I switched Pixel Watch faces every day for a month; these are the 6 I keep coming back to
Android Police 2026-10-04 17:45:10
Context: The author, Rajesh Pandey, a tech journalist with extensive experience in reviewing Android devices, conducted an experiment where he switched between different Pixel Watch faces every day for a month. He used the Google Pixel Watch 4, launched in October 2025, to test various watch faces and identify his favorites. Through this experiment, he discovered six watch faces that he kept returning to due to their unique features and functionality.
Key Facts
- The author tested dozens of watch faces on his Google Pixel Watch 4 and identified six favorites: Concentric, MNML Analog, Vanishing Hour, Nothing Analog, Recreative, and AMOLED Digital Watch Face.
- The Concentric watch face features a unique design with a second dial rotating around the main dial, displaying three complications at a time, and is also available for non-Pixel Wear OS watches.
- The Recreative watch face offers six complications, allowing users to track multiple metrics, such as time in another time zone, steps, watch battery, calendar events, and weather forecast, but may cause higher battery drain.
- The author's favorite watch face, Concentric, was praised for its readability and arrangement of complications, which puts equal focus on the main dial and complications.