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blogas wearable technology becomes more mainstream, customized smartwatch faces can be an extension of users’ style and personality. with samsung’s watch face studio (wfs) tool, you can design custom watch faces for devices in the wear os smartwatch ecosystem, such as galaxy watch4 and newer smartwatches. after you have made your unique watch face, you can share it with a global audience by uploading it to the google play store. this article describes the basic steps to distribute your watch face through the google play store, such as registration, testing, and publication. to register your watch face in google play, you must have a google play developer account. create a watch face in wfs, design and create your watch face. the wfs interface allows you to easily add and customize watch face components and add theme colors to implement multiple color schemes, for example. as you create a watch face, you can preview it with the “preview” window in wfs or install it on your own smartwatch. if do not have access to a supported smartwatch, you can test your watch face in the remote test lab, which gives you remote access to a variety of samsung galaxy watch devices. because smartwatches have limited hardware, you must be mindful of the amount of memory used by the watch face. the watch face specification defined by google has memory usage limits. to avoid issues related to these memory usage policies, wfs versions 1.6.9 beta and higher support a memory usage plugin that easily estimates the memory use of your watch face. notethe results from the plugin are not guaranteed to match the actual memory capacity check results from google play. figure 1: memory usage plugin prepare screenshots use the “preview” window in wfs to capture screenshots of your watch face in various sizes. you need these to register your watch face in google play. to create watch face screenshots: in the “preview” window, set the watch face to show the screen you want to capture. open the dropdown menu next to the camera icon and select the screenshots you want to create. click the camera icon. the screenshots are saved in the “screenshots” folder within your project folder. figure 2: screenshot creation generate the watch face package watch face projects are bundled into package files for publication. the google play store requires an aab file, while the galaxy store (for china only) requires an apk file. you can generate either or both in wfs: in the wfs project screen, select publish. define the unique package name, location for the generated file, version name and code, and package type. by default, the generated file is located in your project folder: “c:\users\username\watchfacestudio\build\project_name\” (windows) or “/users/username/watchfacestudio/build/project_name/” (macos). figure 3: watch face file generation you must also have a valid keystore used to sign the package file: if you have previously created a keystore, enter its information. if you do not have a keystore, select create new key. in the “new keystore” dialog, define the required details and click ok. figure 4: keystore creation when you are ready to generate the watch face package, in the “publish” dialog, click ok. noteremember that the key alias password and the keystore password must be identical. a warning dialog pops up if you use different passwords. register the watch face to register your watch face application in google play, sign in to your google play developer account. in the google play console, select all apps > create app and fill in the required information, such as the name, default language, and if the watch face is to be free or paid. you must also include any necessary disclosures. you can modify this information later, as needed. test the watch face before your watch face can be made available to the public, you must test it with actual users. testing, internal (recommended) and closed (required), ensures that your watch face behaves according to your design and complies with google play content policies and quality guidelines. for information about the google play content policies and application quality guidelines, see prepare your app for review and wear os app quality. you can easily monitor the testing status, number of installations and users, update status, and more for your applications through the google play dashboard. internal testing you can quickly distribute your builds to a limited number of trusted testers for their feedback. while internal testing is optional, it is strongly recommended. to set up your watch face for internal testing: in the google play console, select view app for the watch face that you want to test. its dashboard page opens. from the side menu, select testing > internal testing. since you have developed a watch face, you must select the wear os form factor. open the dropdown menu next to “create new release” and select manage form factors. in the “form factors” section, add wear os. figure 5: form factor selection unfold the “view tasks” list in the “set up internal testing track” section. the list guides you through the test setup process. for example: completing application setup in google play, such as defining the name and description to be displayed in the google play store uploading the required images for the google play store, such as its icon, screenshots, and feature graphics defining up to 100 internal testers for your application; the list can be modified later, as needed in the "create a new release" task: a. upload the aab file you want to test. you are prompted to sign the file by selecting or creating a signing key. b. name the release and add an optional release note. select preview and confirm the release. google play automatically checks for possible issues, such as missing information. to resolve the issues, follow the instructions for each list item. figure 