Android Wear: make watch faces yourself - how it works
With the Android Wear app, you can access many watch faces during setup. To make watch faces yourself, however, you need programming knowledge or you use an alternative app such as "Watchmaker". In this practical tip, we will show you how you can make your own watchface yourself in just a few steps.
Make your own watchface: individualize Android Wear
You can either download watch faces from the Internet or create your own faces using the "WatchMaker Watch Face" app:
- First install the free version of "WatchMaker Watch Face" on your smartphone. To use the full range of functions, you also have to buy the premium version for currently 2.99 euros.
- If you have installed the app, you can search for watch faces online. Use Google or pages like "Facerepo.com". There you can choose compatible watch faces and click on "Scan" below. Then scan the barcode on the page with a barcode scanner app on your smartphone and open the link in the Watchmaker app. The watchface will then be downloaded and added automatically.
- If you want to make watch faces yourself, open the Watchmaker app on your smartphone again and click on the plus symbol at the top right. With "Design Watch" you then create a new, own watch face.
- You can add objects using the blue plus button. For example, Watchmaker offers an analog or digital clock, background images, weather data, battery status and much more. New functions are added over time. Soon, for example, you should be able to add your own "hotspots" with which links to apps can be stored on the watchface.
- Below the design elements, you should also enter metadata such as your name. You can also set a standard background color if you don't want to use an image or if you want to hide it for a short time.
- When you're done, tap the arrow in the top left corner. Another tap on "Set Watchface" transfers your own new watchface to your smartwatch.
- Tip: With the button "Customize Watch" you can always change your own watch faces later.
