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iOS -> Apple Watch
This page shows how to send your watch face to Apple Watch.
All models of Apple Watch are supported. Animated (live) photos require iPhone 6 or above.
If you are sending to another watch, i.e. Android Wear, Tizen or Ticwatch, please read instructions here.
Turning a Watchface Into a Photos Watch Face
- Use WatchMaker to save a still or animated watchface (more details on animated faces below)
- Open Photos in iOS
- If you only want one image on your Photos Watch face, select it from the WatchMaker album
- Tap the share sheet extension in the bottom left corner of the screen
- At the very bottom of the screen, scroll until you find “Create Watch Face” and tap it
- Choose “Photos Watch Face”
- Edit the Time Position and add up to two Complications
- Tap “Add”
See a new face with every flick of your wrist!
- Ensure you have generated at least 1 Apple watchface from WatchMaker so that the WatchMaker album has been created.
- Open Apple Watch app in iOS.
- Select first tab “My Watch”
- Scroll down and select “Photos”
- Click Synced Album and select “WatchMaker” album
- Select second tab “Face Gallery”
- Choose “Photos Watch Face”
- Select Synced Album
- Edit the Time Position and add up to two Complications
- Tap “Add”
Use Live Photos for animated watchfaces!
- Live Photos require iPhone 6 and later
- Select a watchface in WatchMaker
- Tap the green button to create a watchface
- Select “Apple Watch”
- Select “Animated”
- Tap “SAVE”
- Open Photos in iOS
In order to make the live photo animation play when you flick your wrist …
- Select the live photo (check for word LIVE in top left)
- Tap “Edit” in top right
- Scroll the key frame to the right (final frame)
- Click “Make Key Photo”
- Tap “Done”
Follow steps (same as above) to send to Apple Watch
- Tap the share sheet extension in the bottom left corner of the screen
- At the very bottom of the screen, scroll until you find “Create Watch Face” and tap it
- Choose “Photos Watch Face”
- Edit the Time Position and add up to two Complications
- Tap “Add”
applewatch.1524825284.txt.gz · Last modified: 2018/04/27 10:34 by alex_curran