Facer, the Wear OS watch face app downloaded by over 10 million users, announced big changes this week. The big news centers around WFF (watch face format) support on Wear OS 6, battery improvements, many new watch faces, and more.
The Android development team announced earlier this year that it would be moving towards supporting only the Watch Face Format and removing support for AndroidX / Wearable Support Library (WSL) watch faces, so this move by Facer makes perfect sense. As part of it, Facer highlights both direct syncing of faces from the Facer app to your watch, plus a more intuitive, simplified setup process for Wear OS 6 users.
Also awesome, Facer says users will experience better battery life than ever. As detailed, “Wear OS 6 users will see significantly improved battery life on all faces, with super-low power consumption on designs marked with the green lightning bolt. Never worry about Facer causing extra drain on your Wear OS watch again.”
Those looking to brand their watch with a watch face from their favorite IP will also enjoy this news: New watch faces from 100s of IPs, such as Spongebob, DOOM, Atari, Call of Duty, MVMT, NASA, Barbie, Hot Wheels, and more. Personally, the first face I try will be the Spongebob one.
To check out the new and improved Facer for yourself, have at it.
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I downloaded the update when I got the notification. Some of it works, but they are apparently still working on porting most of the faces (I only played around with it the first day I received the notification about the update). Some of the faces I could port became very messed up when they were on my galaxy watch ultra (2024). I don't see any of the past purchases I made (likely because they are not compatible with my current watch) and my favorite section only had a few watchfaces in it. I was not able to add any new faces to my foavorites section either even though you can select the favorite choice on watchfaces. I did not keep the watchface from Facer on for the whole day, so I can't really comment on battery life.
Still not seeing the update shrug
Is this one of them server side deals? Mine still says it's coming soon but I'm on the latest version…
Amazing