Change Garmin Watch Face: Effortlessly Customize the Appearance of Your Technologically Advanced Sports Watch with This Practical Guide
Customising Your Garmin Sports Watch: A Step-by-Step Guide
Garmin sports watches are renowned for their high-tech features, including super-accurate GPS and health trackers. But they also offer a range of customisation options to help you personalise your watch and make it truly your own. Here's a guide on how to customise your Garmin watch face.
Personalising a Pre-existing Watch Face
If you're happy with the watch face design but want to make some changes, follow these steps:
- Go to Settings on your watch.
- Select Watch Face.
- Swipe up and down to choose your watch face.
- If you want a minimal watch face, select Add New.
- Once you've chosen a watch face, scroll through the available customisation options.
- Select Apply to save your new watch face.
Using the Face It App
For a more personal touch, you can use the Garmin Connect IQ app to create a unique watch face using your own photos or preset backgrounds. Here's how:
- Open the Connect IQ app on your mobile device.
- Select Face It from the bottom menu.
- Select Add.
- Choose either Photos (from your camera roll), Camera (to take a photo), or Preset Backgrounds.
- Select Allow Access.
- Choose your photo or take a new one, or choose a pre-installed option.
- Choose display options.
- Select Done or Save.
- Select Install to add the watch face to your Garmin device.
Exploring the Connect IQ Store
The Connect IQ store offers additional apps, functions, and thousands of unique watch faces for Garmin watches. Here's how to access it:
- Open the Connect IQ Store app on your mobile device.
- Select My Device.
- Then My Watch Faces.
In the store, you can scroll through the options, select settings, and adjust the available options to customise your watch face. Some watch faces, such as Segment34 from the Connect IQ store, offer advanced customisation options, including adjusting colours, number styles, and which stats appear throughout the display.
Choosing a New Watch Face
There are three ways to change a Garmin watch face: personalising a pre-existing watch face, downloading a new watch face from the Connect IQ store, or creating a unique watch face with the Face It app using personal photos.
Garmin, a leading brand in the sports watch market, sells over 10 million devices annually. Their watches come with an eye-catching variety of pre-existing watch faces that can be customised to suit individual preferences. For specific models like the Garmin Fenix 8, watch face colours can be changed quickly directly on the watch, enhancing visual customisation.
In summary, customisation involves either using the Garmin Connect IQ app's Face It feature to create custom watch faces from photos or using the watch menu to select, add, and personalise watch face templates including colours and data shown. With these options, you can make your Garmin watch truly your own.
Smart-home devices can be integrated with the Garmin Connect IQ app to further personalize your sports watch. For example, you could receive notifications about your home's temperature or security status directly on your watch.
After customizing your Garmin watch face, consider expanding the technology experience by incorporating smart gadgets that complement your lifestyle and fitness goals.
