despite the ever-growing galaxy watch face ecosystem you might very well be getting a little
bit bored and i don't blame you enter watchmaker watchmaker is an app for the galaxy watch or any
other smartwatch really and today we're going to take a look at how to install it how to use
it and some of the costs involved make sure you stay tuned you might find this one helpful
what is up guys welcome back to tech it easy today we're going to be taking a look at the
watchmaker app so as i said we're going to go over how to install it how to use it and the
costs involved we'll also take a look at some of the pre-installed watch faces you get with the app
just before we jump into the video though if you could consider leaving a like and subscribing if
you end up enjoying the video also do consider joining the discord community it's a great way
to get involved with the channel i'm not going to hold you up anymore let's get on with it so
as you might have guessed the first step is to in fact install the application on your phone
so if you're using a samsung device you can actually get this from the galaxy store
otherwise you can head over to the play store or the apple store to download the app
there will be links down in the description conveniently located very close to the subscribe
button you might as well now this is of course a free application however once it's downloaded it
will prompt you to download the companion app onto your watch which unfortunately is a paid
application it only costs between three and four pounds so it's not going to break the bank but
actually there is some more costs involved and i will get to that later on in the video before you
install the companion app the application will ask you what sort of watch you've got so just
select which one you have from the list then it will take you to the companion app download page
once the app has finished installing you can head over to your smartwatch to check the watchmaker
app out it has a very similar sort of ui to what facer does facer is another free watch face app
and you can check out my top 10 face of watch face video up in the top right corner now or after the
video is finished when using the watchmaker app on your watch you have a selection of pre-installed
watch faces which you can customize within the watch without the need for your phone however
your phone goes into much more depth and detail and gives you a lot more customization options
which i'll show off shortly double tapping on the screen will bring up the customization options on
your watch and also allow you to switch between the various different pre-installed watch faces
so let's head back over to watchmaker on your phone so again it has a very similar layout and
store to what facer does you have a selection of various different watch faces made by other people
and actual designers which you can download both free and paid versions you can also edit the watch
faces within the app or you can even create your own and this is where things get i guess a little
bit disappointing so i was trying to record customizing a watch face for you guys and i
kept getting this notification saying pay for the pro version to unlock all customization features
however there really wasn't any customization features available and i felt it was a bit of
a hidden cost which wasn't really necessary nonetheless because i love you all i went and paid
for it so we can fully explore all the features of watchmaker and i have to say it was kind of cool
even though it did take quite a while to get the hang of it so if you're no stranger to photoshop
it might be a little bit easier for you it's basically a layer system where you just layer
different elements on top of each other and you build your own watch face from scratch
you can even upload your own photographs and pick colors from photographs on your phone
which i thought was a pretty nice touch one thing i will say is that when you're designing
the watch face on your phone things can look a little bit pixelated and well just a bit naf
really but honestly once you get the watch face onto your watch it looks a hell of a lot better
so there's nothing to worry about there okay so let's jump into the watchmaker itself so to be
honest it's not quite as simple as it looks there is a lot going on but once you get the hang of it
it can become pretty easy so to start off just simply tap the plus button to choose an element
so you'll start off with your background and then you can move on to your hour hand your minute
hand and your second hand you've got hundreds of different ones to choose from but you are limited
if you don't pay for the premium version which is only 7.99 for a lifetime subscription just
playing around with it quickly it is really easy after tapping the tick after picking your element
it does sometimes take a while to sort of load up but after that is really nice and easy you can add
different elements such as battery gauges steps counters date and time and even custom shapes
and gifs you have an immense amount of control so you can scale it up and down move it left or right
you can do this by just moving it with your finger or for more precision you can use the controls
at the bottom of the screen there's honestly plenty to choose from and it's actually not a
quick task to do you really do need to sit down for a while and have a good old look at this thing
so now we've got a good idea of how it looks i'm going to show off what i managed to come up with
with about 15 to 20 minutes worth of playing about so this is my watch face which i managed to make
i'm sure you guys can do a hell of a lot better than i did but i kept things pretty simple i
managed to get a nice theme going with the techie easy colors and actually when i put it on my watch
i was really surprised as to how good it looked personally i've added a steps counter the date
off to the right and then a battery gauge off to the left i could even put something at the top if
i really wanted to such as moon phases but really i quite like the minimal aesthetic of the watch
little tip for you you can actually change the font and style of the text i added a
metal text to give it a bit of depth and a bit of shine you can also add to cool animations to
it as i'm showing off on screen now but i don't think i'm gonna leave it like that so finally
moving back to the app and the watch faces it has featured on it there are actually some really nice
realistic ones and some that we've not seen on the galaxy store or even on the likes of facer before
and the best thing about these is that you can customize them all within the phone app or on the
watch itself you have hundreds of different color options and again you can also pick custom colors
the one i'm showing off now is probably one of my favorites it's called the zephron and it comes in
around 199. definitely some great watch faces to explore and personally i'm thinking that i'm
probably going to do a dedicated video on the best watch faces on the watchmaker app also it'd be
really nice if you could join the discord server and share your own watch faces with each other
that you've made i do also believe that someone else has posted a link in the discord channel
with over 100 free different watch faces to download so you should definitely go and check
that out do remember there will be download links for the watchmaker app down below so that is it
for today guys thank you so much for watching do remember if you did find the video helpful
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