One of the best things about an Apple Watch is how customizable it is. Any old watch lets you switch the band, but with an Apple Watch, even your watch face can match your mood, your outfit, or both.
While changing your watch band is a straightforward process, switching up your watch face might not seem so simple (at first). Don’t worry though — it’s child’s play once you get the hang of it.
Here’s how to change the watch face on your Apple Watch in a few easy steps.
How to change it directly on your Apple Watch
All it takes is a long press on the display.
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You can scroll to the left or right to see some of your options.
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Press your Apple Watch’s Digital Crown so that the current watch face appears. Then, long press on the display until the watch face is minimized. From there, you can swipe to the right or left and choose from your already saved watch faces.
If you don’t like any of the already saved options, you can also swipe all the way to the left until you reach the ‘New’ option. You can then scroll up and down through the additional watch faces and tap ‘Add’ when you find one you like.
If you don’t like any of your saved options, you can add new ones to your watch face library.
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When you find one you like, you can tap ‘Add.’
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Depending on the watch face, you can also edit the style, color, and complications. Once you’re done, press the Digital Crown to save and set the watch face.
You can change the color by turning your Digital Crown.
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Tap on the display to change a specific complication.
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To edit any of the existing watch faces in your library, long press on the display and tap ‘Edit’ underneath each one. Then, swipe to the left to cycle through your editing options.
How to change it using your iPhone
You can also control the face options on your watch using the Watch app on your iPhone.
Under the ‘My Watch’ tab, you’ll find all your saved watch faces. When you tap on ‘Edit’ in the right-hand corner, you get a screen where you can rearrange the sequence of the watch faces that appear on your Apple Watch. Simply long press on the hamburger button on the right, and move it wherever you’d like.
You can change the colors of the watch face.
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You can also change the complications.
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You can also tap a specific watch face to edit its color, complications, and more. Once you’re done, tap ‘Set as current Watch Face.’ This is also where you can remove a watch face from your library.
Lastly, there’s the ‘Face Gallery’ tab. Here, you’ll find a ton of different watch face options separated by categories such as “Activity,” “Gradient,” “Infograph Modular,” “Motion,” and more. As with the other watch faces, you can also edit each one to your liking by tapping on each option.
The ‘Face Gallery’ tab has tons of watch faces to choose from.
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When you pick one you like, tap ‘Add.’
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Once you’re done tweaking the design, tap ‘Add’ on the top right and it’ll automatically save to both your Watch app and your Apple Watch.
