[Q] Watch faces - How many

[jimi_pooh]

For those lucky enough to have their watch. How many watch faces are there pre loaded?

 

[ShadowsDemise]

There are 18 watch faces pre loaded on the watch.

 

[arabcamel]

Watch Faces

although, will there be many more like i've seen on XDA for the MOTO360?

 

[jimi_pooh]

Ok got my ZW yesterday. I have to say, I love the build and the design...what's disappointing is that I can't use any of the third party apps to build a watch face. I've tried two diff apps and nothing will push the design to the watch. It appears that the ZW manager is preventing any third party designs to come thru. IF THIS IS TRUE, and Asus doesn't open up the design api this would be a deal breaker for me. I know this is a small thing, but its to restrictive considering that ALL of the other AW watches support third party apps. UGH!

 

[Nickyro23]

Ok got my ZW yesterday. I have to say, I love the build and the design...what's disappointing is that I can't use any of the third party apps to build a watch face. I've tried two diff apps and nothing will push the design to the watch. It appears that the ZW manager is preventing any third party designs to come thru. IF THIS IS TRUE, and Asus doesn't open up the design api this would be a deal breaker for me. I know this is a small thing, but its to restrictive considering that ALL of the other AW watches support third party apps. UGH!

I used Facer just fine... maybe something is wrong with your connection between your watch and phone?

 

[jimi_pooh]

I used Facer just fine... maybe something is wrong with your connection between your watch and phone?

Thanks, that was the one I hadn't tried yet and was going to next. Do the faces show up in the ZW manager?

 

[Nickyro23]

Thanks, that was the one I hadn't tried yet and was going to next. Do the faces show up in the ZW manager?

No, only use the facer app... facerepo.com has a bunch of user made faces that are decent. Some aren't designed for the ZW though, so they won't look right. Trial and error. When downloading, download directly to the facer app. Should pop up giving you that option when you press download. What were the apps you were using that didn't work?

 

[jimi_pooh]

No, only use the facer app... facerepo.com has a bunch of user made faces that are decent. Some aren't designed for the ZW though, so they won't look right. Trial and error. When downloading, download directly to the facer app. Should pop up giving you that option when you press download. What were the apps you were using that didn't work?

I tried WatchMaker and AndroidWearWatch

 

[Nickyro23]

I tried WatchMaker and AndroidWearWatch

Cool thanks

 

[dgjenkins]

"Luxury Watch Faces", "Wear Face Collection" and "Intellicom Watchfaces" have all worked for me.

 

[Nickyro23]

"Luxury Watch Faces", "Wear Face Collection" and "Intellicom Watchfaces" have all worked for me.

How are they as far as affecting battery life on the watch?

 

[dgjenkins]

How are they as far as affecting battery life on the watch?

I've only had the watch for two days now so it's hard to tell. Honestly, although I've downloaded and tested other watch face apps, I'm using the "explorer" face that comes with the zenwatch stock app. I have it always on, with steps and battery for both watch and phone showing. Lowest intensity on the screen is more than bright enough.

First day was a 16 hour day and I put it back on the charger with about 30% left. Yesterday was 14 or 15 hours with about the same left. I get tons of notifications and yesterday used the notifications while using navigation (that works well).

All I care about is getting through the day on a charge and it's doing that nicely, so I'm happy.

 

[Berzerker7]

The nice thing about the included watch faces is that they were all built with the included first-party watchface API, unlike the ones in the Moto 360. So the cards behave nicely mostly hidden and transparent at the bottom, rather than taking up half the screen.

 

[Nickyro23]

I've only had the watch for two days now so it's hard to tell. Honestly, although I've downloaded and tested other watch face apps, I'm using the "explorer" face that comes with the zenwatch stock app. I have it always on, with steps and battery for both watch and phone showing. Lowest intensity on the screen is more than bright enough.

First day was a 16 hour day and I put it back on the charger with about 30% left. Yesterday was 14 or 15 hours with about the same left. I get tons of notifications and yesterday used the notifications while using navigation (that works well).

All I care about is getting through the day on a charge and it's doing that nicely, so I'm happy.

Thanks! Yea I may stick with the stock watch faces too. I actually like them a lot.

 

[jimi_pooh]

The nice thing about the included watch faces is that they were all built with the included first-party watchface API, unlike the ones in the Moto 360. So the cards behave nicely mostly hidden and transparent at the bottom, rather than taking up half the screen.

The Facer faces have worked for me with no change to the way notifications are handled. I use the square face watch faces that were designed for the LG G Watch with a few modifications the the ratios for the screen size diff.

 

[DDowns]

Intellicom WatchMaker works sort-of. If you have rooted/modified your phone, apparently you cannot update to v5.01 on the watch, which is required (5.0 anyway) for the latest version to work. Their version 1.11 works with 4.4W2, but of course, some of the new features are not present.

 

[CSX321]

If you have rooted/modified your phone, apparently you cannot update to v5.01 on the watch

I don't think that's the case. My watch updated to 5.0.1 automatically, and my phone is rooted and otherwise messed with.

 

[bustanut666]

The Facer faces have worked for me with no change to the way notifications are handled. I use the square face watch faces that were designed for the LG G Watch with a few modifications the the ratios for the screen size diff.

Hi,

can you tell me what ratios you modified to get the square watch faces to work with the zenwatch?? its not centered on mine..

Thanks

 

[m3lover1]

Hi,

can you tell me what ratios you modified to get the square watch faces to work with the zenwatch?? its not centered on mine..

Thanks

Change the res to 320 x 320. If things are supposed to be center on the horizontal axis then put 160 for x, if center on vertical axis then 160 for y. Sometimes the size of the element needs to be changed as well, I usually set them two to three sizes up. Just play around with it and after making changes look at the face in the app and see if it aligns properly and such.

 

[jimi_pooh]

Change the res to 320 x 320. If things are supposed to be center on the horizontal axis then put 160 for x, if center on vertical axis then 160 for y. Sometimes the size of the element needs to be changed as well, I usually set them two to three sizes up. Just play around with it and after making changes look at the face in the app and see if it aligns properly and such.

Hi,

can you tell me what ratios you modified to get the square watch faces to work with the zenwatch?? its not centered on mine..

Thanks

He hit on the head @bustanut666