to access the option toadd “+”a new face. Then, tap on it.

  2. Next, swipe down to findPhotosoption and tap on it. From now onwards, your Apple Watch will show a different image from the photo library each time you raise your wrist.

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If you want to go even further in terms of customizing the watch faces,make custom Apple Watch complicationsto suit your style. There are quite a few third-party apps that let you create custom complications that you can set to change dynamically throughout the day. For instance, it willshow the weatherin the morning and display your activity in the evening.

Among a handful of options, I have found Watchsmith (from the creators of thepopular iOS 14 home screen widgetWidgetsmith,available for freewith in-app purchases), Watchmaker (free, offers in-app purchases) and Watch Complications Pro (free, offers in-app purchases) highly impressive.

Creating an Apple Watch complication is as straightforward asmaking a home screen widget. To offer a little sneak peek into how it works, I’m going to show you the process usingWatchsmith. Simply open the app and then select the desired complication for a specific watch face. AsInfograph Circleis my favorite, I’m going to pick it up.

Then,customize the complicationusing all the available tools and save it.

Now, when editing this particular watch face, you will get the option to add your custom complication.

There you go! So, that’s how you can personalize watch faces. Now that you know how the whole process works, make the most of it create funky looking Apple Watch faces and customize them using a ton of available tools like complications. As there are quite a few apps that offer complications, chances are pretty high that you will always have something really cool to add to your favorite watch faces.

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