6: issues list when you are ready to start the test, select start rollout to internal testing. distribute the test link or email invitations to your testers. the test link can take a few hours to become available. closed testing you can get targeted feedback from a wider group of users that you select, without affecting your public ratings and reviews. closed testing also sends your application to google to check for policy compliance before distributing it to your testers. noteif you have a personal google play developer account created after november 13, 2023, you need at least 20 testers to participate in your application’s closed test for a minimum of 14 days before you can apply for access to production. setting up a closed test is similar to setting up an internal test: in your watch face’s dashboard page in the google play console, go to testing > closed testing. to create a closed testing track, select create track and define a name for the testing track. open the dropdown menu next to “create new release” and select wear os only. complete the tasks in the “set up closed testing track” section, such as defining the countries where the application is to be available and the list of testers. figure 7: closed testing setup in the “create a new release” task, select an application package file that you have previously uploaded, or upload a new one. name the release and add an optional release note. select preview and confirm the release and resolve any detected issues. select send the release to google for review. when the release is approved, you can share the testing link with your testers. for more information on creating and managing tests, see set up an open, closed, or internal test. publish the watch face when you have completed closed testing and your watch face is ready to publish, apply for access to production. when access is approved, the watch face is available publicly in the google play store. summary it is easy to transform your watch face concept from design to published product. create the watch face with watch face studio, register it in the google play console and conduct user tests, then publish it in the google play store to share it with the world. if you have questions or need help with the steps presented in this article, you can share your queries on the samsung developers forum. you can also contact us directly for more specialized support through the samsung developer support portal.
Apr 2, 2024
Most Fowziya Akther Houya
tutorials galaxy watch
blogwatch face studio is a graphic authoring tool that helps you to design watch faces for the wear os smartwatch ecosystem, including galaxy watch4 and galaxy watch5. it is an intuitive graphic tool which allows you to design watch faces without coding. watch face studio includes a notable feature known as a complication. using complications, the user can get a glanceable unit of information for their selected application on their watch face. the complications can display data, such as text, title, image, or icon, which is collected from the applications that provide such information. today, i discuss some complication features in this blog. i design a simple watch face to demonstrate these. for simplicity i add a digital time and a digital date. for complications, i add one short text complication and one ranged value complication. at the end, two different theme colors are applied. you can download this sample design from here and throughout this blog you can follow me. after deploying the watch face on a watch and customizing the complication, the watch face on the real device looks the same as figure 1. figure 1: the watch face demonstrated in this blog getting started to view and deploy the sample design from my blog, watch face studio must be installed on your pc. now , i create a new project and then add basic components for simplicity. i add time and date from digital clock and place them in the center. adding complications as i have said earlier, i use two different complications in this design. to add complications, go to the add component menu on the top middle. from the dropdown menu, add the "short text" complication. for more information about complications, visit this complication document. short text complication first, i add a short text complication. for design purposes, i adjust the complication placement as (x and y) 170 and 45. i leave the dimension and color as it is. however, you can resize the dimension and change the color of the components of the selected complication. now i set the properties of complication settings as follows: complication type: i set it as "editable" so that anyone can customize the complication from their watch. if the type is set as "fixed," then the complication cannot be customized from the watch and it remains the same as what is provided in the design. for example, i choose "sunrise sunset" from the default provider > dropdown menu (see figure 2a). if the default provider is set as > "empty," no complication is displayed in the run window. note : if the default provider is set as "empty," customization from the watch is still possible. complication layout: the layout for this complication is set to the default ("icon + text + title"), but the layout also can be changed to the designer's preference. in figure 2b, the other layout options for the short text complication are displayed. you can find more details about the complication layout from my things to consider when designing complication layouts blog. (a) default provider options (b) layout options figure 2: complication settings ranged value complication now, i add a ranged value complication and adjust the properties as displayed in figure 3. i select the default provider as "watch battery" for this complication. i set the complication type to "fixed" so that the customization from the watch is not possible. figure 3: ranged value properties, "watch