How to Add New Watch Faces
Apple offers a wide variety of watch faces that you can easily install on your watch either from the watch itself or from your iPhone.
Install Watch Faces Using Apple Watch
Install Watch Faces From iPhone
To view the entire collection of watch faces, you should use the Apple Watch app.
How to View and Switch Between Available Watch Faces
Once you add or install a new watch face, you can easily view and switch between the available watch faces in three ways.
Cycle Through Watch Faces
This method is the easiest and fastest way to switch between the installed clock faces. Simply swipe right or swipe left to cycle through the watch faces. Stop on the watch face that you want to use.
Edit Watch Face
Touch and hold the current watch face until the “Edit” button appears at the bottom. Now, swipe right or left to see the installed watch faces. Tap on the watch face that you want to set as the default face for your Apple Watch.
Change Watch Face From iPhone
How to Reorder Watch Faces
The watch faces show up in the order in which they were installed. If you want to switch between two faces quickly, you can keep them side by side by reordering the watch faces.
Reorder Watch Faces Using Apple Watch
Reorder Watch Faces From iPhone
How to Delete Watch Faces
Like most other functions covered here, deleting watch faces can be done from your Apple Watch as well as your iPhone.
Remove Watch Faces Using Apple Watch
Remove Watch Faces Using iPhone
- Tap on “Done” to save the changes. Alternatively, you may tap on the watch face under the “My Faces” section and press the “Remove watch face” button on the next screen.
How to Customize Watch Faces
You can customize the clock face either when you install a new one or anytime later. We have already shown how to access the customization screen while installing a watch face. Let’s check how to customize a watch face after installing it. Alternatively, open the Apple Watch app and tap on the watch face that you want to edit under the “My Faces” section. Then, customize it on the next screen.
How to Use a Photo as the Apple Watch Background
There are multiple ways to set a photo as the watch face on your Apple Watch. You can either set a single photo or select multiple photos. To switch between multiple photos, either raise your wrist or tap on the watch face repeatedly.
Using Photos or Portraits Watch Face
Album: tap on Albums to select an album containing the pictures in the Apple Photos app.Favorites: use this to select the Favorites folder.Photos: tap on Photos and choose up to 24 photos that should show up on your watch.Dynamic: select this mode to show photos from recent memories.
Similarly, on the Portraits watch face customization screen, tap on “Choose Photos” to select up to 24 portrait photos.
From the Photos App on iPhone
How to Share Watch Face
You can share watch faces from the Apple Watch itself or from iPhone.
Share Installed Clock Face From Apple Watch
Share Clock Face From iPhone
How to Announce the Time From Watch Face
One interesting feature of the Apple Watch is that it can announce the time for you. To use this feature, you must activate it first.
How to Always Show Time on Apple Watch
Generally, your Apple Watch display turns off automatically after a few seconds and you have to raise your wrist or tap the screen to view the time. You may, however, enable the always-on display that shows the time anytime just like traditional watches.
How to Change the Time Shown on Watch Face
Apple Watch lets you show a different time on the watch face than the actual time. That is, you can set the time ahead on the watch face. Please keep in mind that the new time will only show on the watch face. Your alarms, notifications, world clock, etc., won’t be affected by the time change. They will continue to work according to the actual time.
How to Change Watch Face Automatically
You can automate watch faces and make them change automatically at a certain time or at a particular place using Shortcuts on your Apple Watch.
How to Interact With Watch Faces
Many watch faces, like Astronomy, allow you to interact with them. Tap on the watch face once to enter the interaction mode. Then, swipe left or right to interact with the watch face. You can also use the Digital Crown to interact with the clock face.
More Customizations
If you want to enhance the look and feel of your Apple Watch further, use third-party to customize watch faces. All screenshots by Mehvish Mushtaq.
