Google is collaborating with Paper Magazine to crowdsource the next batch of Android
Wear watch face designs and will be accepting submissions for the potential winners over the next few weeks.
Not exact matches
Huawei's offering and first Android
Wear smartwatch brings with it an elegant and luxurious looking
design that makes it stand out from other offerings, and this includes the coveted round
watch face which at one point could only be found with Motorola's original Moto 360 that launched last year.
Motorola released a new Moto 360 video on YouTube, detailing the
watch's unique cylindrical
designed face rather than the square fascia of its rivals in the Android
Wear camp.
It lacks the elegance of other smartwatches, like the fluid
design of the Apple
Watch, or the traditional round
faces of Samsung
watches and Android
Wear models.
We think the
design is unique and refreshing — especially after testing several more traditional timepieces from the likes of Skagen, Fossil, Michele — but its thick case and large
watch face feels too bulky to
wear on a daily basis.
It's a sleek and sturdy wearable with a minimal
design, featuring a round, 42 mm OLED
watch face and Snapdragon
Wear 2100 chip.
That said, people like the square
design of the Apple
Watch as well as some of the square -
faced Android
Wear alternatives, so maybe the Fitbit Blaze 2 will stick with a similar shape after all.
Watch faces in general seem to be a bit of a mess too - Android
Wear 1.x
faces won't automatically work on Android
Wear 2.0 without a developer patch, and
designs that have been updated don't necessarily work on all 2.0 - compatible
watches.
For its part, Motorola
designed a few new
watch faces that get around some of Android
Wear's deficiencies.
It offers 20 preset
faces that you can choose from to create a completely custom
design that takes advantage of Android
Wear watches» OLED panels.
Google also plans to add a streamlined way for third - party developers to
design their own Android
Wear watch faces that users will be able to swap in and out on a whim.
Android
Wear is better
designed for a rectangular
watch face, and doesn't suffer from the slight annoyances found on a round device.
Timr is one of the first
watch faces ready for Android
Wear 2.0 and its Material
Design look.
The API - based
watch face complication setup on Android
Wear 2.0 lets any
watch face developer make great - looking dials that also integrate with any app on your
watch designed for complications, and notifications are perfectly linked with your phone for a seamless experience.
Either way, this is an app that allows artists to create their own
watch face designs as well as choose from hundreds upon thousands of other
designs out there, something that a lot of people will find a big help when looking for
watch faces for their new Android
Wear device.
The LG
Watch Style and LG Watch Sport feature what's become the norm in Android Wear watch design: round faces, metal chassis and lots of feat
Watch Style and LG
Watch Sport feature what's become the norm in Android Wear watch design: round faces, metal chassis and lots of feat
Watch Sport feature what's become the norm in Android
Wear watch design: round faces, metal chassis and lots of feat
watch design: round
faces, metal chassis and lots of features.
This cheaper - than - expected price can be found within the official rules of a Motorola contest that asks anxious Android
Wear fans to
design a Moto 360
watch face.
Android
Wear version 2.0 refreshes the whole notification interface with a Material
Design overhaul, and includes new features for
watch faces and text input.
Unlike other Android
Wear watches, the TAG Heuer Connected comes with a set of digital
watch faces,
designed with classic TAG Heuer dials.
Android
Wear 2.0 introduces a number of highly anticipated features, including numerous changes to the user interface, such as a new app launcher, a new notification
design, as well as a new
watch face picker.
You can change your
watch face within the Android
Wear app, but we particularly like the specifically
designed Misfit
face.
LG had already played its Android
Wear hand with the G
Watch at Google I / O, and while the square -
faced smartwatch was functional it was hardly a stand - out
design aesthetically.
There is one main page to the app where you can choose different
watch faces and download more but with no Google Play access, you are limited to the Android
Wear designs plus 15 extra.
As with other Android
Wear watches on the market, you can download apps from the Google Play Store and swap digital dial
designs, color combinations, and
watch faces.
Android
Wear is not
designed for camera interaction, and charging pins are generally — or have been so far — required to remain on the
watch face's back.
Liqui is a really good - looking and simple
watch face for Android
Wear ad while there's no 12 - hour mode, and it's not all that fully - featured, it's not
designed to be.