I have automations set up to change my watch face to an analogue face at sunset (looks better and is less distracting at home/out at dinner) and then back again an hour before sunrise as well as different faces attached to different focuses.
I’m just wondering how other people choose to automate their watch face changes?
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I use automation for turning lights on off music and white noise for sleep and battery life. Focus of change my iphone and watch background/ face , pages widget etc
I do. I don’t change my watch face all that much and my Series 5 was showing some burn-in within 2 years. I changed it up and have made two versions of the world time watch face that inverts the brighter elements with darker ones. One for daytime and the other for night time. It also switches the complications around. No idea if it’ll work but here’s hoping.
I let my partner know to be wary of it as she uses the same basic photo watch face, so she set up different faces for each day of the week which she seems really happy with. She has various themed albums of nice designs and the clock element changes position each day.
I did for a while but turned it off, nice that we can do that though
Please share the steps on how to do this.
new automation
daily at sunset
then new blank automation
then search watch for what you want
Not the steps but you should take 30 mins to set up focus mode on your iPhone. Promise it’s worth it. You can set all of your iOS devices to display only certain apps and backgrounds during your routines like work, school, working out, sleeping without needing to use the shortcuts app at all.
Mind to share your formula? I don’t use shortcuts, but I want to try this. Thanks in advance
I’m assuming you mean for the sunset watch face?
go to automations
time of day (sunset, daily, run immediately)
new blank automation
add set watch face, set to an analogue face you like
add set silent mode, make it turn on
hit done
then again, automations
time of day (2 hours before sunrise, daily, run immediately)
new blank automation
add set watch face, select your day time face
add set silent mode, turn silent mode off
I use almost the same watch face all the time
I do. Day time is infograph, evening at home is palette
Palette is amazing
Agree
I just use focus for work and keep my default one otherwise.
The only downside is that my normal watchface has a complication for the medication app which I can’t use as easily at work to log new entries.
Yes, my watch face changes when I leave the house.
Change every 4 hours to prevent burn in
Edit: and off from 23:30 to 6:30
I use focus mode for that. I run media for my church so at a specific timeframe on Wednesday and Sundays my watch switches to a modular duo face with reminders that I need.
At bedtime, I use automations to pick a random watch face from my collection, it’s just fun to be able to use them all and to be surprised with which one pops up. If I’m not in the mood for it I can swap manually, but that’s rare. I found the automation instructions here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/s/6QNc4ScVB9
I’ve got mike set to change with my work focus mode so that my compilations are more relevant
I would love to, but I can’t come up with good triggers. I almost never use my watch screen while in bed, so tying to a sleep focus doesn’t help. I can use a face while at home and one when I leave (I work from home), but I leave for various reasons. A face with complications for traveling is different from a face I might want at the store or when visiting someone. I have to give it more thought. Or rather, I have to just set something up, then tweak it until I’m happy with it.
Perhaps the work/home one could work with location tracking?
I use focus modes. I think it’s a lot simpler and works for my iPhone and watch screens.