battery" is fixed and cannot be changed on the watch for this complication watch face studio gives the opportunity to change the properties for every component of the complication. now, i modify the properties of the progress bar component of the ranged value complication. so, at first, i expand the ranged value complication. an example of this is displayed in figure 4. figure 4: expand the ranged value complication to change the properties, i click on the progress bar under the ranged value complication to display its properties. i change the color of the progress bar by following the steps below: a. click the color box in the color menu. b. select a color from the color picker pop-up window. c. click ok in the color picker pop-up window. figure 5: ranged value progress bar color change figure 6: ranged value complication added i have added two complications in two different positions on the watch face. keep in mind that currently, only one complication can be set in one spot. so only one complication must be set in the same area regardless of normal or always-on-display (aod). for example, i add two same or different complications in the same position. i set one complication for normal mode and another complication for aod mode. now, i can set two different complication providers and test them on the run window for the normal and aod modes. but it is not possible to customize both the complications on the watch as the complications overlap each other. therefore, it is better not to use two complications in one spot. adding a theme color to a complication now, i add two theme colors and apply one of them to the short text complication. the steps to add and apply a color are given below: a. go to the style tab. the tab contains the theme color palette menu to choose the theme color**.** b. add a color by clicking the "+" icon. c. the color picker pop-up window opens. select a color from the available options. d. click ok for confirmation. note : you can add as many colors as required by repeating steps a to d. e. now set the theme color for the short text complication. a "fill with color" icon is present for every selected component. click the fill with color icon for the short text complication title, text, and the icon. f. on the run window, the theme color menu is displayed which contains all the selected theme colors from the style tab. choose any color by selecting the checkbox and view the output in the run preview. g. for the short text complication, the theme color is set and the color for the title, text, and icon is changed. figure 7: add theme color for short text complication note : the theme color can be customized from the watch. theme color on a watch on the watch, i can choose a theme color from the available colors that i had added in the project earlier. the theme color is set on every component of the short text complication. however, in the case of the icon and image of the complication, the theme color is applied after converting the original color to grayscale. this is because we do not know the color that is provided by the complication provider. that is why it is converted into grayscale first, before applying the theme color. so be careful about setting the theme color while designing your watch face, as the icon and image colors may interfere with the theme color. for example, from the watch, if i set a short text complication as "sunrise sunset," the icon color of this complication is orange (for sunset). on the other hand, if i set the complication as "weather," the icon color is white. see figure 8 for better understanding. in figure 8a, the icon color for "sunrise sunset" is orange and this color is provided by the provider. therefore, if i apply the theme color on this icon, the icon color is not the exact same theme color as displayed in figure 8b. in another scenario, the provided icon color is white which is as displayed in figure 8c. in this case, if the theme color is applied on the icon, the color is perfectly changed as the theme color. in figure 8d, this case is displayed. (a) "sunrise sunset" complication icon without theme color (b) "sunrise sunset" complication icon after applying theme color (c) "weather" complication icon without theme color (d) "weather" complication icon after applying theme color figure 8: the icon color interference with the theme color deploying the design and customizing complications as your own our target components are added. to view the watch face featured in this blog, download this file and deploy it to your watch by following these steps: connect your watch to watch face studio. for information about connecting, see connection guideline. deploy the design on your watch using run on device. for more details on connection, visit this test guideline. note : as per faq 12, "debug over bluetooth" is not yet supported in galaxy watches with galaxy wearable. 3. customize the complications on the watch. figure 9: designed watch face on a watch figure 9 displays the customized complications. to learn more about complications, visit watch face complications. conclusion as you can see, using complications, you can get detailed information for the selected application on your watch. personalization is a key feature of galaxy watch. you can continue to enjoy customizing the look of your watch style as you develop your collection of watch faces. resources in the samsung developer forum, you can ask and get help for any issue. this is a very active and friendly community where developers discuss their issues. there are many blogs on different topics, including watch face studio, on the samsung developers site. please visit these galaxy watch tutorials to expand your knowledge about samsung galaxy watch and their special features. if you want to develop watch faces programmatically, you can use android studio. you can do more complex operations using the complication api.
