Effective July 2025
This article is for Facer designers with watch faces published before the release of WearOS 6. It explains how Facer prepared your catalog for the new Watch Face Format (WFF) required by WearOS 6 and what you may need to do next.
Beta notice: WFF support in Facer Creator is currently in beta. If you encounter bugs or unexpected behavior, please open a support ticket so we can address it quickly.
What is WFF?
WFF (Watch Face Format) is Google’s official standard for watch faces on WearOS 6 and newer devices. Starting with WearOS 6 (first available on the Galaxy Watch 8 series), all watch faces must be published in this format to appear on compatible devices.
Facer now fully supports WFF, meaning you can continue reaching WearOS users without any extra work — and take advantage of new tools in Facer Creator to manage your catalog for the future.
1. Automatic Conversion with Rosetta Stone
To make this transition seamless, Facer introduced Rosetta Stone — a new system that keeps your designs compatible across different smartwatch platforms like WearOS, Apple Watch, Tizen, and more. It works behind the scenes so you can focus on design rather than technical details.
What happened during conversion
In July 2025, Facer automatically converted hundreds of thousands of existing watch faces to WFF on your behalf.
Designs that converted without issues were published automatically — you don’t need to do anything for these faces.
In your Creator dashboard, these watch faces display the WearOS+WFF icon, confirming they’re ready for WearOS 6.
2. Review Faces with Conversion Warnings
Some watch faces used features unique to Facer (like certain animations or interactive layers) that don’t exist in Google’s WFF standard. When this happens, Facer Creator provides fallback behavior — but shows a warning since the result may not look or behave exactly like your original design.
Why warnings appear
Certain creative features can’t be replicated exactly in WFF.
The converted design may have slight differences, and you need to confirm you’re okay with those changes.
What you need to do
Open Facer Creator and check your catalog.
Look for watch faces without the WearOS+WFF icon — these are the ones with warnings.
Review the warning details to see what changed.
Decide whether to approve and publish the WFF version as‑is, or adjust it first.
Note: If you have watch faces already designed in Google’s WFF using other tools, you can also import them into Facer Creator and publish them. See our separate guide: Importing External WFF Faces.
3. Test Your Watch Faces on WearOS 6
Even after automatic conversion, we recommend testing your watch faces on WearOS 6 to make sure they look and feel right — especially if you’ve approved designs with warnings.
Ways to test:
Galaxy Watch 8 series (available now)
Older Galaxy Watches that receive the WearOS 6 upgrade
WearOS 6 Emulator – setup instructions
4. Next Steps
Log into Facer Creator to review your catalog.
Confirm which designs already have the WearOS+WFF icon (no further action needed).
Review and publish any watch faces flagged with warnings.
If needed, import any WFF faces designed in other tools (see separate guide).
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