One of the best things about the Apple Watch is that there are many different watch faces that you can choose from what you like, and although switching between different watch faces is easy, setting up different watch faces for different occasions can be a bit annoying. Apple can automatically read your thoughts and change them based on your needs? You can use the Shortcuts app to do this amazing thing.


You can create an automated method through the Shortcuts app that changes the Apple Watch face at a specific time or location. You find that the watch face changes when you get to work, and it changes automatically as soon as you get home, as well as a face that fits the day and another that suits the night, and you can change the face of your watch starting from a specific time that you specify, find out how.

How to automatically change the Apple Watch face based on time

You can easily set your Apple Watch face to change automatically anytime you want. Let’s say you head to the office every day at 8:30 a.m. and want to make sure your watch face is set to something simple and classic; This shortcut will help you do just that.

Before we get started, it's important to remember that this shortcut can only choose watch faces you've already created, so be sure to add any watch faces you want to use before setting it up.

◉ Open the Shortcuts app on the iPhone.

◉ Click on Automation.

◉ Tap the + icon in the upper right or left corner of your screen.

◉ Click Create Personal Automation.

◉ Click on Time of Day.

◉ Set the time you want. You can also choose Sunrise or Sunset if you want the shortcut to work automatically at these times.

◉ Click on how often you want it to happen, you can choose between daily, weekly or monthly.

◉ Click Next.

◉ Click on Add Action.

◉ Type Set Watch Face in the search bar, then tap on it.

◉ Tap on the word Face highlighted in blue on the screen.

◉ Tap on the Watch face you want to change to at that time.

◉ Click Next in the upper right corner.

◉ Click the Ask Before Running On/OffSwitch switch to turn it off.

◉ Click Don't Ask in the popup alert.

◉ Click Done.

Now your watch face will automatically change to the one you wanted. And you can follow these exact instructions again to set up a different time to schedule changes to the watch face as you like.


How to automatically change the Apple Watch face based on location

If you prefer to change your watch face based on where you are rather than the time, this shortcut can help you do just that. Especially useful if you have a specific location, such as a gym, if you like to use a specific watch face, so be sure to add the watch face you want to use to your list of watch faces.

◉ Run the shortcuts on the iPhone.

◉ Click on Automation.

◉ Tap the + icon in the upper right corner of your screen.

◉ Click Create Personal Automation.

◉ Click Arrive or Leave. Arriving somewhere will change the watch face, and leaving will change the watch face as well.

◉ Press to select.

◉ Type an address or select a location from the list of options.

◉ Click Done once your location is set.

◉ Tap Next in the upper right corner of your screen.

◉ Click on Add Action.

◉ Type Set Watch Face in the search bar.

◉ Click Set watch face from the Actions menu.

◉ Tap on the word Face highlighted in blue on the screen.

◉ Tap the Watch face you want to change to in that location.

◉ Click Next in the upper right corner.

◉ Click Done.


One problem if you set up this shortcut is that there is no way to turn it off, it will work automatically without any effort from you at all, you will have to let it run until the clock changes.

The Shortcuts app has so much potential, and if it's your first time setting up any shortcut, there's a whole world to explore. No doubt it is particularly useful if you have any HomeKit devices that you want to behave a certain way. We recommend that you explore the Shortcuts application and return to the iPhone Islam website and search for the shortcuts that we have explained and explained their capabilities, it will help you a lot.

Do you run shortcuts on your phone and watch? Tell us in the comments.

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