The Apple Watch can do much more than just tell the time, track your activity or show you notifications from your phone. With complications, can display almost any information you want or provide quick access to your favorite features. We'll show you how to make the most of them.
First, note that although you can customize the watch face and add complications directly on your watch, it's so much easier to set things up via the Watch app on your iPhone.
Choosing the right watch faces
Each watch face has a limit on how many complications it can display at the same time. Some, as Numerals Mono, they do not allow any, while the Infograph face enables up to eight. Most allow between three and five.
But not all faces are the same. Although the Infograph face can show many different complications, it's a nightmare to read at a glance. There is too much information in too many tiny circles. The face of Astronomy, on the other hand, looks awesome, but it can only show two little complications, including date.
To make the most of complications, you should go for a watch face that strikes a good balance between information, good looks and, the most important, keep it simple to read.
With that in mind, it is important to highlight try the following faces:
- Modular: Four small circulars and a large graphic or written complication.
- Modular compact: Two small circulars and a large graphic or written complication.
- Modular infographic: Four small circulars and a large graphic or written complication, plus the date.
- Meridian: Four little circular complications.
How to use multiple watch faces
It is almost impossible to create a perfect watch face that shows everything you want, so why bother? There is no rule that prohibits the use of multiple watch faces.
Switching between them is very easy: just swipe right or left on the current face to move between the ones you have set.
Despite this, For this to work, you must keep the installed faces organized. To do it, open the Watch app on your iPhone and then, on “My faces”, touches “Edit”. Use the handles to rearrange the watch faces so that they group together naturally. Touch the red minus sign (-) to delete the ones you are not using. (Bye, Mickey Mouse!)
If you don't want to deal with the hassle of sliding your finger between watch faces, you can also use the Shortcuts app to automatically switch between them throughout the day.
After, instead of being limited to a single master watch face, you can create different for different situations. As an example, I have two faces of Infograph Modular between which I switch: one is more of a reference face and the other has all the tracking of my training. I also use a pure white Numerals Duo dial when I just want my watch to show time..
Note that you can also use the same face more than once and include the same complication on different faces. You can truly set a different watch face for every situation.
Watch faces with built-in complications
The following watch faces have an additional complication built in, which is good because they make use of the entire screen:
- GMT: Show an additional time zone on the main dial.
- Count to: Has a timer that tracks the elapsed time from the main dial.
- Chronograph: It has a built-in stopwatch that can keep track in increments of 3, 6, 30 O 60 seconds. Despite this, has one of the complication slots.
- Chronograph Pro: An improved version of the chronograph dial. It also has a built-in stopwatch that can keep track in increments of 3, 6, 30 O 60 seconds. You can also use it as tachometer.
All of these were inspired by classic analog watches and are some of the most attractive alternatives available..
Look for third-party apps
Apple's built-in apps have some pretty useful complications, But your favorite apps may also have some! You don't have to limit yourself or wait for your niche tide time app to add a. If there is a specific complication or feature you want, just search the app store. Third-party developers are creating all kinds of useful complications.
As an example, Just press Record is a great audio transcription and recording app that you probably didn't even know you needed. Battery duration will show your iPhone battery extension on your watch and MiniWiki bring all Wikipedia to your wrist.
Develop your own custom complications
Apple has always limited what you can customize on your watch. Although this prevents you from creating a watch face that is so over the top, drains the battery in minutes, but it also atrophies his imagination a bit. Fortunately, There are some solutions!
the Watchmaker The application enables you to design and combine your own custom complications from a list of almost 50. You can also configure them to change throughout the day. Then, as an example, it could show the weather in the morning and sunset time in the afternoon. You cannot use complications for other applications, but for basic reference information, this gives you many options.
If you feel a little more adventurous, you can also configure the shortcuts that you create as a complication. There is no real limit to what you can do here, as long as you're prepared to put the work into setting it up (and fix problems when things go wrong).
Turn contacts into complications
Navigating the Phone & Messages app on your small watch screen can be a bit awkward, especially if all you want to do is send a quick text message. The most practical way to speed up the procedure is to determine one of the points of complication as the person with whom you contact most often. After, you can touch it to call, send an instant text message or email to that person.
Don't complicate it too much
Complications on your watch can certainly make your life a lot easier, but you don't want to take it too far either. Although the lunar stage complication looks great, Is it truly something you need to be able to verify at a glance? The more complications I have, messier and less informative your watch face will be.
Think carefully which complications will really help you. As an example, have the weather, Your to-do list and habit tracker visible every time you check the time can come in handy, but you probably don't need to see the emails or journal entries.
Try to avoid adding so many complications that the watch face becomes too confusing to read.
