Customizing your Apple Watch can take different directions; however, none of them will be as time-saving as adding complications. If you’re reading this article, you probably already know that complications allow you to view some of the information you frequently use at a simple glance but did you know that having multiple faces enables you to add even more complications? Great news, right?
Well, once you learn how to add complications to your iphone smartwatch, it’ll become much easier to track your activities while keeping some basic information like the date and the weather right in front of you. That said, let’s jump right into it!
Using Complications on Apple Watch
In the following part of the article, we’ll walk you through some simple steps to add and change the complications using various methods. This way, you can choose the method you’re more comfortable with to customize your watch.
Adding Complications on Apple Watch
- Go to the face you’d like to customize by swiping right or left or using the digital crown.
- Press on the screen for a few seconds, then press on the “Customize” button.
- Swipe left to get to check the already existing complications as well as slots where complications can be added.
- Choose the slot where you’d like to add the complication.
- Use the digital crown to go through the complications that appear on the list.
- Select the complication you want to add to this slot.
- Press the digital crown to save changes.
- Tap on the screen to exit the customization mode.
Changing Complications on Apple Watch
- Go to the face you’d like to customize by swiping right or left or using the digital crown.
- Press on the screen for a few seconds, then press on the “Customize” button.
- Swipe left to get to check the already existing complications.
- Choose the complication that you’d like to replace.
- Use the digital crown to go through the complications that appear on the list.
- Press the digital crown to save changes.
- Tap on the screen to exit the customization mode.
Changing Complications on Apple Watch Using Your iPhone
- Go to the Watch app.
- Press on “My Watch.”
- Select the watch face you want to edit.
- Choose the complication you’d like to replace.
- Scroll through the list of available complications using the digital crown.
- Press on the new complication you want to add to your watch.
- Check the changes on your watch.
Removing Complications on Apple Watch Using Your iPhone
- Go to the Watch app.
- Press on “My Watch.”
- Choose the watch face you’d like to edit.
- Scroll through your to the complication until you find the one you’d like to remove.
- Go to the top of the list, then press on “Off.”
- Check the changes on your watch.
Adding or Changing Complications from a Third-party App
Unfortunately, the majority of third-party apps don’t have complications. However, the ones that do will appear on your list by default, and these are the ones you can link to your watch.
On the other hand, if the third-party apps you have on your iPhone don’t have any corresponding complications, you won’t find an option to add them to the watch. Instead, your Watch app will display the following message: “You have no apps with watch face complications installed on your Apple Watch yet.”
You can remove some of the available applications from the list if you find it too long. To add a third-party application to your Apple Watch, follow the following steps:
- Go to your Watch application on your iPhone.
- Tap on “My Watch.”
- Choose “Complications.”
- Press “Edit.”
- You’ll see a “+” symbol that allows you to add the complication to the Watch app.
Note: if you want to remove a third-party complication, follow the previous steps, but instead of choosing the “+” symbol, choose this “-“ symbol.
- Go to your Apple Watch and follow the steps outlined above to add the complication to your watch face using the watch itself.
Conclusion
As simple as adding a complication to your Apple watch is, it takes the user’s experience to a whole new level. Instead of navigating between different applications to find the information you’re looking for, you can now instantly find them using their corresponding complications.
Hopefully, you found this article helpful. If you need any information about switching, customizing, or even creating a new watch face, visit Apple Support Page.
