There are others available in the Android Wear companion app on your smartphone, of course, and also plenty more available from the Google Play Store, so there's no shortage
of watchfaces compatible with the Grayson.
Louis Vuitton even provides a way to see your flight itinerary in
some of its watchfaces, because its brand is closely associated with traveling the world (in first class, of course).
Each Android Wear smartwatch ships with a selection
of watchfaces out of the box, and you can access these directly from the watch by pressing and holding on the screen until you feel it vibrate, and scrolling horizontally to find a design you like.
The four - day battery life of the Versa, and its solid list of features — heart rate monitoring, 50 meter water resistance, on - board music storage, compatibility with hundreds
of watchfaces and apps — make it sound like the best all - around Fitbit to date.
Now, four
of these watchfaces have been made available for the older Gear S2 and Gear S3 smartwatches, with the list of new dials consisting of Analog Utility, Color Pie, Dual Dial, and Intrepid.
The variety of options is incredible, and really encourages users to install a bunch
of watchfaces and try them individually to see what is available when a little imagination is applied.
You can adjust the dials, widgets, and color scheme on most
of the watchfaces, though the majority of them feel like they would've been better suited to the styling of the original Huawei Watch.
While most
of the watchfaces included in this new Moto 360 have been carried over from the original, many of which have gained customizeable components since their original launch on the first Moto 360, Motorola released this watch with two interactive faces called Dials and Dials II.
One
of the watchfaces I installed eventually prompted me to pay for it, which would have been nice information to have before I downloaded it.
It rocks a stainless steel case in three distinct colors, multiple leather and silicone strap options, and an abundance
of watchface choices.
The model I chose is okay, but it's not great at showing you the date; you have to push a button and the minute hand points to a tiny little number around the edge
of the watchface that's almost too small for human eyes.
When it comes to Android Wear, one of the best things about the platform is the ability to switch out and customize the look
of the watchface display so you can make the watch a little more unique.
Left
of the watchface has a peek of your notifications — you tap on any one for more details and actions.
From the Android Wear app you can make a lot
of watchface changes, but you can also set specific apps for voice commands and control how notifications come to your watch.
Users have the option of slipping their SIM card into the back
of the watchface or tethering it to their own smartphone.
With WearFaces, you can for the most part build your watch face creations from the ground up by picking out specific details
of the watchface like the hour and minute hands, and the face background itself, as well as the faces design while it dims, and whether or not to include a hand for the seconds.
You can change the colour and design of the hands, the indexes, backplate, and pretty much every element
of the watchface.
Not exact matches
This native application allows users to get all
of their hub accounts right on their wrist all by downloading and installing the three
watchfaces.
«A number
of big - name brands have already used Wear on their timepieces, and some developers even let you create your own custom Android Wear
watchface.
It includes new features for
watchfaces, such as complications updating based on time
of day or location, and a new Siri - based
watchface.
But getting to the music controls from the
watchface involves a number
of button pushes; I found it faster to just pull out my phone and rarely used the feature.
Many
of these data fields can be integrated into your favorite
watchface, too.
Where Motorola has separated themselves is by getting the jump on interactive
watchfaces, a clever charging UI, and a handful
of Moto - made apps.
For the most part, however, it's similar to what you see with a lot
of third - party interactive
watchfaces, which is great.
Only thousands
of ugly watch faces created by gear
watchface editor and none apps.
Google just recently announced a new update would be coming to Android Wear devices with some nifty new features like Translate ability with support for up to 44 languages, and
of course the inclusion
of the big feature, interactive
watchfaces that allow you to interact with apps and such right from the face itself without having to open the apps.
If you're using an interactive
watchface, you can control where the watch gets information from and what kind
of animations your watch should have from the phone.
Additionally, it got a new home in the form
of the HomePod (mentioned above) and is becoming a
watchface for the Apple Watch with watchOS 4.
As you may have guessed, this app lets you install many different
watchfaces on your Android Wear powered smartwatch, and now Pear is one
of them.
Below are some
of my favorite included
watchfaces:
This grants you access to over 50 exclusive
watchfaces, most
of which aren't very attractive, but many
of them do fit the aesthetic nicely — some even reinforce the «steampunk» vibe by displaying moving cogs (albeit at a slow framerate).
Smartwatch makers have tried all sorts
of things to attract a wider crowd — premium and luxurious designs, over-the-top feature sets, mimicking old timepieces, going full - techie, implementing e-paper displays, round
watchfaces, shortcuts, gestures, sensors....
Granted, the former would take far longer than two weeks to manifest itself, but the always - on mode
of the stock
watchfaces hasn't really made the device's battery life too bad for my use case.
Of course, you can also pick your favorite watchface from the Play Store and make one through facer, but I do think ASUS did a good job with the bundled options as they make good use of the screen in conjunction with the watch's design languag
Of course, you can also pick your favorite
watchface from the Play Store and make one through facer, but I do think ASUS did a good job with the bundled options as they make good use
of the screen in conjunction with the watch's design languag
of the screen in conjunction with the watch's design language.
There are over 50
watchfaces after downloading the companion app, most
of them with classic watch designs featuring brown, dark grey and gold accents to compliment the watch's physical aesthetic, and then there are some more abstract
watchfaces similar to Moto's rotational
watchface as well.
I haven't used many
of the ZenWatch manager's features, but I did like the
watchface customization screen to configure my information widgets (fitness metrics, battery stats, etc).
The display experience has been above the average for two reasons, in my opinion: first, it is a fully circular AMOLED display with an ambient light sensor (no flat tire like we saw on multiple other watches), and second, because ASUS» included
watchfaces make good use
of the rich display by not «gimping» the ambient mode.
It can still only hold eight
watchfaces or apps at a time, needs you to connect it (via Bluetooth) to an iPhone or Android device, and forces you to use a phone app to do most
of the heavy lifting.
Both get most
of their design flair from their
watchfaces: there a few available on both devices, and several more individual to each.
Samsung has launched a number
of new
watchfaces, all
of which debuted on the fitness - orientated Gear Sport back in September, for the Gear S...
It has videos
of the same showing on your
watchface too.
A total
of four new
watchfaces are now -LSB-...]
This also goes for third - party
watchfaces that are available for download from the Google Play Store — Google told The Verge that it has selected a number
of third party
watchfaces for iOS users to choose from in addition to Google's default
watchfaces.
Samsung Gear S2 and Gear S3 owners are in for a bit
of a treat as these two smartwatches can now be customized with the help
of several new
watchfaces, all
of which have been originally introduced along with the Samsung Gear Sport a few months back.
Since it has Sport in its name, a lot
of the Gear Sport's
watchfaces and features are designed for fitness tracking.
Users can expect some quality -
of - life improvements with this update, adding the ability to see more on your
watchface, and cutting down on some accidental screen - presses and swipes that you might have experienced.
A total
of four new
watchfaces are now available for the Gear S2 and S3; however, those who will want to acquire them will have to download them manually from the Galaxy Apps Store or the Gear Manager application.
A button on the side
of the watch will always take you back one step from before, while another brings you back to your
watchface.
The Cupertino giant is in development to launch the Watch smartwatch in early 2015 but
of course, you can get the same interface right on your Android Wear using Pear
watchface.
A huge part
of its charm is its round
watchface, which makes it wonderful in a world
of plasticky and square devices.