Aug 17, 2022
Most Fowziya Akther Houya
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bloganother year will soon be past and, like many of you, we’re looking forward to next year. we’ll be taking some time the next few weeks to be with our families, and will be back in 2022 with more blogs, podcasts, product announcements, and ways for you to succeed with galaxy store and samsung platforms. with the end-of-year holidays upon us, we’re stopping to reflect on what we did in 2021. even with covid making a disruption in everyone’s lives, we’re still here to help developers find answers and hopefully, also find success. here are some of our most memorable moments. 10. developer portal refresh brought a modern look and support for mobile we’ve been working for several years to bring samsung’s developer portal into a single web infrastructure. we moved content from multiple servers and cloud services into a cms that uses open standards and a responsive design for mobile devices. we pored through a decade of content to make sure it was still timely and accurate for your needs today. we integrated the developer forums to use the same samsung account login for both the developer portal and seller portal to give you a more seamless experience. in october of this year, we made a ux refresh to the site and the most amazing thing is how easy that process went. there were no late nights in the weeks prior to launch. we were able to test the new ux in a sandbox rigorously. then the deployment to production happened almost instantaneously. we spent less time worrying about our website and more time creating the content you need to do your work. we understand how important the samsung developer portal is to you and your work. that’s why we took the time to ensure a smooth transition as we made major infrastructure changes. 9. monthly updates keep developers up-to-date on new galaxy store features the galaxy store product management team began publishing monthly newsletters to enlighten developers of the latest features and improvements to seller portal. these updates also usually appear as blog posts in the first week or two of the month. some of the major announcements include: staged app rollouts (october) local currencies in settlement and financial reports (september) private beta testing (july) galaxy store developer api (april) look for more exciting improvements in 2022 as galaxy store continues to innovate. 8. unpacked events bring exciting new product announcements galaxy unpacked in january 2021 brought announcements of the galaxy buds pro, galaxy s21, and the new galaxy smarttag. the event highlighted samsung’s design concepts with one ui 3 and integrated experiences from partners like microsoft and google. the august galaxy unpacked event brought announcements of galaxy z fold3 and galaxy z flip3 phones. these devices have many new hardware and software features for developers to build upon. this blog post highlighted many of the ways that developers can implement features supporting flex mode and s pen remote, while ensuring that users have a seamless experience with app continuity. the most anticipated announcement of the august galaxy unpacked event was the unveiling of galaxy watch4, featuring wear os, powered by samsung. as with the tizen-powered galaxy watch devices, samsung released a new tool, galaxy watch studio converter, to help existing designers bring their watch faces to wear os. designers could also start a new watch face project from scratch with the newly-released watch face studio tool. 7. remote test lab updates allow developers to experience the latest hardware as new devices are announced, developers can use the remote test lab (rtl) to ensure that their apps work properly on the new version of one ui as well as different screen resolutions and pixel densities. in 2021, the rtl development team added support for foldables and galaxy s21 devices, allowing developers to ensure their apps work correctly before the devices are available to consumers. the rtl team also added support for android studio. in september, thousands of devices were added in data centers around the world to ensure that a compatible device is always available. as part of this release, rtl was re-engineered to work exclusively in the chrome browser, so that no external software is needed to test apps on all the latest devices. 6. samsung developer forums activity the samsung developer forums, based on the popular open-source discourse project, were introduced in january 2020, replacing an aging forum infrastructure that didn’t work well on mobile devices. by using the same samsung account authentication method as the samsung developers site, we’re able to provide a nearly-seamless experience across different hosts and platforms. since their introduction, we’ve seen large numbers of visitors stop by the forums with questions. community manager ron liechty has more than 25 years of experience in managing healthy communities—his knowledge and guidance keeps the forums a useful resource for developers. some of these visitors have become our best community members, providing valuable feedback to their peers as well as helping to moderate spam and malicious content. 5. supporting game developers in 2021 games are a noticeable part of the galaxy store experience and we work with many partners and internal teams to ensure that gamers have a great experience on galaxy devices. the galaxy gamedev team works closely with some of the top publishers and developers to improve performance of top titles on mobile. this team creates tools that provide great detail on the performance of the cpu and gpu during intense moments of gameplay. the gamedev team then documents their efforts in a series of best practices and blog posts to help developers everywhere. in addition to our internal team work, we frequently work with our partners at arm to deliver relevant content for game developers. this summer, we published and promoted a number of educational articles, webinars, and training series in cooperation with the arm developer team. best practices for mobile game developers and artists new vulkan extensions for mobile: maintenance extensions new vulkan extensions for mobile: legacy support extensions new game changing vulkan extensions for mobile: descriptor indexing new game changing vulkan extensions for mobile: buffer device address new game changing vulkan extensions for mobile: timeline semaphores mike barnes from the gamedev team, together with eric cloninger from the samsung developers team, presented at the virtual gdc2021 event in july. gdc is an important event for all of us at samsung and we hope to see you all there at the live event in march 2022. 