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Garmin has a lesser-known app in the App Store and it often gets overlooked.
At the end of the season Garmin launched Face-It, a customizable watch face creation app for its range of Connect IQ compatible products. This will allow you to be different from everyone else standing at the start line and make you the envy of your running buddies. You'll even have them thinking your an amateur hacker.
Garmin Watch Face Creator
- Download Garmin Face It™ - The Face It™ watch face app lets you customize your watch face with any photo from your mobile device. Download the app, choose an image from your photo library, add the time, and set it as your watch’s face.
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The app can create custom watch faces for the following Connect IQ compatible wearables: fenix 3 HR, fenix 3 Sapphire, D2 Bravo, D2 Charlie, D2 Delta, D2 Delta PX, D2 Delta S, Descent Mk1, epix, fenix 3, fenix 5, fenix 5 Plus, fenix 5S, fenix 5S Plus, fenix 5X, fenix 5X Plus, Forerunner 230, Forerunner 235, Forerunner 630, Forerunner 645, Forerunner 645 Music, Forerunner 735XT, Forerunner 920XT, Forerunner 935, quatix 3, quatix 5, quatix 5 Sapphire, tactix Bravo, tactix Charlie, vivoactive, vivoactive 3, vivoactive 3 Music, vivoactive HR.
How to install a Face-It watch face
1. Turn on your phone. Download the Face-It app from the App Store(iPhone) or Google Play(Android).
Garmin Face It App
2. Open the app.
3. You'll be prompted to choose a picture from your phone's library. You can then choose whether you want the face to be analogue or digital.
4. Once you've chosen your design, hit 'Send to device'. Garmin Connect will automatically fire up and you need to sync the your device as normal. Note: You can also connect your device via USB to a PC and sync via Garmin Express.
5. Voila, you're customized.
We should let you know that Garmin universally opts for low resolution screens to help extend battery life when you're on your run. This means that you'll need to choose your image wisely, and have realistic expectations. Rather than choosing a portrait with a lot of depth and colors, choose a logo with a white background, such as a Chicago Cubs logo. Less is more in this scenario.
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Download Garmin Face It™ PC for free at BrowserCam. Garmin published Garmin Face It™ for Android operating system mobile devices, but it is possible to download and install Garmin Face It™ for PC or Computer with operating systems such as Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and Mac.
Let's find out the prerequisites to install Garmin Face It™ on Windows PC or MAC computer without much delay.
Garmin Face It Forerunner 245
Select an Android emulator: There are many free and paid Android emulators available for PC and MAC, few of the popular ones are Bluestacks, Andy OS, Nox, MeMu and there are more you can find from Google.
Compatibility: Before downloading them take a look at the minimum system requirements to install the emulator on your PC.
For example, BlueStacks requires OS: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3 (32-bit only), Mac OS Sierra(10.12), High Sierra (10.13) and Mojave(10.14), 2-4GB of RAM, 4GB of disk space for storing Android apps/games, updated graphics drivers.
Finally, download and install the emulator which will work well with your PC's hardware/software.
How to Download and Install Garmin Face It™ for PC or MAC:
- Open the emulator software from the start menu or desktop shortcut in your PC.
- Associate or set up your Google account with the emulator.
- You can either install the app from Google PlayStore inside the emulator or download Garmin Face It™ APK file from the below link from our site and open the APK file with the emulator or drag the file into the emulator window to install Garmin Face It™ for pc.
Garmin Face It Watch Face Creator
You can follow above instructions to install Garmin Face It™ for pc with any of the Android emulators out there.