How to Explore the Face Gallery on Apple Watch?

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How to Explore the Face Gallery on Apple Watch?

How to Explore the Face Gallery on Apple Watch? How to Open the Face Gallery? How to Choose features for a face? How to Add complications in the Face Gallery? How to Add a face?

Subject: Apple Watch - Sub Subject: Explore the Face Gallery
Date: 1/24/2023 Status: SOLVED
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Explore the Face Gallery on Apple Watch

The Face Gallery in the Apple Watch app is the easiest way to see all of the available watch faces. When you find one that looks interesting, you can customize it, choose complications, then add the face to your collection—all from the gallery.

How to Open the Face Gallery?

Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, then tap Face Gallery.

How to Choose features for a face?

In the Face Gallery, tap a face, then tap a feature such as color or style. As you play around with different options, the face at the top changes so you can make sure the design is just right.

Add complications in the Face Gallery

In the Face Gallery, tap a face, then tap a complication position, such as Top Left, Top Right, or Bottom.
Swipe to see which complications are available for that position, then tap the one you want.
If you decide you don’t want a complication in that position, scroll to the top of the list and tap Off.

For a complete list of available complications for each watch face.

How to Add a face?

After you customize a face in the Face Gallery, tap Add.
To switch to the new face on your Apple Watch, swipe left across the watch face until you see it.

How to Customize the watch face?

Personalize your Apple Watch face so it looks the way you want and provides the functions you need. Choose a design, adjust colors and features, then add it to your collection. Switch faces at any time to see the right timekeeping tools—or to shake things up.

The Face Gallery in the Apple Watch app is the easiest way to see all of the available watch faces, customize one, and add it to your collection. But, if your iPhone isn’t handy, you can customize the face right on your watch.

How to Choose a different watch face?

Swipe edge to edge across the watch face to see other faces in your collection.
To see all available watch faces, touch and hold the watch face, swipe to the one you want, then tap it.

Choose a different watch face

Add complications to the watch face

You can add special features—called complications—to some watch faces, so you can instantly check things like stock prices, the weather report, or information from other apps you installed.

With the watch face showing, touch and hold the display, then tap Edit.
Swipe left all the way to the end. If a face offers complications, they’re shown on the last screen.
Tap a complication to select it, then turn the Digital Crown to choose a new one— Activity or Heart Rate, for example.
When you’re finished, press the Digital Crown to save your changes, then tap the face to switch to it.

Add complications to the watch face

Some apps you get from the App Store also include complications.

Add a watch face to your collection

Create your own collection of custom faces—even variations of the same design.

With the current watch face showing, touch and hold the display.
Swipe left all the way to the end, then tap the New button (+).
Turn the Digital Crown to browse watch faces, then tap Add.

Tip: Tap a collection such as New in watchOS to browse a specific category of watch faces.

After you add it, you can customize the watch face.

Add a watch face to your collection

View your collection

You can see all your watch faces at a glance.

Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Tap My Watch, then swipe through your collection below My Faces.

To rearrange the order of your collection, tap Edit, then drag next to a watch face up or down.

Delete a face from your collection

With the current watch face showing, touch and hold the display.
Swipe to the face you don’t want, then swipe it up and tap Remove.

Or, on your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app, tap My Watch, then tap Edit in the My Faces area. Tap next to the watch faces you want to delete, then tap Remove.

You can always add the watch face again later.

Delete a face from your collection

Set the watch ahead

Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
Tap Clock.
Tap +0 min, then turn the Digital Crown to set the watch ahead by as much as 59 minutes.

This setting changes only the time shown on the watch face—it doesn’t affect alarms, times in notifications, or any other times (such as World Clock).