When it comes to smartwatches, most of them have pre-installed watch faces but the ability to add third-party watch faces still remains one of the biggest strengths of the platform. Developers can develop a number of designs providing users with a wide variety of choices and Android Wear OS being an open-source platform developers have the full freedom to build any type of watch face.
Between choosing the right watch face you should stick to the important aspects. If you want all stats displayed then you would look for an option with plenty of information that can be shown with widgets on the watch face. If you want your smartwatch to feel more like a normal-looking traditional watch then you can pick a classic aesthetic like an analogue clock that also provides a techy vibe.
7 Best Wear OS Watch Face Apps
There are a lot of apps available on the Google Play Store that provide a variety of watch faces for the Wear OS platform. But if you want highly customizable templates and watch faces you may need to pay a premium price for them. Here are some of the options available:
1. Facer
Facer is among one of the most popular apps for your smartwatch to include custom and branded watch faces. There are thousands of premade watch faces available on this platform that you can use for your Wear OS powered smartwatch.
You can browse from a selection of over 15,000 watch faces and choose and add a bunch of them to your library. The app includes watch faces that are designed to look similar to some of the top watchmaker brands as well as popular tv shows and movies. The app is available for free to download with some of the watch faces available for free as well. While most watch faces are free, some belong to the premium collection and you will need to make in-app purchases to get access to a huge library of premium watch faces. There is also a DIY mod available on its web platform through which you can edit any watch face or even create a watch face of your own.
You can download the app from here.
2. Pixel Minimal Watch Face
Among hundreds of apps offering a variety of watch faces, Pixel Minimal Watch Faces stand out from the crowd. The name suggests the watch face is minimal and has quite a resemblance with Google’s cool material design on Wear OS. Through the watch face, you can also add your own widget but it is a premium feature and you have to pay for it. Apart from that everything else is available for free in the app. The most popular feature is its specially designed watch face for always-on display which provides a quiet aesthetic look and also saves your battery life. Also, the watch face is open source and does not collect any of your data.
You can download the app from here.
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3. Mr. Time
Mr Time is another delightfully easy editing platform that has over 150 templates from which you can handpick a watch face background. It also provides you with the ability to add widgets, customize colours, and more. You can design your own watch face from scratch or select watch faces made by other users. You can also include animated illustrations and GIFs apart from static photos or colourful designs. For an additional $2.99 (Rs. 220) a month you can become a subscriber and have access to all of the apps premium design watch faces, receive weekly VIP-only watch faces, and experience the app without any ads.
You can download the app from here.
4. Open Watch Face
Open Watch Face is for people who like customization and want to make their own watch face. It comes with a nice flat design and includes a couple of widgets that you can play around with which provides useful information. For instance, you can add weather, calendar, battery percentage and much more that you can add to your watch face.
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You also get access to 16 premade watch faces that you can apply without any customization. The app also comes with two different ambient modes which are great. Apart from the customizable, there are many features that are locked under in-app purchases. So if you want to use all of the features and customization options you might have to pay for premium features.
You can download the app from here.
6. Google Fit
You may be familiar with Google Fit as a health tracking app but it also includes a lot of features that you may not know about. Google fit offers personalized tiles, watch faces, and other health tracking features for your Wear OS smartwatch. If you are a fan of Apple Watch’s health rings then Google Fit’s watch face is for you. You can install the Google Fit app on your watch and get the health updates on your Android Wear to watch as well.
Once you enable the watch face you can also add widgets on the watch face by tapping on the cogwheel icon. The watch face is a great option if you want your fitness metrics readily available on your smartwatch whenever you want to access them.
You can download the app from here.
7. LED Watch 3000
This is somewhat of a watch face that is not made for everyone. It is specifically to make you remember the nostalgic days of waking up with an LED alarm clock. It offers a few customization options like you can change the colour of the fonts and with that, the background also changes. It also offers three crop styles LCD, LED and vintage LED and each of these old-school watch face looks won’t drain much of your battery life.
You can download the app from here.
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