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Google is working on an official API for custom Android Wear watches faces, which will let developers design their own looks. That hasn’t stopped some third-party faces from appearing online, such as the Star Trek themed one we highlighted in July . There’s even an Android app available in the Play Store for $0.99 called Facer that can be used to design your own watch faces or install a face created by someone else.

Now that the first circular Android Wear smartwatch is available, the Moto 360, I’ve been seeing some incredible watch faces that take full advantage of the traditional round shape. Some were designed in Facer while others were created in detail using more advanced 3D modeling software. Either way, they’re all a big leap forward from the official faces created by [company]Google[/company] and its Android Wear partners.

Here’s a small sampling of some of the best designs, reproductions and creations I’ve seen for Android Wear yet.



Most of these I found on a Reddit thread for the Moto 360 and there are plenty more there. Bear in mind that a custom face — particularly an intricate one — could affect battery life of your Android Wear device. It’s possible that using the official API will help in that regard so even though these faces look great now, you may want to wait a bit before going crazy with customizations. Then again, some of these look so good, I can’t imagine waiting for too long!

I’m not much of a designer so I’ll let others do the heavy lifting and keep making great watch faces. For those that are into design, keep our Gigaom Roadmap event in mind for November, where Yves Béhar and Matías Duarte, among many others, will be speaking about the “era of invisible design.”