New Garmin watch faces in 2026
These are our newest Garmin watch faces — the most recent designs we have published to the Connect IQ Store, freshest first. Every one runs live in the previews below, so you can see it tick before you install. We update this page each time a new face ships, so check back.
Tessera — new
Our latest release. Tessera turns the dial into one giant interlocking jigsaw that your step goal assembles through the day — the frame fills in first and works inward, so the big central time stays readable the whole time. A clever, slow-reveal progress face for AMOLED Garmins that rewards a glance.
Active Face — new
Active Face is a data-maximalist cockpit for people who want everything at once: heart rate, distance, calories, floors and altitude around the edge, a step-goal ring, and a live Body Battery graph along the bottom. If you treat the watch as a training tool and read your numbers, this is the new dashboard to try.
Lagun — new
Lagun is a neon dive / scuba-chronograph analog — glowing gauges for live heart rate, Body Battery, recovery and steps wrapped around a crisp dial, with real data driving every gauge rather than a static skin. A bold, legible look for divers and anyone who likes a sport-instrument face.
Memphis — new
Memphis is an unapologetically 80s analog — playful Memphis-design shapes, yellow-black-green hands, a date window and live step count. The fun, design-led pick if your other faces are starting to look the same.
Metric Rings & Progress Arcs — new
Twin faces from one design. Metric Rings and Progress Arcs show Body Battery, Calories and Steps as three glowing gradient gauges — full concentric rings, or arches over the top — around a big clean time. Pick whichever framing you like; both keep your day's goals in view.
All free, all from Connect IQ. Every face here installs through the official Garmin Connect IQ Store and syncs to your watch through Garmin Connect — no sideloading, no random files. New to it? Our step-by-step install guide takes under a minute.
Before you install a new face
A Garmin watch face is a small program, not wallpaper — a quick check saves a wasted download:
- Confirm your exact model is in the supported list on the face page. A face built for a Fenix may look wrong, or not install, on a smaller Forerunner.
- Check the permissions match what it shows. A weather or sunrise field needs location; a plain clock should not ask for much.
- Watch the battery for a day. On AMOLED models a bright always-on layout can cost real battery — the good faces dim when your wrist is down. If draw spikes, swap it.
Looking for the all-time picks instead?
This page is about what is new. If you want the strongest faces by style — best cycling, best digital, best analog, best retro — see our best Garmin watch faces guide, or browse the full collection with live previews of every face we make.
New faces by Garmin model
Want the latest picks for your exact watch? Each model guide has faces with live previews you can try in the browser: