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[Coming Soon] Simples Pro

Hi All,

I’ve been working on this for quite a while and wanted to share a progress update.

Simples Pro takes into account all your feedback and requests. Allowing for customisation and flexibility while still maintaining the original design philosophy.

Managed to create a slightly bigger clock and digits have tabulation for clean spacing now. Seconds goes on the right and am/pm on the left. Status icons have shifted to the bottom and have their own menu.

All 4 data slots are customisable, with a choice of 21 data fields.

Colour it your way: Hour, Minute/Seconds, Date weekday, Data Icons, Data Text, Status Icons.

Don’t want the battery green? Make it white, and you still get status changes for low power and charging.

Coming soon!

u/Solas_Works — 2 months ago
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[Update V1.5.0] Simples

Hi all,

Simples has now been updated to V1.5.0

-Battery in Days - Toggle between percentage and days (user feedback)
-Additional work on refining text rendering for a cleaner on-screen look. Tuned separately for AMOLED and MIP displays.
-Added Support for the Forerunner 165 Music, Forerunner 170 Music and MARQ Driver.

I hope you’re enjoying this free watch face 🙂

Link: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/c963dd4b-c9ca-4812-b5f3-ade06f64fd01

u/Solas_Works — 2 months ago
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[Update V1.4.0] SIMPLES - Refinements

Hi all,

A quick update post to try get some feedback please.

SIMPLES V1.4.0

What's New:
-Refined text rendering for a cleaner on-screen look. Tuned separately for AMOLED and MIP displays.

-Added support for the Forerunner 265s
-Icon balancing

I have refined text rendering with separate profiles for AMOLED and MIP in regards to resolutions and colour. I have been able to test on my AMOLED device, but can only test MIP through the simulators.

So if any MIP users could please let me know if the refinements are a slight improvement over V1.3.0 on MIP devices I would appreciate it.

LINK: https://apps.garmin.com/apps/c963dd4b-c9ca-4812-b5f3-ade06f64fd01

I hope you're enjoying the watch face.

u/Solas_Works — 2 months ago
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[Update V1.3.0] SIMPLES - User Feedback

Hi all,

Simples V1.3.0 is here with some user feedback requests.

-NEW: Invert colours on MIP - Switch to a dark-on-light look on supported MIP watches

-NEW: Hide the Bluetooth icon if you'd rather keep the face clean

-Sharper contrast throughout for better readability

-Bug fixes

-Added Support for addition devices:

Fenix 6, Fenix 6 Dual Power, Fenix 6 Pro, Fenix 6 Pro Dual Power, Fenix 6 Pro Solar, Fenix 6 Solar, Fenix 6S, Fenix 6S Dual Power, Fenix 6S Pro, Fenix 6S Pro Dual Power, Fenix 6S Pro Solar, Fenix 6S Solar, Fenix 6X Pro.

*SIMPLES now supports 71 models and counting across the AMOLED and MIP ranges.

***Any issues or feedback, please let me know if the comments, I'd like to hear from you. Quality feedback from users is how new features like 'MIP Flip' invert, come about.

SIMPLES is Free: https://apps.garmin.com/apps/c963dd4b-c9ca-4812-b5f3-ade06f64fd01

u/Solas_Works — 2 months ago
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[UPDATE 1.2.0] SIMPLES

Hi all,

You asked, and Simples V1.2.0 is here.

-Added support for additional devices

-MIP: Fenix 8 Solar 51mm/Tactix 8 Solar 51mm, Enduro 3, Fenix 7X/Tactix 7/Quatix 7X Solar/Enduro 2, Fenix 7X Pro, Fenix 7X Pro - Solar Edition, Fenix 7S, Fenix 7S Pro, Forerunner 255

-AMOLED: Epix (Gen 2), MARQ (Gen 2), MARQ (Gen 2) Aviator

- Bug fixes

-Feature: Low-Power Full Face for MIP devices

-What's New: You asked, it's here - MIP watches can now keep the full watch face: date, battery and steps visible even in low-power mode, instead of dropping to a clock-only view.

As always, if you have any issues, please provide me with feedback here so I can address things as quickly as possible.

u/Solas_Works — 3 months ago

Appreciation for some personal favourites

I feel like lately the group is a lot of image spam from creators with no story to read or journey to keep up with. Full disclosure I’ve made my own watch face, but it’s fun for me and I like to let people know where I’m at with the journey and interact.

What I thought might be refreshing for a change, is shouting out our favourites that we use, that AREN’T ours.

Two of my current favourites are:

Kamet II:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/68f2f507-3ebd-45ac-96ce-aad0494efa60

AND

NDR-One Max:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/9def76ef-62e1-458f-92ef-33e33ebc2ee2

Comment and share some of yours!

u/Solas_Works — 3 months ago
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[UPDATE V1.0.0] SIMPLES - Full Release

Version 1.0.0 – Full Release

Thank you to everyone who tested Simples during the beta period and provided feedback.

This 1.0.0 release expands device compatibility and fixes known issues while maintaining the clean, battery-conscious experience that Simples was built for.

-Added support for additional Garmin devices: Forerunner 70, Forerunner 165, Forerunner 170, Forerunner 265, Instinct 3 AMOLED 45mm, Instinct 3 AMOLED 50mm and Vivoactive 5.

-Bug fixes

More device rollout support to come and a new feature soon!

u/Solas_Works — 3 months ago
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Simples

My first watch face is live and free for everyone.

-Language support for English, Spanish, French and German.
-Clean and lightweight

u/Solas_Works — 3 months ago
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UPDATE - Making Progress

Hi all,

Making progress with my 1st FREE face.

Building in support for Spanish, French and German to start with.

Icons/changes added for:
Notifications
Alarm
AM/PM
Seconds

u/Solas_Works — 3 months ago
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Language Support - Exact ES/FR strings from gregorian.info

Hi all,

I’m working on my first watch face that will be FREE. Been testing it and running it on my device.

Working on device and language support now. I can’t test language support in the Simulator unfortunately. I want to look at Spanish and French support to start with.

Since my font is a custom-generated bitmap atlas (not the system font), I need to know the exact characters Garmin returns so I can include the right glyphs. An unsupported accented character would just fail to render.

If anyone has a device set to French or Spanish and a few seconds, could you please run this and paste the console output? 🙏🏻

using Toybox.System;
using Toybox.Time;
using Toybox.Time.Gregorian;

function debugPrintDateStrings() as Void {
var info = Gregorian.info(Time.now(), Time.FORMAT_MEDIUM);
System.println("day_of_week: " + info.day_of_week);
System.println("month: " + info.month);
}

Thanks in advance!

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u/Solas_Works — 3 months ago
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First Watch Face in Progress

Hey All,

Love my Garmin. I’m working on my first ever watch face idea that will be FREE. Building it with VS Code and Monkey C to make it lightweight and efficient.

I want to make a watch face that is clean, simple and minimalist. Still want to add some small icons on the left and right for things like notifications, alarm, seconds and AM/PM.

Battery icon has multiple states like full (3), medium (2) and low (1), etc.

I’d really appreciate some thoughts and feedback from people in terms of where it’s at so far and what they like in a clean face. But like I said, goal for this face is minimal.

Thanks in advance.

u/Solas_Works — 3 months ago