11 Must-Have Apple Watch Faces - how to get and apply watch faces

Posted by Another Agency on September 01, 2021

Apple iWatch it's your everyday accessory. Along with the latest Apple Watch featuring an always-on display, your choice is now more important than ever.

Default faces have always been minimalistic. But in the latest watchOS 7, watch faces got a lot of emotion, with a host of brand new design options and the ability to share watch faces with the community.

The amount of customization is essentially boundless, with first and third-party developments capable of being added to most watch faces and the ability to tweak design elements.

Below, we've highlighted our top picks, but make sure to play around with the options on each so you could have it by your own taste.

Best Apple Watch faces for 2021

1. Typograph in watchOS7

Bold and classy watch face, Typograph shows the time written out in an edgy font with an analogue dial in the center. You can change between a host of fonts, switch to a more classic dial, go for numerals instead of digits and change the color. There are no complications available.

Customisable: Change typeface and color.
Complications: No.

2. Infograph

For those obsessed with complications, the Infograph has been sent from watch face heaven – and it's our pick for the best Apple Watch face you can use.
It can support up to eight complications, with the four in the corner able to make use of the redesigned Series 4 and Series 5 display to show extra information – check out the weather in the top-right with current, minimum and maximum temperatures on show.
The middle offers shortcuts to common apps as well, such as Activity and Music, but, in truth, you can cut these any way you want.

Customisable: Colors.
Complications: Yes.

3. Meridian

Meridian was added to the Apple Watch Face Gallery with watchOS 6, and has already been favorited.
It offers a great blend of design and function, with a clean, bold analog look that's augmented by the option of four complications in the middle of the dial. It fits very nicely with our METAL MILANESE WATCH BAND which you can explore by clicking here.
You can't get quite as much information on there as you can on the Infograph face, but, then again, you might just want to keep things simple.

Customisable: Color and style
Complications: Yes

4. Gradient

New with watchOS 6, Gradient offers a gorgeous, clean look with the benefit of bold colors.
You can choose the color that best fits your apple watch band, so if you're wearing a colorful nylon apple watch band – a Gradient's a great option to match with it.

Customisable: Color and gradient
Complications: Yes

5. Unity

Released in February 2021 for Black History Month, the Unity watch face is inspired by the Pan-African flag.
You can customize the color mix, and it's also designed to be paired up with nylon stretchy apple watch straps.
The Unity watch face is limited to Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Series 6 users – and you'll need to be on watch OS 7.3 to get it.

Customisable: Color.
Complications: Yes.

6. Pride

For those attending a Pride event – or looking to show some LGBTQ+ support – the Pride watch face is what you need. It pairs perfectly with our Pride Braided Nylon Band for Apple watch which you can explore by clicking here.
It's minimalist, but tapping on-screen prompts lush animations that wobble and warp those rainbow lines really pleasingly. You can adjust the single complication as well, as a nice bonus.
And if you prefer a previous years' Pride design you can long press and hit Customize to cycle through them all.

Customisable: Choose previous years styles.
Complications: Yes.

7. Activity

If you’re living an active lifestyle this is the best pick!
That's why we've got the Workout complication up top ready for your next workout, a heart rate complication on the other side so you can check in on your vitals and the Lose It!

Matches perfectly with our silicone sport loop watch band for your apple watch.
The digital activity face is the centerpiece here, so you can easily keep track of your beloved rings, calories burned, exercise minutes and stand hours.

Customisable: Color/time format.
Complications: Yes.

8. Siri

If you're looking for an assistant for your day and what you need to get done, you're not going to find a better watch face.
The Siri complication sits up at the top, so if you need to get something done and don't have your iPhone around, it'll handle it. Below, you'll see a carousel of guidance, notifications and more.

Customisable: Color.
Complications: Yes.

9. Kaleidoscope

If you're looking to calm yourself, or even want to zone out, your best bet is the Kaleidoscope face.
Head to the Watch companion app and choose your own picture, then choose a design (we've got Radial here) and match it with our apple watch strap. It layers very nicely with our leather apple watch band explore by clicking here.

Customisable: Color/style.
Complications: Yes

10. Stripes watchOS 7

These stripes are almost infinitely customizable, with the number of stripes, colours, angles, direction all up to match perfectly with your custom apple watch band. You can have them as a square or inset circle with corner complications, between 2-9 stripes, and pick the color of each individual stripe to match with our stripe nylon strap collection explore it by clicking here.

Customisable: Yes (colours/numbers of stripes/direction of stripes).
Complications: No.

11. GMT watchOS 7

The first of a slew of new watch faces dropped in the watchOS 7 update, GMT enables you to set a secondary timezone. The colours can be totally customised, although we like how it matches with metal band for apple watch explore it by clicking here. And there's space for four complications in the corners.
Customisable: Color of dial

Customisable: Colors

Complications: Yes.

How to change Apple Watch faces

To change the Apple Watch face on your iWatch long-pres touch the screen to access the face gallery. From here you can scroll through your favourites, or press the + icon to access the full gallery.
When you select one it's added to your favorites, which you can scroll through simply by sliding the watch face left or right.

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