Android Wear is also about to be upgraded to 5.0, and the watch face display mode is turned on

In this era of personalization, you may also think that the same watch faces are terrible. For traditional watch manufacturers, when the watch is completed, everything cannot be changed, but for smart watches, when the watch is completed, everything has just begun. Now Google has announced the official Watch Face API to make the watch face of each Android Wear device look different. It can be Santa Claus, a Minion, or even a brand logo.

With this new API, developers can adjust the position of system UI elements, obtain the current watch mode information, and then create a personalized watch face with a consistent experience on all devices. Google also provides relevant courses and materials. In fact, before Google announced this API, some developers had already created some Android Wear watch faces in other ways. Now, Google hopes that these developers will switch their products to the official API before January 31, 2015, otherwise they may be removed from the Google Play Store.

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In addition to launching a new API, Google has also launched an album in the Play Store to showcase Android Wear watch faces. If you want your work to appear on this page, you must also use Google's official API. On this page, we can see that some of the works above are from artists, some are from brand manufacturers, and some are from Google's partners. There is even one piece made by Google itself.

In the next week, Android Wear devices such as Moto 360 and LG G Watch will be able to get updates based on Android 5.0 through OTA. After the update, users can manage and configure the watch faces through the Android Wear app, or install watch faces directly from Google Play.

Of course, this update of Android Wear is not all about watch faces. Some features have also been added, such as helping users retrieve accidentally deleted cards, setting different scene modes according to the environment, disabling notifications from specific apps, and viewing the power consumption and storage status of individual apps through the Android Wear app. In addition, in order to support more new features, the Android Wear app has also been updated synchronously.