{"id":213888,"date":"2025-09-09T21:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T21:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/213888\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T21:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T21:59:13","slug":"watchos-26-adds-four-brand-new-watch-faces-including-an-ultra-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/213888\/","title":{"rendered":"watchOS 26 adds four brand new watch faces, including an Ultra exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/watchos-26-new-faces.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Today Apple unveiled brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/09\/apple-unveils-new-apple-watch-series-11\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch Series 11<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/09\/apple-watch-ultra-3-specs-price-pre-order-release-date\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch Ultra 3<\/a> models, showing off some new watch faces in the process. But as revealed in the watchOS 26 RC notes, these faces are coming to older models too. Here are the four new watch faces in watchOS 26.<\/p>\n<p>New watch faces are coming in watchOS 26, here are the details<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/apple-watch-ultra-3-face.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1018425\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>When watchOS 26 was unveiled back in June, Apple didn\u2019t announce any brand new watch faces. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, the only news on the face front included changes to the Photos face and expanded support for 1-second always-on updates.<\/p>\n<p>But today the company <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/09\/apple-debuts-rc-for-macos-tahoe-ipados-26-and-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shipped<\/a> the watchOS 26 RC, and it includes a few <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/09\/hypertension-alerts-are-coming-to-these-existing-apple-watch-models\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">surprises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are four brand new watch faces coming in watchOS 26, per the release notes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Exactograph<\/strong> is a modern re-imagination of a traditional regulator watch which separates out hours, minutes and seconds for more precise time keeping<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flow<\/strong> uses Liquid Glass numerals that refract a fluid orb of color that responds to your wrist movements<\/li>\n<li><strong>Waypoint<\/strong> acts as a live compass that will show where you are in relation to places you\u2019ve saved in Maps or points of interest (Available on Apple Watch Ultra)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Herm\u00e8s Faubourg Party<\/strong> features animated shorts that appear based on the time of day or movements with a series of characters (Available on Apple Watch Herm\u00e8s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/watchos-26-rc-new-faces.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1018426\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, two of the new faces are exclusive to certain hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Waypoint is limited to Apple Watch Ultra models, joining the two existing <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/09\/24\/apple-watch-series-10-wont-get-these-faces-despite-larger-screen-than-ultra\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exclusive faces<\/a>: Wayfinder and Modular Ultra.<\/p>\n<p>Herm\u00e8s Faubourg Party, as you might expect, is a new exclusive for Herm\u00e8s models.<\/p>\n<p>All users who install watchOS 26 will gain access to the new Exactograph and Flow faces, however. The update will launch to all users on Monday, September 15.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of watchOS 26\u2019s new watch faces? 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