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20 ambient modes, and consider how system user interface elements will interact with your design.</p>
22 <p>Follow the guidelines in this page to design your custom watch faces.</p>
43 design. Your watch face designs should deliver a singular expression of time and related data.
53 format, but a little planning will allow users to enjoy your watch face regardless of screen
56 <p>These guidelines help your concepts align across devices:</p>
76 to draw a visual connection between your square and round versions. By using similar color
89 <p>Some of your concepts will naturally take the shape of an analog clock, like a center
110 <p>Android Wear devices operate in two main modes: ambient and interactive. Your watch face
111 designs should take these modes into account. Generally, if your watch face design looks great
117 mode. Your design can use full color with fluid animation in this mode.</p>
120 <p>Ambient mode helps the device conserve power. Your design should make clear to the user that
122 white, and grays. Your watch face may use some color elements on screens that support it
125 show hours and minutes in ambient mode; do not show seconds. Your watch face is notified when
134 and considerations. One important consideration when designing the ambient mode display for your
136 You can configure your watch face to display different ambient designs depending on the kind
137 of screen available on the device. Consider the best design for your watch faces on all
152 You should also disable antialiasing in your paint styles for this mode. Make sure to test
153 your design on devices with low-bit ambient mode.</p>
169 pixels in your ambient mode designs and keep 95% of the pixels black. Replace solid shapes in
170 your regular ambient mode designs with outlined shapes in burn-protected ambient mode. Also
177 <p>Your watch face designs should accommodate Android Wear UI elements. These elements give the
179 to keep critical elements in your watch face designs from being obscured by the UI elements.</p>
189 you need to accommodate both large and small cards in your design. Your watch face can specify a
194 notification. A small peek card leaves more room for your design. Round faces with analog hands
199 <p>The system notifies your watch face when the bounds of a peek card change, so you can
200 rearrange the elements in your design if necessary.</p>
225 this element is not as critical. You should still avoid covering up elements of your
227 turned on unless your design is tailored to have these elements appear on top of them, for example
237 <p>Your watch face can show users contextually relevant data and react to it by changing styles
238 and colors in your design.</p>
240 <h3>What do you want your user to know?</h3>
249 supported by real user needs. What do you want your users to know after they have glanced
250 at your design? Once you have identified your outcome, you need to determine how to obtain
261 <p>Your watch face concept may include use of data beyond time, such as weather, calendar
275 <p>Once you have solidified your conceptual direction or desired outcome, you will need to
276 begin visualizing your watch face. The strongest watch face designs are highly glanceable
277 and deliver a singular expression of data. In order to identify your singular message, you
281 expression of data to include in your design.</p>
284 <p>Make sure your approach begins with insight into the needs and expectations of your users.
285 Test your designs with users to check any assumptions you might have made about your design along
287 Try your concept out with lots of different types of data and scenarios. Test your designs
293 <p>Your watch face can respond to a single-tap gesture from the user, as long as
406 <p>All available watch faces are accessible from the Android Wear companion app or from your
