How to Add and Customize Tiles on a Wear OS Smartwatch

Customizing your Wear OS smartwatch is easy, but there are a few things you need to keep in mind for make the most of it. it’s possible to rely on a selection of apps, Tiles, and watch faces to personalize your experience.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process of managing Tiles on your smartwatch. Let’s take a closer look at how this works.

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What Are Tiles?

Tiles are useful and interactive widgets you can use to quickly access your favorite apps andfeatures on your smartwatch—whether it’s news, fitness information, or simply phone notifications. To access Tiles, swipe left on your watch face. You can customize the order of your tiles by adjusting the options right from your smartwatch, or in the Wear OS mobile app.

If you have a smartwatch with Wear OS v2.40 and higher, you can go on to add more than five tiles. In the sections below, let’s take a closer look at how you can set up and use this feature.

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How to Customize Tiles Using Your Smartwatch

You canpersonalize your smartwatch experienceusing Tiles as you like—use the feature to bring up a scheduled appointment, weather information, or music controls. We’ve used a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 for this guide. The process may vary slightly for other Wear OS devices. Let’s take a look at how to set it up:

How to Personalize Tiles Using the Wear OS App

you’re able to also manage the feature in theTilessection of theWear OScompanion app. However, for purposes of this guide, we’ve used a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 that is compatible with theGalaxy Wearableapp.

Tiles: Access Important Information Easily

If you find that your Wear OS smartwatch is a little too generic for your taste, you can add and customize new tiles. It’s pretty simple.

Smartwatches offer a ton of great features. With Tiles, you can create shortcuts to your frequently-used apps and features. They save you time and improve your smartwatch experience!

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