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Watchface: Glance

MobileDriveway
over 2 years ago

NEW: Just published a new app - EASY Round. Give it a try!

apps.garmin.com/.../9a619d99-3e5b-4eec-81e7-006655d797cc

EASY Round

GLANCE WATCH FACE app won THE BEST NEW WATCH FACE APP OF 2022 ! At the Developers conference Garmin announced nominees and winners for the best apps in different categories. Glance Watch Face was nominated and won in the best new watch face category Slight smile! Garmin didn't post the video from the conference yet, but it was already reported by other websites: https://the5krunner.com/2022/10/12/garmin-app-watchface-of-the-year-2022-ciq-winners-and-nominees-announced/

The idea for this app is simple:
- Use only large fonts, so that all data are visible at a glance (hence the name of the app: Glance   )
- Put as much data on the screen as possible, without sacrificing font size above
- Make all data fields customizeable to your needs
- Make colors customizeable as much as possible, so users can create their own design

The "Glance Watch Face" app is 100% FREE - no hidden restrictions, nagging, or expiration:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/07ae ... 07e8035fae

There is also a mostly free app - BIG EASY: apps.garmin.com/.../86ec352b-da01-4806-8972-770c6d32a5e8

There are also two paid versions of this app - "Glance Pro":

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/ac4be3ce-f0f3-4c49-be01-5fa52614ab2b

and "Glance Dual Screen":

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/5c0fe72b-f045-4366-a878-d3e67c600868

Paid versions are identical to the free version (so no worries, FREE doesn't mean bad!), but have a lot of extra features features:

  • Open Weather Map support
  • Setting for TIME font weight
  • New way to use shared color themes
  • Support for many new metrics (like Body Battery, Stress Level, and lots more)
  • Extra progress bars and Graphs (in Dual Screen only)
  • Two separate data screens (in Dual Screen only) 
  • A lot more - see apps description for the full list
  • You have an opportunity (and a small incentive) to support the development Slight smile

Unique feature of the Glance apps - you can save your own Color Themes and quicly switch between them righ on the watch.

NEW: Now you can SHARE your Color Theme! You can also quickly apply Color Themes shared with you. Here is a full description of how it all works: https://www.mobiledriveway.com/glance.html#color

Here is the current Color Themes Gallery: https://www.mobiledriveway.com/glance_gallery.html

Color themes are compatible between "Glance" and "Glance Pro" (except for "inactive status icons color", which became obsolete in "Pro").

I'd love to see all color combinations you came up with. Please post your themes in the Reviews and I'll add them to the gallery!

Questions and suggestions are welcome!

  • over 2 years ago in reply to thloe
    metalliqaz said:
    I'm not the dev but I'm like 99% sure that the bluetooth icon represents the connection to the phone.  On the default watch face, the icon is a telephone handset.

    Exactly. Bluetooth icon represents phone connection.

    thloe said:
    But when I connect my Airpods to the watch (BT) then you still don't see the BT icon. I thought when there is a BT connection you see the BT icon.

    I'm not sure if Garmin even exposed headphonse connection status to IQ apps - I have not seen it.

  • over 2 years ago in reply to MobileDriveway

    Ok, thanks a lot!!! That doesn't matter, now I know what is meant - thank you!!!

  • over 2 years ago

    Announcement:

    I'm happy to present my new app - Glance Dual Screen:

    https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/5c0fe72b-f045-4366-a878-d3e67c600868

    Glance Dual Screen is an enhancement of the popular Glance Pro app. Unique feature of this app is an ability to setup 2 independent screens an switch between them with a flick of a wrist. In addition to that, there are a lot more features implemented in the Dual Screen - graphs, extra progress bars, and more (see full list in the app description). All metrics are still "glanceable" as in all other "Glance" apps, but now you have 20 (including bars) independent metrics intead of 8!

    Here is a short video showing how screen switching works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIFAli6Rp18

    Supported watches are limited to devices with high memory only - see full list in the app description. It is dissapointing that some high end devices didn't qualify (like Enduro v1). Further testing is required to see if these devices can be added - please contact me if you want to help me with testing.

    I hope you enjoy the new app!

  • over 2 years ago in reply to metalliqaz
    metalliqaz said:
    Wow, impressive

    As far as I know "Dual Screen" or handling of the user input feature was never implemented in any of the Connect IQ watch face apps before Slight smile! Please send me a link if you do know anything similar, but I think it is almost a "ground-breaking" development!

  • over 2 years ago in reply to MobileDriveway

    Yes I figured as much and I expect that it will start to proliferate through Connect IQ shortly. Slight smile

    I've got it installed and played with it a little bit.  So far it seems to be working well.  I am learning the rhythms necessary to get the watch to detect a wrist flick to change screens.  At the moment I have it set to one turn plus return to main after 1-2 minutes.  I'm not sure that 1-2 minutes is accurate as it seem to sometimes switch back after mere seconds, but I could be activating the wrist flick by accident. 

    I'd say the biggest sticking point for me so far is the way color settings work.  For the most part setting the colors for the main screen, then copying to the second makes a lot of sense.  I like using the same color scheme for both, except that the arc bars have to be set with colors that make sense for the data they are displaying.  So I guess the workflow is to set your colors for main screen, save the data, set the main colors as you want for the second screen, copy to second screen and save, then reload the main screen.  A little circuitous but I understand the settings screen is probably getting out of control.  I wonder, have you ever considered a simple web app that generates theme strings?

    Anyway good work, I am using it now.  No bugs yet.

  • over 2 years ago in reply to MobileDriveway

    Not exactly the same, but I know that SHN EDO watchface can flip between power saving and normal screens on gesture apps.garmin.com/.../dcaedb61-a7b6-4bf1-a336-5a39dab18b2c

  • over 2 years ago in reply to 4787013

    It's actually been used in a number of WFs since 2015.

  • over 2 years ago

    Would you add Enduro into the list of supported devices? It has 112K memory limit for watch face, as much as Forerunner 255 or Fenix 6 Pro. And the both of those are in the list of supported devices.

  • over 2 years ago in reply to MobileDriveway

    Hi,

    Will the upgrade replace Glance Pro and/or will my setup be brought over?

    What is most efficient way for a Glance Pro user to install this Ground Breaking App?

    Asking about tides again, sorry to be persistent but there is a new watchface that is offering tides. 

    I would much prefer to use an app created by Mobile Driveway for well, loyalty and because you create an awesome watch face.

    Here is the link:

    Check out this app from the Garmin Connect IQ Store apps.garmin.com/.../ea30e5ce-5999-4d7b-8885-b846e88d5bb8