The idea of this Clear & powerful watchface is to be clear as possible with ability to present the data either when they are needed or when it's most relevant time to show them.
So there are two main views of this watchface:
- Simple view - presenting minimum required information
- Detailed view - presenting much more information
Usually (by default) detailed view is activated for while by wrist gesture.
On simple view you can experience appearing some relevant information when something is happening e.g. you have new notification, lost phone connection, battery is almost empty or sunrise/sunset time is coming soon.
Additionally in detailed view, for first few seconds, some alternatives data are presented e.g week/day of year, day duration, distance walked.
You can customize this watchface in Connect IQ settings by changing colors, it's bahviour, etc...
Give it a try and give a feedback below.
Download from IQ Store: Clear & powerful
FAQ:
1. Sunset/sunrise info not presented
After clean install or upgrade sunrise/sunset/day duration is not presented - please run any outdoor activity to get gps coordinates, then came back to watchface.
After GPS is set, last location is stored in the settings and updated always when watch gets new coordinates.
2. Weather or Altitude info is not presented
Weather info is available only for Garmin devices with 3.2 IQ SDK, - it is taken from Garmin new API to get already cached & present in watch weather data from Garmin.
3. Can not uninstall watchface
Sometimes users are reporting issue with uninstalling watchface. This is on Garmin side, not developer. Try first to change to another watchface on your device, then to uninstall it using GCM (Garmin Connect Mobile)
4. Feature is not available on my watch
For selected "legacy" devices adding new features is limited due to its' limitations (no. of supported colors, iQ SDK less then 3.0, small memory itc).
Legacy devices has its' own settings & source (fr45, swim2, fr230, fr235, fr630, fr735xt, d2bravo, fenix3, fenix3hr, approachs60 )
Due to memory limitations development for those legacy devices has been frozen on 2.2 version - please do not expect future changes.
Some other features can be specific version of Garmin IQ SDK depended e.g. weather info.
5. Crashes & bugs
If you are experiencing some failure behaviors contact me directly by Contact Developer link.
6. Wrist gesture does not work
On Vivoactive 3 & 4 there is confirmed bug in Garmin firmware preventing from sending wake up event from sleep mode after wrist gesture: forums.garmin.com/.../onexitsleep-not-being-called-on-va4
One of the potential reason is a situation when you have switched on 'do not disturb' option in Garmin watch settings.
7. Watchface is not responding after tapping into touch screen
Watchface developer has no access to touch screen events, so can not react on such action.
8. Can't install - install is queued in Garmin IQ
This is related or to connection between your phone and device or availability of Garmin services.
It's not watchface depended and developer can not help with that.
9. How to change to 24h or 12h clock, C fo F temperature, kilometres to miles distance, meters to feet altitude
Use standard device settings in your watch - usually under Settings / System / Time and Settings / System / Units
10. Settings are in English only. Why not in my language ?
I am developing this watchface in my spare time for fun - I don't have time to prepare and maintain settings & description in tens of localization. Sorry for that.
Releases & Features:
For all legacy watches (with IQ sdk less than 3.0 & memory limitations) development of new features has been frozen on 2.2 version.
This relates to: fr45, swim2, fr735xt, d2bravo, fr230, fr235, fr630, fenix3, approachs60
Dear vivoactive (4) users: after upgrade to newest Garmin firmware - gesture on your device is not working.
Please rise it on Garmin vivoactive forum - it's not watchface developer fault and I can't do anything about that.
