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Facer is returning with thousands of watch faces with Wear OS 6 later this year

Image showing Facer watch faces on multiple smartwatches. (Image source: Facer)
Image showing Facer watch faces on multiple smartwatches. (Image source: Facer)
Facer boasts a massive catalog of free and paid watch faces for smartwatches and it is making a return with Wear OS 6. The company plans to bring most, if not all, of its catalog to Wear OS 6 compatible smartwatches.

Those who have been using smartwatches for a while already know what Facer is but for those unaware, it was the go-to app for watch face customization. Unfortunately, it was removed from the platform due to changes brought by Wear OS 5. Now, the company has announced Facer will be returning “revitalized, more powerful” with Wear OS 6 later this year.

A brief history of Facer

Facer was launched back in 2016 as a third-party app for smartwatches that brings a massive library of free and paid watch faces. It allowed users to customize their watch face outside of what the default available faces were. With the introduction of Wear OS 5 last year, watches running this OS such as Pixel Watch 3 (Buy on Amazon), Samsung Galaxy Watch7 (Buy on Amazon), and Galaxy Watch Ultra (Buy on Amazon), became incompatible with Facer due to some policy changes. Users were limited to only those watch faces built using Google’s “Watch Face Format”. To overcome this, Facer would have had to manually publish faces in the Google Play Store which was not “logistically feasible” for the massive catalog of over 500,000 faces.

Facer returns with Wear OS 6

Now, Facer has announced its return with the rollout of Wear OS 6 later this year. The company had been working with Google and it seems to have reached an amicable solution. “With new system-level capabilities coming in Wear OS 6, alongside innovations from Facer — the full Facer experience is set to be reintroduced — revitalized, more powerful, and better than ever,” the announcement on Medium reads.

Facer will bring thousands of watch faces from its catalog that are compatible with Wear OS 6 and more will be added by this fall that are compliant with Google’s new Watch Face Format. It will bring back seamless face syncing between the mobile app and the smartwatch thanks to Watch Face Push in Wear OS 6. Furthermore, Facer will also bring new features, new brands, and exclusive discounts at launch. 

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Vineet Washington, 2025-05-22 (Update: 2025-05-22)