How to Change the Watch Face on Your Galaxy Watch (7, 6, 5, 4 & Ultra)

Your Galaxy Watch face is the first thing you see every time you check the time — and changing it takes less than ten seconds once you know where to look. This guide covers every method to change the watch face on your Galaxy Watch 7, 6, 5, 4 and Ultra: directly on the watch, from the Galaxy Wearable app, and by installing custom faces from the Play Store.

Why Change Your Galaxy Watch Face?

There are three good reasons to switch things up:

Style: match your dial to your outfit, your mood, or the occasion — a minimal face for work, a sport face for the gym.
Battery: AMOLED-optimized faces with true-black backgrounds can noticeably extend battery life compared to bright, animation-heavy designs.
Complications: different faces expose different widgets — heart rate, weather, step count — so the right face puts the data you care about one glance away.

Method 1: Change the Watch Face Directly on Your Watch

The quickest way works the same on Galaxy Watch 7, 6, 5, 4 and Ultra:

Press and hold the center of your current watch face for about a second.
The watch vibrates and enters the face gallery — swipe left or right to browse the built-in and installed faces.
Tap the face you like to set it as your active watch face.

That's it. The new dial is applied instantly and becomes your default.

Method 2: Change It from the Galaxy Wearable App

If you prefer managing your faces from your phone:

Open the Galaxy Wearable app on your Samsung (or Android) phone.
Tap Watch faces from the home screen.
Browse the gallery, then tap Set as watch face on your favorite.
Use Edit to rearrange faces, or tap More to install new ones.

Changes sync to your watch over Bluetooth within seconds.

Method 3: Install a New Watch Face from the Play Store

Custom Wear OS watch faces from the Play Store — like the Galaxy Design catalog — install in two taps:

Open the Play Store on your watch, or on your phone and select your watch as the target device.
Search for the face you want and tap Install.
Once installed, press and hold your current face, swipe to the new one, and tap to apply.

All Galaxy Design faces are built on the unified Watch Face Format, so they work on Wear OS 3, 4 and 5 devices including every Galaxy Watch model.

Create Your Own with Watch Face Studio

If you want something truly unique, Samsung's Watch Face Studio lets you design and export your own dials for Wear OS. You can build faces for both the round Galaxy Watch and the square Watch Ultra layouts, add complications, and upload them to the Play Store or sideload them with a debug cable.

Try a Galaxy Design Watch Face

Our collection has a face for every style — and most of them are free to claim. Start with the Galaxy Watch Face, the clean Minimal Watch Face, or the feature-packed Ultra Watch Face built for the Ultra's bigger display. Browse the full Wear OS watch face collection, or claim a free Galaxy Watch face coupon before the current drop runs out.

What If Your Watch Face Won't Change? (Troubleshooting)

Face not showing in the gallery: open the Galaxy Wearable app, tap Watch faces, and make sure it's installed on the watch — not just your phone.
Changes not syncing: keep your phone and watch connected, then restart the Galaxy Wearable app.
Watch feels slow after installing: delete faces you don't use from the Wearable app; extra faces eat storage and RAM.
Still stuck? Restart the watch (hold both side buttons), or reset just the face gallery via Settings > Watch faces.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do I change the watch face on a Galaxy Watch 7?

Press and hold the current watch face, swipe through the gallery, and tap the face you want to apply. You can also change it from the Galaxy Wearable app under Watch faces.

2. Can I use the same watch face on Galaxy Watch 7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra?

Yes. Both run Wear OS 5 and use the unified Watch Face Format, so any Wear OS face — including all Galaxy Design faces — installs and runs on both watches.

3. Are custom watch faces free?

Many are. Galaxy Design runs regular free coupon drops — check the free watch faces page and claim a code before it expires.

Ready to refresh your wrist? Browse the full Galaxy Design collection or grab a free Wear OS watch face coupon right now.