How To Customize And Change Watch Faces On Your Apple Watch

One of the most iconic features of Apple Watch is functional and decorative watch faces. Choosing one to use and change the way it looks is easy, and you can do so from either the watch itself or the phone. You can always add new watch faces whenever you feel tired of the existing ones.

On Your iPhone

How To Switch To Another Watch Face

Step 1: On your iPhone, open the Watch app and you will see a list of previously installed Apple Watch faces. Find the one you want by swiping left and right. When you found it, tap on it.

Step 2: Select “Set as current Watch Face.”

Step 3: Customization will work differently on different watch faces but all of them have the same general ideas. When you have chosen the face you want, scroll down to see which features you can tweak. For each aspect, swiping across will reveal all of the options. For example, if you want to change the colors, swiping will show you all of the available shades you can choose from.

Step 4: if the icons for apps are what you want to adjust, choose the according menu item. From the list of available options, select the ones you want. When you have got everything the way you want, scroll to the bottom and select “Set as current Watch face.”

How To Install A New Watch Face

Step 1: Access the Watch app, On the top of the screen, you will see the ones you have already installed. At the bottom center of the display you will find the icon for Face Gallery.

Step 2: Now, choose the one you want and adjust it as you wish. After you have done, choose “Add.”

On Your Watch

How To Switch To Another Watch Face

To switch to another Apple Watch face, swipe and choose the one you want. However, it is a little more complex to customize it. Here is how to do so:

Step 1: To activate the customize mode, force touch the screen.

Step 2: Choose the face you want to tweak and tap on “Customize.”

Step 3: Depend on how complicated the face is, you will see different things happen.

Each face usually has two to three categories for you to change, with each getting its own screen. You can see how many screens there are by looking at the dots at the top. To go forward or go back, swipe left or right. There will be labels to help you make out what to do.

Step 4: Whenever you want to change something, tap on the areas you want and rotate the Digital Crown to see all the available options.

Step 5: On the last screen, you can find options to manage the Complications. The circles will indicate what you can change. Choose the one you want to customize and see the options by turning the crown.

When you have made all the needed alterations, press the crown, but do not linger as a long press will activate Siri.

Now you can see the Apple Watch face by lowering your wrist if you are wearing the watch; otherwise, either tap on the screen or press the crown to get back to the “Customize” screen and then to the normal mode.

How To Install A New Watch Face

Step 1: Open the “Customize” mode by force touching the screen.

Step 2: Swipe left and locate the “New” button. Once you see it, tap on it.

Step 3: To browse the available faces, either swipe or turn the crown. When you see the one you want, choose it.