Watchface: Glance

NEWS UPDATE:

HANDY IQ:

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/3d167441-94f1-4b67-953f-e3ff6c272406

BIG EASY IQ:

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/1c8d4883-b4b2-49f3-b30c-954698cef794

EASY+: 

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/7c993e2b-70b3-459a-bbe0-db48a89af5a8?tid=0

With introduction of Garmin Pay, I am starting to add a new payment option for some of my apps. The system is not flexible enough to just add Garmin Pay to existing apps, so I'll publish a copy of an app, with the same functionality but Garmin Pay as the payment provider.

The first one out is Glance Ultra (a copy of Glance Dual Screen):

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/1bed8f69-2e34-46e4-9786-3166fa3c6ab2?tid=0

EASY Round - 2023 #1 watch face of the year (by Garmin):

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!

  • Does that connect with the Glance Ultra at all?

  • Does that connect with the Glance Ultra at all?

    It can be launched directly from Ultra

  • Is there an unlock code for easy round face or need purchase?

  • unlock code for easy round face or need purchase?

    Here is the EASY Round code purchase link:
    www.mobiledriveway.com/er_usd.html
    You can also find it in the app description (you have to click "more" to see the full description).

    I highly recommend switching to EASY+ though. It is an enhanced version of EASY Round, and you can buy it directly from Garmin:
    apps.garmin.com/.../7c993e2b-70b3-459a-bbe0-db48a89af5a8

  • Suggestion: New data fields / metrics for EASY Round

    Hi! First of all, congratulations on EASY Round. It is still one of my favorite Garmin watch faces because it manages to show a lot of information without becoming difficult to read.

    I use a Forerunner 965 and I would like to suggest some additional data fields for future versions, if Garmin/Connect IQ makes these values available.

    My highest-priority suggestions

    1. Garmin Hydration / Water intake synced with Garmin Connect

      • This would be very useful.

      • The current hydration value seems to be independent from the water intake registered in Garmin.

      • Ideally, the watch face would read the same hydration value that appears in Garmin Connect/Garmin Hydration, instead of maintaining a separate counter.

    2. Training Readiness

      • Current Garmin Training Readiness score.

      • Very useful to see immediately before deciding how hard to train.

    3. HRV Status / Overnight HRV

      • Current HRV status.

      • Last-night HRV value.

      • 7-day HRV average, if available.

    4. Sleep Score

      • Last night's sleep score.

    5. Sleep Duration

      • Total sleep from the previous night.

    6. Training Status

      • Productive, Maintaining, Recovery, Peaking, etc.

    7. Acute Training Load / Training Load

      • Current load number.

      • Even better if there could be a progress bar showing the current load relative to the optimal range.

    8. Endurance Score

      • Garmin Endurance Score on compatible watches.

    9. Hill Score

      • Garmin Hill Score on compatible watches.

    Weekly activity metrics

    I really like Weekly Run Distance, so it would be great to expand this concept:

    • Weekly Swim Distance

    • Weekly Cycling Distance

    • Weekly Walking Distance

    • Total Weekly Activity Distance

    • Weekly Running Time

    • Weekly Swimming Time

    • Weekly Strength Training Time

    • Number of workouts this week

    • Weekly Intensity Minutes

    • Weekly activity time

    It would also be very useful if the user could select the sport used for the weekly metric instead of having only running.

    Recovery / health metrics

    Other fields that could be very useful:

    • Body Battery change since waking

    • Body Battery charged overnight

    • Body Battery drained today

    • Average Stress today

    • Resting Heart Rate today

    • 7-day Resting Heart Rate trend

    • Respiration Rate

    • Pulse Ox / SpO₂

    • HRV 7-day average

    • Recovery Time remaining

    • Training Readiness

    • Sleep Score

    • Sleep duration

    • Sleep need / sleep requirement, if available

    • Nap duration, if available

    Running / performance metrics

    For runners, these would be excellent:

    • Current Running VO2 Max

    • Race Predictor 5K

    • Race Predictor 10K

    • Race Predictor Half Marathon

    • Race Predictor Marathon

    • Lactate Threshold Heart Rate

    • Lactate Threshold Pace

    • Running Load

    • Running mileage over the last 7 days

    • Running mileage over the last 30 days

    Weather fields

    More detailed weather options would also be useful:

    • Feels Like temperature

    • High / Low temperature

    • Chance of rain

    • UV Index

    • Humidity

    • Wind speed

    • Wind direction

    • Barometric pressure

    • Sunrise

    • Sunset

    • Time until sunset

    • Time until sunrise

    Progress bar ideas

    The progress bars are one of the features I like most. It would be great if they could support:

    • Training Readiness

    • Body Battery

    • Stress

    • Steps goal

    • Intensity Minutes goal

    • Weekly running goal

    • Weekly swimming goal

    • Training Load relative to optimal range

    • Sleep Score

    • Battery

    • Garmin Hydration goal

    One especially useful idea

    It would be amazing to have a generic “Garmin native data” option whenever possible, where EASY Round simply displays the same value already calculated by Garmin.

    For example:

    Garmin Connect Hydration → EASY Round Hydration

    instead of EASY Round keeping an independent hydration value.

    This would avoid having two different numbers for the same metric.

    I understand that some of these values may not currently be exposed through the Connect IQ API. But if any become available, I think they would make EASY Round even more useful, especially for people who use the watch heavily for training, recovery and health monitoring.

    Thanks for continuing to develop this watch face!

  • Hello, can anyone help me with the altitude please. It is always showing negative and is not correct. Maybe I have some settings wrong. Thanks Nic 

  • Hello, can anyone help me with the altitude please. It is always showing negative and is not correct. Maybe I have some settings wrong. Thanks Nic 

    Altitude is provided by Garmin, please contact Garmin. All I can do is suggest a few tips:
    - Some watches don't have a built in manometer and don't show altitude only after you use GPS (for about 1 hour).
    - If the values shown are wrong, you can usually calibrate the altimeter in the Garmin widget (check Garmin documentation or contact Garmin support for details).

  • I use a Forerunner 965 and I would like to suggest some additional data fields for future versions, if Garmin/Connect IQ makes these values available.

    I appreciate the effort to make this suggestions, thank you. One note though - you should switch from EASY Round to EASY+. It has the latest developments, and the only place where new features will be implemented.

    My highest-priority suggestions

    It is impossible to implement any of these suggestions - Garmin doesn't share these data with 3rd party apps.

    Running / performance metrics

    Some of these metrics are already available in the app. Some weekly and monthly distances are available through Universal App - my watch face extension app. Others I can consider as a suggestion. 

    Weather fields

    Most of these metrics are already available in the app, so not sure why you list them as a suggestion. Some (like UV) available in EASY+. Others I can consider as a suggestion. 

    Progress bar ideas

    Again, most of these bars are already available in the app, so why you list them as a suggestion? All other suggested bars don't have the Garmin native goal set (like Weekly running goal) and would require an extra user input to set that goal - it is a possibility that I'll take into consideration.

  • How about event countdown? 

    I might be wrong, but it doesn't feel like it belongs to a watch face - awkward to setup the event time (need to open settings) and useless after the event.