This guide walks through how watch faces work on Fitpro Smart Watch, how to change them on the watch and in the Android app, what you can usually customize, and how to avoid common problems when syncing designs.
1. How Watch Faces Work in the Fitpro + Android System
On Fitpro Smart Watch, the watch face is a small software skin that sits on top of the core system. It does three main jobs:
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Shows the time and date.
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Displays key health and activity metrics (like steps or heart rate) in small zones.
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Listens for your touches, swipes, or button presses to open other features.
Most of the logic and design choices live in two places:
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On the watch: a small collection of built-in faces you can switch between quickly.
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In the Fitpro Android app: a larger gallery of styles, including downloadable or customizable faces that you sync to the watch.
The general flow is:
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You browse and configure faces in the Fitpro app on Android.
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You sync a chosen face to the watch over Bluetooth.
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The watch saves that design and uses it as its active home screen until you change it again.
Because everything travels over Bluetooth, a stable connection between phone and watch is essential when applying a new design.
2. Changing the Watch Face Directly on Fitpro Smart Watch
Most Fitpro Smart Watch models let you quickly switch between a few pre-loaded faces without touching your phone. This is useful when you want a different style for the day, a workout-focused layout, or something simpler during a meeting.
Exact gestures vary by model, but common patterns include:
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Long press on the current watch face
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Press and hold the home screen for a couple of seconds.
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A small row or grid of available faces appears.
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Swipe left or right to browse.
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Tap the one you like to set it as your new face.
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Menu-based selection
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Press the side button or swipe to open the main menu.
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Look for an icon labeled “Watch Face”, “Dial”, or similar.
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Enter that menu, browse available options, and confirm your choice.
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These built-in faces are usually simple and reliable. They are ideal if:
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You want to change look quickly without opening the app.
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You need a battery-friendly face (most default faces are optimized for that).
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You prefer a design that has already been tested to work smoothly on the device.
For deeper customization or more unique designs, you move to the Android app.
3. Browsing and Applying Watch Faces from the Fitpro App (Android)
The Fitpro Android app is where most of the watch-face magic happens. While the exact labels and layout may differ slightly between versions, the general process is very similar across devices.
A typical flow looks like this:
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Open the Fitpro app on your Android phone.
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Make sure your Fitpro Smart Watch is connected via Bluetooth.
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Go to the device section (often showing your watch model or a small watch icon).
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Look for an option called “Dial settings”, “Watch face”, “Dial center”, “Dial gallery”, or similar.
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Browse the gallery of designs:
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Digital and analog styles.
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Data-heavy faces with many metrics.
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Minimal faces that show mostly time and date.
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Sometimes faces with cartoon, sport, or business themes.
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Tap a design to see details and a preview.
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Tap to apply or download to the watch.
The app will then send the watch-face file to your Fitpro Smart Watch. This can take from a few seconds to longer depending on the design and connection quality. Do not move too far from your phone or disable Bluetooth while this is happening.
Once the transfer is complete, the watch automatically switches to the new face.
4. Types of Watch Faces Commonly Available
Even though collections differ, most Fitpro galleries follow certain categories. Understanding them makes it easier to pick the right face for your day.
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Classic analog faces
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Simulated hour, minute, and second hands.
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Often include small sub-dials for steps, battery, or date.
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Great for a more traditional, “watch-like” look in office or formal settings.
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Digital time faces
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Large numbers for hour and minute, often very readable at a glance.
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Frequently include extra data: day of week, date, steps, heart rate, battery.
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Good for workouts, commuting, or anyone who wants instant clarity.
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Data-rich dashboard faces
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Multiple small zones packed with health and activity metrics.
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May show steps, calories, distance, heart rate, battery, and more at once.
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Ideal for users who want to see everything without opening separate apps.
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Minimalist faces
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Very simple time display with little or no extra information.
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Often use lots of empty space, clean fonts, and subtle colours.
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Good for battery conservation and for people easily overwhelmed by clutter.
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Themed or playful faces
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Cartoon characters, sport themes, seasonal designs.
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Used mostly for fun or for expressing personality.
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You can assign different styles for different roles: serious faces for work, sporty faces for training, and playful faces for weekends.
5. Customizing Colours, Layouts, and Complications
Depending on your specific Fitpro model and app version, some faces may offer customization options, sometimes called “complications” or widgets. Even if the term is not visible, the idea is the same: modify what appears in each small section of the watch face.
Possible options include:
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Colour themes
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Change accent colours (for example, from blue to red or green).
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Adjust background or highlight colours to match your outfit or mood.
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Data fields (complications)
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Some faces let you choose what each small slot shows:
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Steps
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Heart rate
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Calories
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Battery percentage
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Weather (if supported)
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Date/day of week
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Within the Fitpro app, you may tap an area of the preview and choose a different metric for that position.
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Layout variations
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Certain faces can switch between one large data window or several smaller ones.
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You might be able to show more detail at the cost of a busier look.
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When customizing:
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Decide what you truly need at a glance. If you mostly care about steps and heart rate, prioritize those and hide others.
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Avoid overcrowding the face with too many numbers if they distract you.
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Consider readability: high contrast (light text on dark background or vice versa) is easier in bright sunlight and uses less mental effort.
Custom watch faces are most effective when they show just the right amount of information—not every possible statistic in one place.
