Watch Face Format is more efficient, which translates to a better experience for users, with the added possibility of ...

Google has set a deadline for legacy watch faces. You'll won't be able to install these watch faces after 2026.

Developers are already barred from publishing new AndroidX or Wearable Support Library on the Play Store, and starting January 14th, 2026, users will no longer be able to install new legacy watch ...

WearOS users who happen to have a beloved, long-serving watch face will need to download it before 2026, as Google halts support for certain watch face formats.

Wear OS is going all-in on the Watch Face Format, with support for all other "legacy" types going away in early 2026.

But for Wear OS smartwatch users, change is coming whether you like it or not, and your older watch faces may end up left by the wayside. Google announced Wear OS 5 back at Google I/O 2024 in May ...

30% of the watch faces on the Google Play Store already use the format, and Google now has the next version of Watch Face Format ready for Wear OS 5. Sample watch faces created with Watch Face Format.

At its I/O developer conference today, Google announced a new way for developers to build Wear OS watch faces, along with overall updates to the Android Wear platform, including Wear OS 4.

The major plus seems to be that watchfaces built this way will be more power-efficient for Wear OS 4. On the app front, Google is continuing its efforts to bolster the Play Store and add more ...

Wear OS 5 introduces a new method to quickly and easily apply new watch faces on the Pixel Watch. The Wear OS 5 Play Store gains a new 'Always set watch face' toggle for this. You can also ...

In short, some of your old watch faces are about to stop working because of new standards set for Wear OS 5. Over a year ago, Google introduced the Watch Face Format as the standard for watch ...

The new Watch Face Format — a declarative XML format — will allow developers to build new Wear OS watch faces and publish them to Google Play, starting today. With this new design language ...