How to Get Pixel Watch’s Watch Faces on Samsung Galaxy Watch
Google recently released the Pixel Watch, and while opinions about the watch itself may be mixed, there is one aspect that stands out: the watch faces. The Pixel watch faces are minimal, dark-themed, and offer a unique style compared to the native watch faces on the Galaxy Watch. If you want to give them a try, you can easily get the Pixel Watch's watch faces on your Galaxy Watch by following these simple steps.
Install Pixel Watch's Watch Faces on Galaxy Watch
To apply the Pixel watch faces on your Galaxy Watch, you'll need to install the Google Pixel Watch Faces app. However, this app is not available on the Play Store, so to install the app on Samsung Galaxy Watch you'll need to sideload the APK file onto your Galaxy Watch. Don't worry, the process is straightforward and will only take a few minutes.
- First, download the Google Pixel Watch Faces app from APKMirror. You can find the latest version of the app here. Simply tap on the latest version to start the download.
- On the download page, scroll down and tap on the “Download APK” button.
- Ignore the prompt that says the file might be harmful and tap on “Download anyway.” This will download the APK file onto your device.
- On your Galaxy Watch, swipe up to open the app drawer and tap on the “Cog icon” to open Galaxy Watch settings.
- In the Settings app, scroll down to the bottom and select the “About watch” option.
- Scroll down and select “Software info,” then tap on “Software version” seven times to enable Developer options on your Galaxy Watch.
- Once enabled, go back to the Settings main page and select “Developer options” at the bottom.
- In Developer options, scroll down and enable “ADB Debugging” and confirm if asked.
- Scroll down and also enable “Debug over Wi-Fi.” Wait for a few seconds, and it will show you an IP address. Note down the IP address.
- Open your phone and install the Easy Fire Tools app from the Play Store. This app is usually used to install apps on Fire TV, but it can also be used for Galaxy Watch.
- Open the app, agree to the terms, and tap on the hamburger menu at the top left corner. In the sidebar, tap on “Settings” to open app settings.
- Select the “IP Address” option and change the IP address to the one you noted down from the Galaxy Watch. Tap on “OK” when done.
- Go back to the app's homepage and tap on the plug icon at the top right corner.
- Confirm the authorization on your Watch by selecting “OK.”
- Then confirm the authorization on your phone by selecting “Continue.”
- Once done, the plug icon should turn green. To install the Google Pixel Watch Faces APK, select the “Custom APK File” tab at the top. Tap on the “Select file” button and choose the APK file you downloaded from APKMirror.
- After selecting the APK file, tap on “Install” and then tap on “Yes” in the pop-up to confirm the installation.
- The installation process may take a couple of minutes. Do not turn off Wi-Fi, ADB Debugging, or Debug over Wi-Fi during this time.
- Once the APK is installed, open your Galaxy Watch and long-press on the home page to change the watch face.
- Swipe left to the end and tap on the “Add watch face” option with the plus icon.
- Scroll left to find all the native Samsung watch faces. Keep swiping left until you reach the end, and you should find the Pixel watch faces waiting for you.
As of now, there are 18 watch faces available from the Pixel Watch, and you can access all of them through this application.
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Keep in mind that since you have sideloaded the app, it may not receive future updates. This means that any new watch faces released by Google in the coming months may not reach you. However, if you repeat the same steps with the latest version of the app from time to time, you should be able to stay up to date. Apart from the Pixel watch faces, you can also try out many third-party watch faces available for the Samsung Galaxy Watch.
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