Customize your watch face and background
Select a pre-designed watch face or create a watch face to personalize your Pixel Watch. In addition to the color and layout, you can choose widgets called complications to add to your watch face gallery. Add complications if you want to display information beyond the time, like weather or step count, on the watch face.
What do you need?
To proceed, make sure you have the latest version of the Google Pixel Watch app installed on your smartphone, along with the most up-to-date version of the Google Photos app on both your phone and smartwatch.
Select a new watch face
- Press and hold the dial app installed on your smartphone, along with the most up-to-date version of the Google Photos app on both your phone.
- Swipe left and choose a new watch face.
- Tap the watch face you want from the list, or Edit
to change its colors and complications first.
Select a personal photo for a watch face
If you select the Photos watch face, you can add 30 photos from your personal photo album to use as your watch face.
Add photos to your watch face
Set a photo watch face from your phone:
- Open the Google Pixel Watch app on your phone
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- Tap Watch faces
Add new
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- Tap Photos
Tip: If you can't find it, update all your watch apps and try again. Learn how to update apps on your watch. - Select up to 30 photos.
- At the top, tap Add, then Save.
Set a photo watch face from your watch:
- Press and hold your watch face.
- Swipe left
- On your watch, open the Google Photos app when prompted, tap Google Photos.
Tip: If you can't find it, update all your watch apps and try again. Learn how to update apps on your watch. - On your phone, select the photos you want to add, then tap Add.
Personalize your watch face
- Press and hold your watch face.
- To personalize the color and layout, tap Edit
- Swipe left to scroll through the styles and complication layouts.
Set up and add screen tiles
- On your Google Pixel Watch, swipe to any tile, then press and hold the tile.
- Tap Add
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- Swipe up to go through the tiles and tap the one you would like to add.
Remove screen tiles
- On your Google Pixel Watch, swipe to any tile, then press and hold the tile.
- Swipe left or right to navigate to the tile you want to delete.
- Swipe up to delete the tile.
Change audio, screen, and brightness settings
To change most settings on Google Pixel Watch:
- Tap the watch face if your screen is dim.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen.
- Tap Settings
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- From here, you can:
- Lock your watch screen
- Tap Sound to turn the volume up or down
- Tap Vibration to turn vibrations on or off
- Tap Display to adjust brightness, font size, and more
Note: For changing alarms and notification sounds and settings, refer to Set alarms and manage notifications on Google Pixel Watch.