
"I'm going to see just how far I can push customizability and design," he says. To avoid that, he's now focusing on enhanced complications in an effort he's dubbed Project Geneva. But you the actual watch face interactions." Smith has been fiddling with custom Apple Watch faces for awhile now, but as he acknowledged on Twitter (Opens in a new window) last year, "I make them as regular watch apps and then use a few hacks to make them persistent. "Other than the design of the watch hands or appearance of the digital time numerals, I can do a whole lot with the complication tools I already have," Smith writes in a blog post (Opens in a new window). Just ask app developer David Smith, who is trying to get around Apple's limitations by focusing on Apple Watch complications (Opens in a new window), or information pulled in from apps. Customizing Watch Faces Through Complicationsĭespite the lack of official support, distributing a more custom watch face is possible with some creativity. That doesn't help watch wearers since Apple has yet to allow watch face distribution via the App Store, and it's anyone's guess as to whether it ever will. And while you can customize them by changing colors and styles, you're ultimately stuck with a watch face created by Apple.Ĭustom third-party watch faces are technically possible (Opens in a new window), but it requires an app maker to side-load through the development software on their computers. There are currently 34 available Apple Watch faces (Opens in a new window), not counting the Nike or Hermes variants. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.



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