4. new voices appeared on samsung developers podcast, season 2 shortly before the covid-19 pandemic changed our lives, tony morelan from samsung developers attended a podcasting event and came back to the office inspired to start a podcast. he lined up guests from internal teams and important partners. everyone had a great time participating and it gave us a way to continue delivering quality content to developers. as 2020 turned to 2021, we continued bringing interesting guests from across the mobile design and development ecosystem. we used the podcast to talk about the upcoming virtual samsung developer conference and chat with the people that made the event a success. here are some of the highlights from season 2 of the samsung developers podcast: drazen stojcic, urarity – watch faces, design tan nguyen, butterfly-effected gmbh – galaxy themes, marketing, licensing the samsung internet advocacy team – web standards, privacy, foldable devices we’re still hoping for a return to days where we can travel and meet in person, but until that time comes, please join us in listening to these industry veterans and top developers on the samsung developers podcast. season 3 begins in early 2022. 3. blog series instructs readers on design and successful marketing without live events the past two years, we have searched for new ways to continue delivering timely and helpful advice to mobile app designers and developers. as mentioned previously, we worked with arm this year to bring great technical content front and center. we also worked with our network of top designers, developers, and thought leaders on concepts that will help you succeed on galaxy store and in creating better experiences for your users: better for all – in this blog series, we talked with leading designers and experts to help understand the increasingly important concepts behind the diversity, equality, and inclusion movement. this series discussed aspects of language used in apps, themes, and watch designs. it also highlights important guidelines to ensure apps and web sites are accessible to users with sight, mobility, and hearing impairments. better for all: mobile accessibility better for all: inclusive policies with daniel appelquist better for all: equal accessibility better for all: bringing diversity to design with eglantina hasaj and manpreet kaur better for all: diversity in design better for all: developing and designing for diversity refresh for success – it’s not enough to simply submit a title to a digital marketplace and assume success will follow and continue without extra effort. in this series, top galaxy store designers and developers talk about how they maintain their product lines to ensure a steady flow of revenue and new customers. refresh for success: maintain quality themes design with olga gabay from zeru studio refresh for success: improve your process to keep designs fresh with tan nguyen from butterfly-effected, gmbh refresh for success: improve your process and de-clutter your galaxy store with drazen stojcic from urarity prime time design – finding success in designing new products is an intensely unique and personal process. the prime time design series includes interviews with some of the most unique people creating for galaxy store. read how these talented people inspire themselves and how they convert that inspiration into action. prime time design: unpacking the creative process with ramon campos from friss in motion prime time design: unpacking the creative process with pedro machado from health face prime time design: unpacking the creative process with john shih from x9 studio strategies for success – tony morelan was a successful watch face designer before coming to work with the samsung developers team. we’re grateful for his knowledge of design as well as how to turn designs into revenue. in this four-part series, tony points out steps to creating successful galaxy store product submissions. strategies for success: selling your apps strategies for success: understanding consumer trends strategies for success: building your fan base strategies for success: making your brand successful 2. best of galaxy store awards highlight successful developers the galaxy store app on your mobile device is more than just an app. behind the scenes, there is a team of developers, product managers, business leaders, and security experts devoted to ensuring the best possible online experience for consumers in 180 countries. because of their dedication, developers and designers have a great platform for monetizing their work. each year, the samsung developers team works with the galaxy store operations and business development teams to determine the best games, apps, and themes based on revenue, downloads, and impact to consumers. the result is the best of galaxy store awards. in 2018 and 2019, the best of galaxy store awards were presented live, on stage, at the samsung developer conference (sdc). without a live event in 2020 or 2021, the samsung developers team decided to continue the tradition of highlighting and awarding our top galaxy store products. even without an in-person event, we used a live premiere on youtube to have a single moment in time to celebrate with the winners. tony morelan emceed the event, but he had a lot of help from ron liechty, jeanne hsu, susie perez, and shelly wu. we thank them for their hard work. we hope you’ll enjoy watching! look for the “best of galaxy store” sash on apps, games, themes, and watch faces in galaxy store to know that you’re getting a truly unique experience. 1. discovering new opportunities at sdc21 each year, the samsung developer conference is the culmination of an incredible amount of planning and work by hundreds of people. even though the event was virtual in 2021, there was still a huge volume of work. instead of preparing for a live audience, our teams practiced in front of a galaxy phone on a tripod (really). instead of building booths and planning meals, we built a website and social media campaigns to reach a larger audience. eric cloninger and tony morelan kicked off the promotion for sdc21 with a podcast featuring a previous sdc speaker, chris shomo. before the conference, visitors were invited to create whimsical caricatures of themselves using the mysdcstack mini-site and submit their designs to social media. by participating in the event website, watching sessions, and trying the code labs, visitors would earn points toward a prize drawing after sdc. relive the experience of sdc21 by watching the keynote or any of the highlight sessions and technical talks by viewing this playlist wrapping up when sdc is finished, our team takes a collective deep breath, happy to be done. it is a satisfying experience to pull off a big industry event. we don’t know yet how we’ll handle live events, but we remain optimistic that some will occur. we are making plans and we hope we’ll be able to see you, somewhere, in 2022. 🤞 take care. stay warm (or cool). best wishes to you all and happy new year!
