The best Apple Watch Series 9 faces

Apple doesn’t officially support third-party watch faces on its smartwatches, but there are plenty of native options. Each features customizable details, including colors, complications, and more. From classic to animated, we round up the best Apple Watch Series 9 faces to add to your device.

The best Apple Watch Series 9 faces

To change your watch face, press and hold your current face until the Edit screen appears. Swipe all the way left and tap the plus sign. This will bring you to a carousel of Apple watch faces you can add and customize.

Snoopy

Starring everyone’s favorite classic cartoon pup, the animated Snoopy watch face offers users a playful option. Each time the face activates, Snoopy pops onto the screen in a new scenario, from interacting with Woodstock to getting up to mischief on his own. When the watch face is off, he sleeps peacefully atop his iconic red house.

• Customizable: Style and color
• Complications: 0
• Pricing: Free

Palette

Palette leans into color tones, with a design perfect for those who like a simple, cohesive aesthetic. Subtly, the gradient of the watch face changes as the second hand circles the face dial. Match the design to your band or watch case, and add the information you want at a glance with room for four complications.

• Customizable: Color
• Complications: 4
• Pricing: Free

Nike Globe

The Series 9 isn’t just a powerful smartwatch. It’s also a highly reliable fitness tracker. For gym buffs, the newest Nike watch face, Nike Globe, features a retro design inspired by sci-fi. The look is one of four faces dropped via watchOS 10. Though the overall design is not customizable beyond the color scheme, users can personalize the watch face with four complications.

• Customizable: Color
• Complications: 4
• Pricing: Free

Solar Analog

Another Apple Watch Series 9 face that arrived via the watchOS 10 is Solar Analog. At a glance, the face looks similar to Palette above. However, Solar Analog features light and shadows meant to simulate the real-time position of the sun in a simple but beautiful design.

• Customizable: Style, light, and color
• Complications: 2
• Pricing: Free

Modular

For an info-dense watch face with enough room for all the stats you could possibly want up front, Modular neatly packs six complications into a single graphic design. It’s also highly customizable, so you can prioritize exactly what you want to see. Plus, thanks to the Series 9’s hefty screen, it’s easy to read your data despite how much is packed onto the screen.

• Customizable: Color and background
• Complications: 6
• Pricing: Free

Contour

Introduced alongside the Series 7 when the Apple Watch line bumped its display size, this watch face emphasizes screen space. With a custom font designed to squish along the edge of the device, the design changes gradually to highlight the current hour. It’s clean, straightforward, and the best analog pick for making the most of your Apple Watch Series 9’s display size.

• Customizable: Color, style, and dial color
• Complications: 2
• Pricing: Free

Portraits

A best watch face list rarely posts without at least one photo-based pick (in this case, we picked two). Apple’s Portraits design highlights loved ones and even loved pets by keeping them right on your wrist. With the option to layer the digital clock for added dimension, it’s a simple but effective design with high feel-good value.

• Customizable: Color filters, style, content, and font
• Complications: 2
• Pricing: Free

Photo

If you prefer landscapes to people, the Photos watch face is the best pick for highlighting any of your favorite snaps. The watch face accommodates albums of up to 24 photos, which will cycle through automatically, changing photos each time it’s activated. The face also supports complications and color filters.

• Customizable: Color filters, content, and time position
• Complications: 2
• Pricing: Free

Breathe

Closely tied to Apple’s Mindfulness app, the Breathe watch face features a pulsing graphic designed to help users find a sense of calm. The design follows an 8.5-second rhythm to guide deep, grounding breaths. It also serves as a shortcut to the extended features of the Mindfulness app, including guided meditations, additional breath work, and a state-of-mind log. It’s available in four different styles with room for three complications.

• Customizable: Style
• Complications: 3
• Pricing: Free

Activity Analog

The best watch face for Apple ring loyalists, Activity Analog keeps your basic stats front and center, allowing you to easily check your progress. Not only does the watch face display your step, stand, and move rings, but it also supports three additional complications for more stats or shortcuts.

• Customizable:  Color and style
• Complications: 3
• Pricing: Free

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