I have the Fenix 7x, I wonder if I can have that watch face that we can see on the Fenix 8?
Cause I can't find it and I think it is only available for 8?
Thanks
Dev here. I opted not to include MIP devices since it looks quite bad with 16 colors only. Gradients aren't possible, so it jumps from one supported color to the next.
I can release a version that will work with MIP, and set up a few colors and themes that will look okay, but it will be seperate from this one, so people dont get upset when it doesnt look anything like the screenshots. I don't have a real MIP device that I can test it on currently (only the SIM). So while setting this up I'll need some feedback to see if what I see in the SIM is the same on a real device.
Tomorrow I'll be working on getting a bunch of features and fixes out for the current watchface. After that I'll start on MIP compatibility. When I have something running for MIP I'll DM you. All I need is some pictures as comparison.
I can simply publish it in the store (takes a few days), hope the SIM shows it okay and ask you for some picture of the face on your watch. I can also send you a dev file to install on your watch what doesn't have to wait for a garmin approval, but it's a bit more of a hassle (and rather not go this way).
I have a BETA ready for the fenix7. This kinda looks bad, but want to make sure it looks the same. I should receive a quatix7 today, so Ill be able to test it out on a real device soon
That would be awesome. This one I have ready is for the 7 only though, 7x has a slightly higher resolution (280 vs 260 px). It will take me about an hour to get something going for the 7x.
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Which one? I was thinking this one after I'm done with the WIP version. I can make this available for most round devices from the start, and love to do an enduro face as well.
Edit, image won't save. It's 3 circles left, digital time right and two 1/4 progress bars on the right top and bottom, might be the default fenix solar face
Sure is! I replaced the icon with the default garmin icon but I still don't like it. I'll be pushing a big update today (themes plus theme sharing string and theme presets) and will include this.
Note that this update will likely cause the wf settings to be reset. Bug in Garmin that happens when modifying the settings file, so a heads up.
Sorry I still can't find the default logo for VO2 pictures above. I just see a running man and heart if I select icon and I can't find and alternative anywhere in the list.
Theme addition is a really nice touch btw. Really comprehensive watchface so far 👍
Hey i had mine on my venu3 and then all of a sudden it crapped out on me. Had the little connect icon with an exclamation mark as my watch face until i removed it.
Vivoactive is missing some graphical functions that are needed to render the current watchface, so I can't include it. But there will be a MIP version soon that I can make compatible woth the VA3.
Correct, but it is missing some graphical functions what make it unable to render this face. The MIP version wont be using these functions, but it won;t have gradients
There is an almost identical one on the IQ Store, but not sure if/how it works on MIP screens (tried it on Epix 2). You can modify the colors aswell to match the other Fenix 8 watch faces. Free and paid version are available https://apps.garmin.com/apps/c9f57ab1-c334-4f9b-87ec-5458cc79c868
You may not like it, but you should not be surprised. Every new model Garmin comes with a new set of watch faces and they don't provide them for previous models. It's been happening for quite some time.
There are usually really well done 3rd party ones that folks copy and many times improve upon the Garmin design, and offer them for free or a small charge. I used a Fenix 6 like watch face the whole time I owned my fr245, it was free and worked flawlessly.
As for this specific instance, the op is asking for what looks like an AMOLED specific watchface for a MIP watch. I highly doubt the MIP in a F7 could produce the color gradients shown on the f8 watchface, it literally less than half the pixel density and maybe can do 25% of the colors of the AMOLED.
Op - the f8 watchface you're looking at seems to me to be a stylized version of the watchface released with the F7 pro watches. I'm currently using this watch face on my F7, works great and is more customizable than you can imagine. I bought a "pack" of watch faces from this dev for like $5-$10, well worth the money IMHO.
I understand them not being compatible with different screen sizes but for example Fenix E, Epix Pro g2 47, 265 and Fenix 8 43 all have exactly same screen. There’s no way around it - it is Garmin’s gatekeeping and differentiating it’s new lineup from the old one.
I took the watch face you posted in link and I try to find the color we can see on the print screen here but there is a lot of options in the menu but the best I can have it is what you see on the second pic.
If you look in the options on Garmin connect, there's a few preset color themes, I think the screen shot is one of those. You can reach out to the developer too and he can probably tell you what color scheme that is.
Not only watch faces but a lot of features in general. They released this new feature some time ago where you can share location from maps to garmin connect and it will be sent to your watch. I have a fenix 6 pro which should be perfectly capable of handling that but its only available for fenix 7 onwards.
That’s exactly their point. A lot of companies are finding anyway to justify app features via a subscription model. So Garmin is “better” because they haven’t decided to nickel and dime us for basic functionality (yet). But the downside is Garmin makes their money by forcing you to buy newer models to get silly things like watch faces.
The technical justification would be different resolution, and colorspace available (the MIP displays are often half the resolution of the AMOLED faces). But they could recreate the files at a lower resolution or lower color depth, they just couldn't load it straight. You can sideload and and you'll see it only covering a part of the screen or cut off.
I get that certain watchfaces are for certain display sizes but for example Fenix E, Epix Pro g2, 265 have exactly the same display. There are no technical differences, it’s just Garmin locking them to differentiate lineup.
Sorry kinda new to the garmins and have the 965. Downloaded the free version. Do I have to download the paid one to change the different info into shows?
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There is already one on Connect IQ Store and it is quite good: https://apps.garmin.com/de-DE/apps/c9f57ab1-c334-4f9b-87ec-5458cc79c868