Dec 16, 2021
tutorials galaxy watch, marketplace
blogwith the release of one ui watch version 4.5, there are new steps for installing galaxy watch4 and galaxy watch5 watch faces that are different from the previous post on this topic. new and previously purchased watch faces from google play store will not automatically become the active watch face on your watch. in some cases, you must first download watch faces to your play store account before transferring them to your watch. the steps below explain how to install watch faces using your watch, phone, or computer browser. your devices should be logged into the same google account and on the same wifi to ensure they are correctly connected. new watch faces purchase and install using your watch purchase and install using your phone purchase and install using your computer browser previously purchased watch faces install previous purchase using your watch install previous purchase using your phone install previous purchase using your computer browser troubleshooting getting help new watch faces purchase and install using your watch 1. swipe up on your watch to view your watch apps and tap the play store app. 2. use the search function to find watch faces based on keywords, or scroll down and tap the watch faces banner to view featured watch faces. 3. tap on the chosen watch face. 4. tap on the price button. 5. a notification to complete your purchase on your phone will appear on your watch. if this device appears in the list, the developer offers a companion app for your phone for this watch face. companion apps are not required for watch faces to function correctly on your watch. 6. on your phone, go to the play store. a. tap on your profile icon b. tap on notifications & offers c. tap on continue your purchase to complete the transaction your new watch face will download to your play store account. even though the payment successful notification states that your new watch face is now available on your watch, it still must be transferred to your watch. 7. tap on available on more devices and tap the install button for your watch model. 8. once your watch face downloads to your watch, click on the current watch face, swipe left, and select add watch face. continue swiping left until you see your newly downloaded watch face. finally, tap the watch face to make it your active watch face. purchase and install using your phone 1. open the galaxy wearable app and tap either the watch faces button or the store button to launch the play store. if you tap watch faces, you need to scroll to the bottom and select get more watch faces to launch the play store. 2. if you arrive at the play store home screen, you must navigate to the watch face page. tap either the featured watch faces banner or scroll to the bottom and tap watch faces to open the watch face page. alternatively, you can open the play store on your phone but must tap the categories tab near the top and select the watch faces category. 3. navigate through the many options of watch faces within different categories, or use the search function to search using a keyword. 4. select a watch face and tap the dropdown arrow button in the green price bar. if the dropdown doesn't appear, confirm that your phone and watch are connected, then close and re-open the play store app on your phone. you may also need to turn off the wifi on your watch and then turn wifi back on. 5. tap on the checkmark box for your watch to select it, then tap on the green bar app price. 6. add payment information if needed or redeem a coupon code by tapping on the current payment choice, scrolling down, and selecting redeem code. 7. tap on the 1-tap buy green bar button to complete your purchase. your watch face downloads to your phone and then installs on your watch. downloading may take several minutes, and the status may not change from install pending. 8. you can check the progress of your download by tapping the download icon at the bottom of your current watch face. some purchases may take several hours to sync with your watch. if you have initiated your purchase using your phone, do not attempt to purchase again using your watch. 9. once your watch face has downloaded to your watch, make the watch face your active watch face by going to the galaxy wearable app on your phone and select watch faces. 10. scroll down to the downloaded category and tap on your recently downloaded watch face to add it to your favorites category. 11. your watch face will now be the active watch face on your watch. purchase and install using your computer browser 1. go to https://play.google.com/store/apps and ensure you signed in to your google account associated with your phone. 2. click on the watch category button near the top of the page. 3. click on the featured watch faces banner. 4. navigate through the many options of watch faces within different categories or use the search function to search a keyword. 5. once you have chosen a watch face, click the green buy button and complete your purchase. 6. to transfer your watch face to your watch, select your watch model from the choose a device dropdown and then click install. installing may take several minutes to complete. 