I want every smartwatch to copy this Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 feature

All those saved watch faces shouldn’t go to waste.

May 11, 2025 - 09:05

I want every smartwatch to copy this Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 feature

Regardless of what smartwatch you wear, there’s no shortage of attractive faces available. From sleek minimalist designs to data-packed dashboards, the appeal of a smartwatch face lies in how much you can tailor your look. But if the watch face is my wearable’s outfit, I rarely change its clothes. Swapping is just clunky enough that weeks go by before I realize I’ve been stuck on the same one, even though I’ve downloaded dozens. That’s why rumored face randomization on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 has me genuinely excited, and I hope other brands are paying attention.

Based on Android Authority’s APK teardown of leaked One UI 8 Watch software, Samsung appears to be testing a feature that would let users automatically rotate between saved Galaxy watch faces. Text strings in the software suggest the watch will be able to shuffle between users’ watch faces, as long as two or more are saved. This could take place at set intervals or each time the screen wakes, we can’t confirm exactly how it will work, but it’s a setting no major smartwatch currently offers out of the box. Most platforms, including Wear OS and watchOS, simply let you store and swap between multiple faces, but switching between them is a manual, sometimes even buried task.