The Pixel Watch offers a couple of unique features that you won’t get on smartwatches from other OEMs. Which includes lot of new watches faces that give it a unique aesthetic. Availling minimal things, Pixel Watch comes with 18 unique watch faces.
If you’d like to get this watch faces on a Wear OS 3 smartwatch, like the Galaxy Watch 5 or Galaxy Watch 4, you’d be glad to know that the APK is now available for download.
You can make use of it via downloading the APK, the steps you can follow to install them on your Wear OS 3 smartwatch.
Sideload Pixel Watch watch faces on a Wear OS 3 smartwatch
You’ll have to use ADB to install the watch faces from the Pixel Watch on your Wear OS 3 smartwatch. But first, you’ll have to download the APK from APKMirror and save it in the same directory as the ADB platform tools on your PC.
After you complete the process, prep your smartwatch for ADB debugging by following the steps provided below:
- Open the Settings app on your Wear OS 3 smartwatch and navigate to the Software info page.
- Tap on the Software version a few times to enable Developer options.
- Once you see a toast stating Developer mode is turned on, head back to the main Settings menu and select the Developer options button.
- On the following page, tap on the toggle next to ADB debugging to enable it and then enable the Debug over Wi-Fi option.
- Ensure your watch is connected to Wi-Fi and note the IP address mentioned under the Debug over Wi-Fi option.
You have to enter ADB connect, enable debug over Wi-Fi, switch to your PC, connect it to the same Wi-Fi network, and open a new command prompt window in the ADB platform-tools directory. Followed by the IP address, in the command prompt window, and hit enter to connect to your smartwatch.
Therefore you have to enter the ADB command while in the processor. And hit enter to install the Pixel Watch watch face APK. As mentioned earlier, you’ll have to place the APK in the same directory as ADB platform tools for this command to work as intended. You should also rename the APK to make the command less complex.
After the process of installation is complete, you should see “Success” in the command prompt window. After that, disconnect from ADB using the following command and disable ADB debugging on your smartwatch.
Concluding…
Therefore, you will be able to observe the new Pixel Watch watch faces in your watch’s companion app. You’ll be able to see numerous watch faces got installed on your Galaxy device.
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