7. after your watch face downloads to your watch, click on the current watch face, swipe left, and select add watch face. continue swiping left until you see your newly downloaded watch face. finally, tap the watch face to make it your active watch face. install a previously purchased watch face if you would like to install a watch face that you had previously purchased from the play store, there are different ways you can do this using your watch, your phone, or your computer. install previous purchase using your watch 1. swipe up on the current watch face to access the watch apps and select the play store app. you can also press and hold on to the current watch face, swipe left to the end of the list and select add watch face. continue swiping left until the end and select more watch faces. the play store app will launch. 2. tap the search icon and talk, draw, or type the name of the watch face. 3. select the watch face and tap install. 4. once your watch face downloads to your watch, click on the current watch face, swipe left, and select add watch face. continue swiping left until you see your newly downloaded watch face. finally, tap the watch face to make it your active watch face. install previous purchase using your phone 1. to install a previously purchased watch face using your phone, open the galaxy wearable app and tap either the watch faces button or the store button to launch the play store. if you tap watch faces, you need to scroll to the bottom and select get more watch faces to launch the play store. alternatively, you can directly open the play store by tapping the app icon on your phone. 2. once the play store app has opened, you can view all previously downloaded watch faces by tapping your google account profile icon and selecting manage apps & device. 3. tap on the manage tab and scroll to find the apps for the watch faces you have installed on your phone. 4. select the green installed button and change it to not installed to view apps previously downloaded but not currently installed on your phone. you can also tap the search icon and type the name of your previously purchased watch face. 5. tap on the watch face app from the results list you would like to install on your watch. 6. tap the small downward triangle to open the install options. place a checkmark next to your watch model and click the install button. 7. once your watch face downloads to your watch, click on the current watch face, swipe left, and select add watch face. continue swiping left until you see your newly downloaded watch face. finally, tap the watch face to make it your active watch face. install previous purchase using your computer browser 1. go to https://play.google.com/store/apps and sign in to your google account associated with your phone. 2. click on your profile icon and select library & devices. 3. scroll through the list of previously downloaded apps and select one of your watch faces. if needed, click show more to view your full list of apps. 4. click on the green install on more devices button. 5. in the drop-down menu, click on the device list and select your galaxy watch. 6. click the green install button to install the watch face to your galaxy watch. enter your google account password if asked. 7. your watch face will begin to download to your watch. 8. once your watch face downloads to your watch, click on the current watch face, swipe left, and select add watch face. continue swiping left until you see your newly downloaded watch face. finally, tap the watch face to make it your active watch face. troubleshooting when downloading a watch face to your watch, if your watch device is not showing in the install on more devices list, you will need to use a computer browser to re-install the watch face. 1. log into your play store account and use the search function to find your watch face. 2. click on install on more devices. 3. select your watch model and click install. 4. your watch face will begin to download to your watch. 5. once your watch face downloads to your watch, click on the current watch face, swipe left, and select add watch face. continue swiping left until you see your newly downloaded watch face. finally, tap the watch face to make it your active watch face. getting help for questions about using your watch, open the samsung members app on your phone to visit the community forum. then, view the galaxy watch forum in the wearables category to read discussions and post your questions. to participate in the broader wear os discussion, visit the wear os by google help community page. grow your watch face collection as you can see, there are many ways that you can purchase and install watch faces in google play store onto your galaxy watch. personalization is a key feature of your galaxy watch, and we know you will continue to enjoy customizing the look of your watch style as you grow your collection of watch faces. visit the play store to find your next favorite wear os powered by samsung watch face. to view the watch faces featured in this blog, search the play store for the designer monkey's dream. resources for sellers at samsung galaxy store for more information on signing up and selling on galaxy store, look into the galaxy store documentation. for assistance with setting up and starting your sales campaigns, the galaxy store discussion forums are where you can get great insights from the galaxy store support team and other sellers. join us on twitter, facebook, linkedin, and youtube to continue the discussion.
Nov 15, 2022
Tony Morelan
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