Amazfit is one of the most popular brands of smart watches for sports activity. The firm belongs to the Asian giant Xiaomi, and among its most interesting details is the possibility of customizing the Amazfit spheres to generate their own aesthetics and functionality.
The custom modifications to Amazfit dials These are known as 'watchfaces' and can be easily done with a few configuration tweaks. Another way to customize your face is by downloading watchfaces directly from unofficial sites, where users share their creations and allow others to try them out. Depending on your interest in personalizing the experience, you can create a watchface or try among the various galleries to download a new one.
Create Amazfit spheres from the application itself
If the only thing you want to do to customize your dial is to put your own photo, as if it were a wallpaper, you can use the Amazfit application. This option is limited, it only allows you to change the background photo and cannot be used in the analog version. To create your personalized Amazfit spheres with this app we will do the following:
- Open the Amazfit app on your mobile phone.
- In the Profile section, tap on the clock and the options screen will open.
- Select Watch face settings.
- Tap on Customize and select the Change background sphere option.
- In Gallery, find the photo or take one with the camera to customize your watch face.
- You can crop the image and adapt it to how you want it to look.
- Choose the time location and press the Sync button to finish the setup.
Create Amazfit spheres with Watchface Editor
To create a much more complete personalized dial, we have to use third-party tools. One of the most complete and versatile is called Watchface Editor. It is a web page that works by creating spheres for both Amazfit and some of the versions of the Mi Band. To date, the devices compatible with the faces he creates include:
- Amazfit Bip.
- Amazon Core.
- Mi Band 4.
- Amazfit GTR.
- Amazfit Bip S.
The interface is very intuitive, with tabs that request modifications for each aspect of the sphere. Once the configuration is finished, you can choose font styles, image cutouts and later take your face to the watch. While you are editing the changes, the left column of the screen will serve as a preview screen. So you can make sure that the changes are being to your liking.
Using GTR Watch Face Editor
Strictly speaking, an Amazfit watch face can be created with an image editor and notepad on your mobile or computer. Apps like SashaCX75's GTR Watch Face Editor on Windows make the process much easier. The app works by creating custom spheres for devices:
- Amazfit GTR of 42 or 47 millimeters.
- Amazonfit GTS.
- Amazfit T Rex.
- Amazfit Verge Lite.
Its operation is similar to the web application that we mentioned above, but with a slightly less intuitive interface. Although we have full and much more precise control over the final result, we must also create the environment of the sphere from scratch. Allows you to open already saved spheres and make tweaks, selecting the Unpack bin option.
The images to use are standard PNG files, therefore you can use any photo editor you have installed on your computer. All modifications are made from the Editing tab, where there are different groups that allow you to configure the appearance of the sphere.
You can move widget with weather information, position it differently, show other data or disable it. The level of control over the final result of the sphere and its elements is much greater. Each of the tabs has its own options, and each image you choose you must position it and select which elements will be present. Although GTR Watch Face Editor is not a simple application, it does offer the most personalized results. Sections that can be configured include:
- Background – background image of the sphere.
- Time – what the digital clock will look like, can be disabled.
- Days progress – displays the current date as a graph.
- Steps progress – shows the steps taken.
- Activity – adds indicator of steps, distance, pulse, goals and calories.
- Status – Set the status icons (Bluetooth, Alarms, Lock, and Do Not Disturb).
- Analog clock – selects the appearance of the clock hands.
- Animation – experimental option to add animations to the sphere.
- Weather – set the weather icon and current temperature.
Conclusion
Customize Amazfit spheres so that your smart intelligence or sports activity bracelet to look the way you want it to be possible. Some options are more complex than others, but they all revolve around being able to select the images and locate aspects of information that the smartwatch will display. If you are doing sports and training routines and want to personalize your Amazfit experience, now you can do it easily thanks to the options that are available on the web and on the watch itself.