How can I get time, date, and battery level on Apple Watch face?

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How can I get time, date, and battery level on Apple Watch face?

I received a new apple watch (newest edition), and it's a nice watch and everything but the screen has just too much stuff on it. I am looking for a watch face that has the TIME, DATE, and BATTERY LEVEL. I can find a face that has the time and date, but so far, all the faces that I have found don't have the option to add the battery level. Could someone with a little more experience with the Apple watch help me out here? I would greatly appreciate it. I am retired a Air Force communications operator and everything, and I mean everything, operates on the DATE, TIME, and BATTERY LEVEL. I have been retired for a while now but old habits die hard.

Really appreciate the help with this problem. Thanks.

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Apple Watch Series 10, watchOS 11

Posted on Jan 6, 2025 5:34 PM

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Dah•veed

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Jan 6, 2025 6:31 PM in response to kb5zue

You're right, I went through the entire watchface gallery and very few do what you want.

This one is called California and was the only one I could configure with the time, date and battery. I use a 3rd party battery app called Battery Life. It shows both my phone and my watch batteries.

There is also a 3rd party iPhone app called Watchsmith that allows you to build custom watchfaces. A savy guy with your background might be able to come up with something that you like.

M1 Mac mini, macOS 15.2;  Watch, series 10 GPS-only, watchOS 11.2; iPhone 16, iOS 18.2; TV 4th Gen, tvOS 18.2; HomePods, audioOS 18.2 and Airport Express w/ Airplay 2

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Carol B.

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Jan 6, 2025 6:13 PM in response to kb5zue

I have the Apple Watch 9 and the face called the Activity Analog displays what you want. It's not clear if you have the 10 or the Ultra 2, but hopefully this watch face is available for you. The Metropolitan also offers Battery Level in the complications. If you don't see this, please let us know which model Apple Watch you have.

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sberman

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Jan 20, 2025 1:15 PM in response to kb5zue

Infograph works as well.

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Dah•veed

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Jan 20, 2025 1:50 PM in response to kb5zue

I am unable to get it to display both the watch battery level and the phone battery level as in your sample.

Download the 3rd party app, Battery Life to get both the iPhone and Watch battery levels. Install it on the watch and it should be available as a complication.

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kb5zue Author

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Jan 20, 2025 12:50 PM in response to kb5zue

Sorry for the extremely slow reply but I wanted to say THANK YOU for your reply. To let you know the phone I have now, I found that answer in the general section. It is an iPhone 16 Pro Max. My wife gave it to me and to be honest I don't know the difference between the phones. There are too many of them to figure it out.

Yes, I found the app that you talked about and was able to get it installed. It works fine and does the job. Took a bit to figure out how to add the battery function and with a little help from my son, we got it.

Once again, many thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.

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kb5zue Author

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Jan 20, 2025 1:31 PM in response to kb5zue

I really like the California watch face and I was able to get it to display the battery level of the watch but I am unable to get it to display both the watch battery level and the phone battery level as in your sample. Downloaded and installed the WatchSmith app as you suggested and I am playing with that right now. Hopefully, if I can get it to display both watch and phone levels, now that would be ideal.

Many Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.

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