Custom watch face during activity?

Is the new plus series able to show complex custom watch faces during activities? The normal 5 just shows the Garmin standard watch face

0 jim_m_58 over 6 years ago

The normal 5 will show a CIQ watchfaces unless you have a CIQ data field for the activity (it's a matter of available memory). If you have a CIQ DF, you see one of the native watch faces It's the same on the plus devices.

0 KrapfenKringel over 6 years ago

Maybe the Fenix 6 can do it. :)

0 SimonJJ67 over 6 years ago

Yes, custom watch faces are available during an activity.

0 Ludvigh Károly over 5 years ago in reply to SimonJJ67

Hi, can you tell me how? I can not add my usual watchface, i have only one option, the basic Garmin watchface, and there is no way to use the one i set up for normal daily activity.

0 WillNorthYork over 5 years ago in reply to Ludvigh Károly

Ludvigh Károly

It's not possible to add a custom watchface as a screen in an activity such as running.

What's missing from this discussion is that to see your custom watchface during an activity, you have to use the "Widgets" hotkey, which I believe is Hold DOWN on Fenix 5 watches. The widgets hotkey takes you back to the watchface and widget loop. (If Hold DOWN doesn't work, then you need to assign a hotkey to widgets in Settings > System > Hot Keys.

As noted above, if you have a Connect IQ data field (or two) installed on your activity, you may see the native watchface during an activity.

0 Ludvigh Károly over 5 years ago in reply to WillNorthYork

Thanks a lot, i have used the hotkey setting, since i have a forerunner 935, and it works perfect!

0 Precaq over 2 years ago in reply to WillNorthYork

I don't know where you all come up with this option "Widgets" option. Do you really have Garmin fenix 5 Plus? In all threads they mention the Music app being default option for Hot key on Down button. I found a solution that works, really simple, described in this thread: forums.garmin.com/.../see-your-regular-watch-face-during-activity-is-possible

0 Precaq over 2 years ago in reply to Precaq

Okay so there are basically 2 ways how to make this work:

1) System - Hot Keys - assign Widgets (it is really useful to switch to English and find out the name in your languge based on the items above and below, this was my problem) to the button / buttons you wish.

2) Activity settings - Disable LAP button function in the activity you do and the LAP button will take you to the same place - you lose LAP, but you save one Hot key slot.

0 RunR over 2 years ago in reply to Precaq

A sports watch without lap function is somehow ridiculous, so only the hotkey version makes sense.

0 Bitti over 2 years ago in reply to RunR

I've actually disabled the normal Lap button and added Lap as a hotkey to the long press of the Lap button. I find it safer because it prevents extra laps from accidental presses of the Lap button. And it provides easy access to the watch face by short press.