How to use the Memoji watch face on Apple Watch

Looking for a bit of fun or quirkiness on your Apple Watch? This tutorial explains how to use the Memoji watch face with your own Memoji or an Animoji and see it move!

Memoji Apple Watch face

The Memoji watch face is a nifty way to display something fun and unique. And keep in mind the images aren’t static. So you’ll see the face move and make expressions.

Plus, if you tap it, you can have the character make a silly face. It’s one of my most loved watch faces!

Set up the Memoji watch face

You can do it directly on your watch or the big iPhone screen. We’ve explained both methods for your convenience.

From your Apple Watch

1) Touch and hold the current watch face until it shrinks down. Now, swipe left and tap the plus button to add a new watch face.

2) Scroll down to the Memoji watch face and tap ADD.

Add Memoji watch face to Apple Watch

3) You are now on the CHARACTER screen that shows the Unicorn Memoji. Rotate the Digital Crown to select another character like the Ghost, T-Rex, Koala, Tiger, Bear, Skull, Dragon, Lion, Unicorn, Chicken, Rabbit, Panda, Pig, Poop, Fox, Alien, Dog, Cat, Robot, Monkey, Boar, Owl, Shark, Giraffe, Cow, Octopus, Mouse, All Animoji, your custom Memojis or All Memoji.

Select Memoji Character for watch face

4) After deciding which character to use, swipe left on the screen to go to the COLOR screen. Here, rotate the Digital Crown to add the desired color as the Memoji background spray. You can also tap a color and increase or decrease its saturation.

Personalize Memoji character background color for Apple Watch face

5) Next, swipe left again to reach the COMPLICATIONS screen. Memoji watch faces offer just two complication spots. The first one shows today’s day and date, but you can change it. Simply tap one of the spots and pick another app complication.

Note: Adding a bottom complication obstructs the Memoji character, and thus, it’d be better if you leave it empty. To do that, tap the bottom complication spot, followed by the arrow icon from the top left. Now, scroll to the bottom of the app list and choose Off.

Add or remove complications for Memoji watch face

6) Finally, press the Digital Crown to return to your quirky new Memoji watch face. Tap the watch face, and the Memoji will make a random silly face.

Save Memoji watch face on Apple Watch

From your iPhone

The fundamentals of adding and customizing the Memoji watch face using your iPhone are similar to what we’ve covered above. Thus, we will keep things brief.

Here’s how to add and create your Memoji Apple Watch face using your iPhone.

1) Open the Watch app on your companion iPhone.

2) Tap Face Gallery from the bottom.

3) Scroll down and tap Memoji.

4) First, select the Memoji Character.

5) Next, pick a color that you think goes well with your chosen Memoji.

6) Now edit the top complication and add a bottom complication if you want.

7) Finally, tap ADD from the top.

Add Memoji watch face using iPhone

Now, wake up your Apple Watch, and you’ll find the fun new Memoji watch face here.

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