The Google Pixel Watch 2 is loaded withexcellent features. After customizing yours with awatchbandyou love, select a face that fits your personality. Your watch comes with lots of faces, and there are more that you can buy or install for free. With all those choices, finding a watch face you like and making it yours presents a challenge. This guide helps you through that challenge.
How to use your phone to choose a face that came with your watch
You can change watch faces using your phone or your watch. It’s easier to use your phone because you can see what you have. Before changing your watch face, find out which faces you have. Most faces that come with your watch aren’t actually installed on it.
Here’s how to take inventory and install new faces using your phone:
How to use your watch to choose a face that came with your watch
It’s easy to change watch faces with your phone. You can also change faces using your watch.
How to add watch faces on Wear OS
Adding a new watch face on Wear OS is a straightforward process. Here’s how
Shopping for watch faces
Your Pixel Watch 2 comes with several faces. If you don’t like any of them, shop for something that’s more your style. Have you always wanted a Rolex but couldn’t afford one? Now you can afford a Rolex watch face. Want to see your pet’s mug on your watch? You can make that happen.
When watch shopping, it’s easy to tell which watch faces cost money upfront. What’s easy to miss is that many “free” watch faces are free trials that expire quickly or are limited versions of the watch face that don’t display all the information you want to see on your watch unless you pay a one-time fee or monthly subscription.
How to shop for watch faces on your phone
Some watch faces require installing a companion app on your phone to use the watch face. You’ll get a message about that when you use the face. Go to the Play Store to install the companion app on your phone.
How to shop for watch faces on your computer
How to use a third-party app like Facer
You may not be thrilled with the faces that come with the Pixel Watch 2. When you use Facer, you’ll find a large selection of faces. Facer partnered with brands from Star Trek to Barbie to Frida Kahlo. Like the Play Store faces, some are free and some cost money. You can also create your own watch face with Facer. Here’s what you’ll do:
Save favorite faces or creators to your Facer account so that you may easily find faces you like and send them to your phone.
How to edit your watch face
Many Play Store watch faces allow you to customize things like the colors and backgrounds in the face. They also show information like the weather, your recent pulse rate, your next appointment, and more. Those data fields are known as “complications.” You can typically customize the information that your watch face displays. To customize your watch face, do this:
If you’re customizing a Facer watch face, you’ll do the same thing, only using the Facer app or website.
You’re ready to make your watch uniquely you
You’re unique. There’s no one else like you. You’re now ready to go out and make your watch uniquely yours. Happy shopping and customizing!
