How to Customize the Watch Face on Wear OS

Feb. 23, 2021

Just likelaunchers define an Androidsmartphone, watch faces are the soul of Wear OS smartwatches. It not only gives a distinct look to your watch but also allows you to perform multiple operations from a single screen. In tandem, more than anything, you need to choose the right watch face and customize it further to get more features on the home screen. So if you want to learn how to customize the watch face on Wear OS then follow our simple tutorial below.

1. Tap and hold the current watch face (the home screen), and you will be taken to the watch face menu. You can also openSettings -> Display -> Change watch faceto find the watch face menu.

2. Here, you canswipe left and rightto explore all the watch faces available on your Wear OS watch. You can simply tap on any of the watch faces and it will become your default watch face.

3. However, if you want to get the most out of a watch face then look for a watch face that has acogwheel iconbelow. It will allow you to customize the watch face further on Wear OS. Tap on it to open the customization options.

4. As you can see, here I can tap on circular widgets andset anything I wantfrom the widgets menu. For instance, I have set a one-tap shortcut for a contact, dialer, Google Keep, and Google Assistant. You can tap on every widget and change the shortcut easily. Besides that, you can swipe left and right to find more color options.

5. For your information, you will find shortcuts for apps underGeneral -> App Shortcutin the widgets menu. As forGoogle Assistant, you need to select “Search” from the widgets menu. You can also remove a widget by tapping on “Empty”.

6. If you want to test out how does thewatch face look in ambient modethen go ahead and enable “Always-on screen” from Settings -> Display.

7. In case, you are looking formore customization optionsthen I would recommend getting thebest watch faces for Wear OSfrom our curated list. After that, you can follow similar steps as above to customize the watch faces.

Add Widgets and Shortcut to Customize the Watch Face on Wear OS

So that is how you can quickly customize the watch face on Wear OS. I would suggest you to not enable the Always-on screen if the battery life is already poor on your watch. Apart from that, if theweatherwidget is showing information from an incorrect location on Wear OS then you can follow our linked guide to fix it. Anyway, that is all from us. If you are facing any issue then comment down below and let us know. We will surely try to help you out.

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