Garmin has a lesser-known app in the App Store and it often gets overlooked.
At the end of the season Garmin launched Face-It, a customizable watch face creation app for its range of Connect IQ compatible products. This will allow you to be different from everyone else standing at the start line and make you the envy of your running buddies. You'll even have them thinking your an amateur hacker.
Wahoo RPM Speed Sensor (BT/ANT+) $39.99. The Wahoo RPM speed sensor is the sleek, magnet-less solution for capturing cycling speed data. It easily mounts to your bike's front wheel hub, and the Bluetooth Smart and ANT+ dual band technology allow you to connect to and display data on both smartphones and bike computers. So, with that in mind, we’re going to design and implement a watch dial in monkey-c and deploy it to Garmin’s IQ store. I wanted the watch face to look like Casio G-Shock because they are awesome, particularly G-LIDE model (GBX100). I wrote a custom watch face With ConnectIQ. They should really let you post text/image at the same time. Anyway: This is my first crack at writing a face, but it was pretty neat. The SDK for it isnt horrible. It's what you'd expect from a hardware company trying to open up. You can also customize a preloaded watch face or create a new one ( Creating a Custom Watch Face). From the watch face, hold the touchscreen. Select Watch Face. Swipe up or down to scroll through the available watch faces. Tap the screen to select the watch face. Select Apply to activate the displayed watch face. With the Face It™ watch face app, choose any image from your photo library, make some tweaks, and set it as your watch’s face. Stay Connected on the Run Forerunner 645 makes it easy to run without leaving important smart features behind.
The app can create custom watch faces for the following Connect IQ compatible wearables: fenix 3 HR, fenix 3 Sapphire, D2 Bravo, D2 Charlie, D2 Delta, D2 Delta PX, D2 Delta S, Descent Mk1, epix, fenix 3, fenix 5, fenix 5 Plus, fenix 5S, fenix 5S Plus, fenix 5X, fenix 5X Plus, Forerunner 230, Forerunner 235, Forerunner 630, Forerunner 645, Forerunner 645 Music, Forerunner 735XT, Forerunner 920XT, Forerunner 935, quatix 3, quatix 5, quatix 5 Sapphire, tactix Bravo, tactix Charlie, vivoactive, vivoactive 3, vivoactive 3 Music, vivoactive HR.
How to install a Face-It watch face
1. Turn on your phone. Download the Face-It app from the App Store(iPhone) or Google Play(Android).
2. Open the app.
Garmin Watch Face Builder
3. You'll be prompted to choose a picture from your phone's library. You can then choose whether you want the face to be analogue or digital.
Custom Watch Face Garmin Approach S60
4. Once you've chosen your design, hit 'Send to device'. Garmin Connect will automatically fire up and you need to sync the your device as normal. Note: You can also connect your device via USB to a PC and sync via Garmin Express.
5. Voila, you're customized.
We should let you know that Garmin universally opts for low resolution screens to help extend battery life when you're on your run. This means that you'll need to choose your image wisely, and have realistic expectations. Rather than choosing a portrait with a lot of depth and colors, choose a logo with a white background, such as a Chicago Cubs logo. Less is more in this scenario.
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- Approach® S60
- Approach® S62
- Captain Marvel
- D2™ Air
- D2™ Bravo
- D2™ Bravo Titanium
- D2™ Charlie
- D2™ Delta
- D2™ Delta PX
- D2™ Delta S
- Darth Vader™
- Descent™ Mk1
- Descent™ MK2, Descent™MK2i
- Descent™ Mk2S
- Enduro™
- epix™
- First Avenger
- ForeAthlete® 230J
- ForeAthlete® 235J
- ForeAthlete® 630J
- ForeAthlete® 735XTJ
- ForeAthlete® 920XTJ
- Forerunner® 230
- Forerunner® 235
- Forerunner® 245
- Forerunner® 245 Music
- Forerunner® 45
- Forerunner® 45 Plus
- Forerunner® 630
- Forerunner® 645
- Forerunner® 645 Music
- Forerunner® 735XT
- Forerunner® 745
- Forerunner® 920XT
- Forerunner® 935
- Forerunner® 945
- Forerunner® 945 LTE
- fēnix® 3, quatix® 3, tactix® Bravo
- fēnix® 3 HR
- fēnix® 5, quatix® 5
- fēnix® 5 Plus
- fēnix® 5S
- fēnix® 5S Plus
- fēnix® 5X, tactix® Charlie
- fēnix® 5X Plus
- fēnix® 6
- fēnix® 6 Dual Power
- fēnix® 6 Pro, fēnix® 6 Sapphire
- fēnix® 6 Pro Dual Power
- fēnix® 6 Pro Solar
- fēnix® 6 Solar
- fēnix® 6S
- fēnix® 6S Dual Power
- fēnix® 6S Pro, fēnix® 6S Sapphire
- fēnix® 6S Pro Dual Power
- fēnix® 6S Pro Solar
- fēnix® 6S Solar
- fēnix® 6X Pro, fēnix® 6X Sapphire, fēnix® 6X Pro Solar, tactix® Delta Sapphire, quatix® 6X Solar, tactix® Delta Solar, tactix® Delta Solar Ballisitcs
- fēnix® Chronos
- Garmin Swim™ 2
- MARQ™ Adventurer
- MARQ™ Athlete
- MARQ™ Aviator
- MARQ™ Captain, MARQ™ Captain: American Magic Edition
- MARQ™ Commander
- MARQ™ Driver
- MARQ™ Expedition
- MARQ™ Golfer
- Mercedes-Benz Venu®
- quatix® 6
- quatix® 6X, quatix® 6X Solar, quatix® 6X Dual Power
- Rey™
- Venu®
- Venu® 2
- Venu® Sq.
- Venu® Sq. Music
- vívoactive®
- vívoactive® 3
- vívoactive® 3 Mercedes-Benz® Collection
- vívoactive® 3 Music
- vívoactive® 4, GarminActive
- vívoactive® 4S, GarminActive S
- vívoactive® HR
- vívolife