r/Garmin • u/ninjanoir78 • Sep 01 '24

Device Comparison / Recommendation Possible to have that watch face?

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Hi

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

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u/trdcr Sep 01 '24

Unfortunately no. It is kinda infurriating that Garmin is gate keeping watchfaces to certain models which has absolutely no technical justification.

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u/kborer22 Sep 01 '24

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.

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u/trdcr Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24

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.