Garmin watches are pretty capable devices. They can last for weeks, can be seen in daylight, and they support many of the features people come to expect from other, more powerful Smartwatches. Explore and download apps to personalize your Garmin with Connect IQ, our open platform for third-party developer apps. Custom data fields and custom watch face influence. psx 7 months ago. Yesterday I install custom data field from IQ Store and suddenly my watch face started to crush.add custom data field field.start activity.back to watch face.crush watch face. Without custom data field everything is ok.
Garmin has a lesser-known app in the App Store and it often gets overlooked.
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. This is on a VivoActive 3.
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.
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
Garmin Vivoactive 3 Custom 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.
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.
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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