With the launch of Watch OS 2.0, you can now add custom complications from native Apple Watch apps to your watch face, opening up a whole new world of instant information on your wrist. Read on as we show you how to customize your Apple Watch complications.
Why do i want to do this?
The Apple Watch had complications from the start, bits of information about Utility and Modular watch faces, as the departure time / sunset, the weather, etc., but only recently with the Watch OS update 2.0, Apple Watch is third-party compatible. Integration of the party app on the watch face.
Now, as long as the app developers have updated with support for it, you can inject any information you want into the complication system for a more personalized information experience to your liking. As long as your favorite Apple Watch app supports complications, there is truly no limit to the type of information you can park on your watch via the complication system.
What I need?
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To personalize the complications of your Apple Watch, you will need three things. First, you will need an iPhone updated to iOS 9 the superior. In second place, you will need an Apple Watch upgraded to Watch OS 2.0 the superior. In third place, you will need an application that supports the functionality / native clock complications.
If you need to update your Apple Watch, check out our guide How to update your Apple Watch to Watch OS 2.0 before continuing. If you are looking for a freshly updated app that supports the new updated complication system, you can always browse the App Store via the Apple Watch app on your iPhone or you can just grab the app we are using for this tutorial: Carrot time.
Customizing watch face complications
To personalize the complications of your Apple Watch, needs to, as we just mentioned, an app that supports complications and that app must be installed on your Apple Watch. If you don't have apps set to automatically install on Apple Watch if there's a companion watch app, you will need to open the clock app on your iPhone and navigate to My Watch -> [App Name] and check “Show application on Apple Watch”.
With that little detail taken care of, it's time to customize the watch face. Although there are technically two default Apple Watch faces that support complications, utility and modular face, we will only show the modular face, since it offers more information and a better personalization experience.
To customize the watch face, press and hold the watch face for a few seconds to activate the selection screen as seen above, on the left. Show application on Apple Watch “Modular” Show application on Apple Watch. Touch the button “Personalize”, again as seen above and to the left. Swipe left on the selection screen, that you see above and in the center, to enable the customization screen seen on the far right.
Select the complication you want to change. We select the largest central complication, as seen above on the far left. Use the digital crown to scroll through the available complications until you see the new complication you want to use. In the central image above, you can see what the updated watch face looks like with the Carrot Weather complication active (keep in mind, what's more, that because we switched to a weather-related complication, we changed the smallest existing weather complication to the lunar stage complication). If you touch the complication, will take it, just like with Apple's default complications, to the source application, seen in the image on the far right screen.
That's all about it! Armed with an app that supports hassle, you just need to install it, adjust your watch face and you can see third party complications with ease. Have an urgent question about your Apple Watch? Email us at [email protected] and we will do our best to answer it..
