Samsung is rolling out the primary large Galaxy Watch replace in months, nevertheless it comes with an improve to Put on OS 5 which, for some watch faces, spells hassle. When you watch face stopped engaged on Galaxy Watch following the most recent replace, right here’s why.

Because the launch of the Galaxy Watch 4, Samsung has moved away from its personal Tizen platform and on to Google’s Put on OS. That introduced an enormous enlargement of watch faces accessible to be downloaded by way of the Play Retailer.

Nonetheless, with the launch of Put on OS 5, Google has made modifications to how watch faces work.

The brand new replace solely helps the brand new “Watch Face Format,” an up to date format that strips faces of executable code in an effort to preserve battery life. Samsung co-developed the format with Google. It’s factor in the long term, nevertheless it does imply that lots of older Put on OS watch faces are not appropriate with Put on OS 5 and, in flip, newer smartwatches.

Samsung confirmed that watch faces that not meet Google’s up to date coverage (i.e. utilizing the Watch Face Format) are not appropriate with the Galaxy Watch 7 and Galaxy Watch Extremely. In flip, the new One UI 6 Watch replace that’s rolling out to Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5, and Watch 6 may find yourself disabling some watch faces in your smartwatch for the reason that replace relies on Put on OS 5.

One of the vital notable examples of that is Facer, a preferred app that has a big market of watch faces designed for Put on OS smartwatches. Whereas there’s an effort to carry the app to Put on OS 5, it’s at present not appropriate. Some faces have been ported to the Play Retailer, however when you’ve been utilizing Facer, the most recent Galaxy Watch replace will break compatibility.

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