Ver 2.10:
- device pressure alerts above 4 hPa change in last 3h (experimental)
- support for new IQ SDK 4.X devices: venu2, venu2s
- auto black/white background color for day/night
Ver 2.9:
- centre clock line option (for variable width fonts)
- new short date formats (with moon icon)
- new fields: device temperature & device pressure
- bugs fixed: negative altitude not presented
Ver 2.8:
- new option for above the clock fields: Display only on Detailed view
- manual burned calories goal to color when target is achieved
- new font: Sarpanch designed by Indian Type Foundry
- new setting for icon colors & coloring icons or text while altering
- new color: vivid yellow
- option to show wind direction
- support for Enduro device
Ver 2.7:
- oxygen saturation as data field with alerting below threshold (only 3.2 IQ devices)
- moon phase icon as data field with full moon alert (experimental)
- new SDK IQ 3.2.4 support
Ver 2.6
- new fields: active & vigorous minutes weekly
- center status line (above the clock) option
- wind speed units option
- running workout parametres (duration, distance, pace, hr)
- hiding units symbol (C, F, m/s, ...) option
Ver 2.5
- new fields: week of year, vigorous minutes
- new settings for battery icon
- altitude in feets when set in watch settings
- experimental feature: bigger date font on simple view
- new black screen burn in-protection option
Ver 2.4:
- Center date line option
- Show temperature within weather icon
- Distance calculated in device units
- Stability changes: separate code and configuration for legacy watches (2.x sdh and below) - with development frozen on current release
Ver 2.3:
- Weather info: conditions, temperature, humidity & wind - available to switch on in settings, working only for devices with SDK 3.2 IQ which is available for newest Garmin watches e.g.: fenix6 series, f245, f745, f945, marq series, venu series, vivo3 music, vivo4 - please check if you need upgrade Garmin watch first
- Distance presented in miles for statute units
- Too low heart rate alert added
- AM/PM indicator shown in detailed view if there is a space
- Darker colors for alerting icons / text when white background is used
Ver 2.2:
- Altitude added (by default disabled) as status bar or below the clock fields icon
- 'None' option for selected fields - to leave them empty
- Minor icon & design tweaks
Ver 2.1:
- Added some new colors (including dark ones) - it's possible that you have to change colors in settings after upgrade, because now colors are not automatically mapped to darker when background is switched to white
- For F45 & Swim2 frozen watch development on 2.0 release (due to memory limits - 48kB) - do not expect future changes
Ver 2.0 (2 years from initial launch):
- White background version
- New settings for Detailed/Alternative views lines below the clock
- Burn in protection with always on display for AMOLED displays
Ver 1.15:
- icon set refactored with 3 sizes to fit different screen resolutions
Ver 1.14:
- 5 different Time fonts
- Support for watches with big screens (D2 Air, Venu, Venu Sq)
- Coming back of support for Swim 2 & Forerunner 45 (hoping for a longer period)
- 2nd UTC Time settings as minutes offset (+/-) (e.g. UTC-3h30m as -210 min)
Ver 1.13:
- new or updated settings for:
- notification & alarms count
- activity line with active minutes added as displayed option
- standard text color
- memory & cpu optimizations
Ver 1.12:
- new settings for date/time info line (displaying/hidings items: sunset, sunrise, day duration, 2nd utc time, etc)
- possibility to change date format
Ver 1.11:
- new settings for displaying/hiding items in status bar (heart rate, calories, do not disturb, notifications, alarms)
- high heart rate alerting (experimental feature - for some devices only)
- withdraw support for F45 & Swim2 because of too tight memory limit (48kB) for any watchface
Ver 1.10:
- battery charging indicator (only for watches with 3.X SDK)
- new settings for showing/hiding: calories, heart rate, do not disturb
Ver 1.9:
- "let's move" indicator setting as hour, min or separator color
- 2nd UTC time
- clock digits color tweaks
- icon redesign
Ver 1.8:
- layouts tweaks
- new colored line separator
- hour color changes
- activity running icon
- redesign of watchface settings
Ver 1.6:
- new settings for:
- hiding connection icon from simple view
- always presenting date on simple view
- minor fixes (735xt & 6XPro layouts)
Ver 1.5:
- support for new models
- better font selection per watch model
- minor fixes
Ver 1.4:
- day duration, day & week of the year presented in detail view for a while (can be switch off in settings)
- distance in km presented in the same view
Ver 1.3:
- support for 12h time (set in watch time settings)
- settings for hour's leading zero, AM/PM indicator
- fix for vivoactive 3 crash after saving settings
Ver 1.2:
- new settings for hour/min separator & minutes color
- calories burned indicator
Ver 1.1:
- presenting in simple mode sunset/sunrise time just before it occurs (ca. 30 min)
- presenting in simple mode new notifications icon, low battery status, connection lost status, etc.
- settings for detail view duration time (short, medium, long) and default GPS coordinates