6. Using Custom Background Images and Photos
Some Fitpro Smart Watch models support “photo dials” or custom backgrounds. This allows you to blend your own image with a digital time display.
The general steps in the Fitpro app are often like this:
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Go to the watch-face or dial settings section.
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Look for options like “Custom dial”, “Photo dial”, “DIY”, or similar.
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Choose an image source from your Android phone (gallery, camera roll, or wallpaper folder).
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Select or crop the photo to fit the circular or square watch layout.
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Position the time:
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Move the time display up, down, left, or right to avoid covering important parts of the picture.
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Choose digital time style and colour if the app allows.
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Confirm and sync the custom face to your watch.
Tips for better photo watch faces:
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Use high-contrast backgrounds
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Busy, highly detailed photos can make time hard to read.
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Simpler backgrounds with clear empty areas work better behind the clock digits.
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Avoid very bright photos at maximum screen brightness
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Extremely bright images can feel harsh at night or in dark rooms.
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You can reduce screen brightness on the watch if a photo face feels too intense.
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Watch file size and sync time
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Very large, high-resolution images may take longer to sync.
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Cropping or compressing images slightly on your phone before using them can speed up transfer.
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Custom photo faces are ideal when you want a strong personal touch—family, pets, favourite places—without giving up the core functions of a digital watch.
7. Balancing Style with Battery Life
Not all watch faces drain the battery equally. The more the watch has to draw graphics, animate elements, and refresh data, the more energy it uses. When choosing or designing a face, it helps to think about battery impact.
Faces that typically use more battery:
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Designs with animated elements that move constantly.
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Faces that refresh many data items every second.
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Very bright, colourful faces used at high brightness all day.
Faces that are more battery-friendly:
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Simple digital or analog faces with minimal animation.
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Dark backgrounds on certain display types, where fewer pixels are fully lit.
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Layouts that show only a few key metrics instead of updating many data fields constantly.
Practical strategy:
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Use a data-heavy face during workouts or busy days when you want full visibility.
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Switch to a simple, dark, or minimal face for evenings, travel, or days when battery is tight.
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Combine this with lower brightness and shorter screen timeout for the best effect.
You do not have to sacrifice aesthetics for battery; you simply match the face to what you are doing.
8. Creating Watch-Face “Roles” for Different Situations
One subtle but powerful approach is to think in “roles” or profiles for your watch faces. This makes it easy to switch between them depending on where you are and what you need from the watch.
Examples:
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Workday face
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Clean, professional look.
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Shows time, date, steps, and calendar-style information if available.
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Muted colours that are easy on the eyes in office lighting.
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Workout face
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Bold numbers for time and heart rate.
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Clear display of steps, distance, or pace depending on your sport.
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High contrast for outdoor visibility.
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Rest and home face
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Minimal layout with just time and maybe battery.
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Dark background for comfortable viewing at night.
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Very low clutter to reduce distraction.
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Switching faces to match your context helps the watch feel like a flexible tool rather than a single fixed design that you tolerate everywhere.
9. Common Problems When Syncing Watch Faces and How to Fix Them
Sometimes applying a new watch face from the Android app doesn’t go smoothly. Most issues have simple causes.
Typical problems and solutions:
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The new face won’t download to the watch
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Check Bluetooth: make sure the watch shows as connected in both the Android Bluetooth settings and in the Fitpro app.
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Move the watch closer to the phone with no large obstacles in between.
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Restart the Fitpro app, then try again. If needed, restart both watch and phone.
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Sync gets stuck partway through
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Do not leave the app or lock the phone too aggressively while syncing.
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Avoid switching to other heavy apps (games, video streaming) during transfer.
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If progress is frozen for a long time, cancel, reconnect the watch, and retry.
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Applied face looks different from the preview
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Some Fitpro models slightly adapt designs based on screen shape or resolution.
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Try another face from the same category that mentions support for your device type if available.
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Battery drops faster after new face
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Switch back to a simpler built-in face and compare battery behaviour for a day.
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If the difference is big, use the fancy face only when plugged in often or on days when battery life matters less.
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Custom photo face appears stretched or misaligned
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Re-crop the original image to match the watch’s aspect ratio more closely in the app.
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Move the time display away from bright or complex parts of the image so it’s easier to read.
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When troubleshooting, change one thing at a time (connection, image, face type) and test again. This makes it easier to see what actually fixed the problem.
10. Keeping Watch Faces Organized Over Time
As you experiment, it’s easy to jump from one dial to another and forget what worked well. A bit of organization keeps your experience clean and consistent.
Useful habits:
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Note your favourites
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Mentally assign a purpose for each face you find truly useful (work, sport, rest).
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Try not to keep too many faces in rotation; a small set of reliable designs is better than constant random switching.
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Review after app updates
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When the Fitpro app updates, check if new faces or customization options appeared.
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Sometimes newer faces are more efficient or better optimized than older ones.
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Align faces with your goals
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If your main focus is fitness, pick faces that highlight steps, heart rate, or workout shortcuts.
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If you want calm and focus, prefer minimal faces that do not scream for attention with too many numbers.
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A well-chosen watch face is more than decoration. It becomes the front page of your health and time information, tuned to your eyes and your habits, sitting quietly on your wrist and greeting you every time you glance down.