Mobvoi, the company behind TicWatch smartwatches, has thought of all users of smartwatches under Wear OS and watchOS with the launching of his own marketplace of watch faces under the TimeShow Watch Faces appavailable on both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.
The idea of TimeShow Watch Faces is that any user of these smart watch operating systems have more customization options for your watch model, for which you will have a catalog of watch faces organized by categories, allowing you to access both free watch faces and paid watch facesfor which the app also has integrated purchases, and even from the most minimalist and simple to the most dynamic, such as those that include small integrated interactive games.
From Mobvoi they will increase the catalog of watch faces weekly with which to further expand the possibilities of customization for users, although they have also thought of all those who want to have something more personal created by themselves.
In this sense, they have TimeShow DIY, a companion website where you will have everything you need to create your own watch faces completely to your liking and then upload them to the app to apply to your own devices.
Powering the personalization of smart watches
The launch of this complementary website also opens up more ranges of possibilities, and even from Mobvoi they intend to create a community of creators who can also earn income through an economic distribution system that has not yet been specified.
For Robert Zhang, vice president of engineering at Mobvoi:
A watch is like an extension of your personality, and in a digital world, a watch face serves the same purpose, whether through fun games, useful apps, or just plain attractive design. It was important to us that TicWatch and all smartwatch users could express themselves the way they want, and for creators to provide a platform to showcase their skills and earn from their amazing work.
The problem is that in the market there are many brands of smart watches, generally unknown, that use their own proprietary operating systems, and therefore, the users of their models have to use the complementary application associated with which to manage the watch faces, and that in principle they would be left out of the marketplace unless some mechanism is addressed or already available to be able to import the clock waits from TimeShow Watch Faces or from other external sources.
Link: TimeShow DIY website
