The Apple Watch updates in watchOS 27 includes new watch faces, with Apple testing a new simpler version of the Modular Ultra for the standard model.
In the run-up to WWDC in June, the rumor mill will surface leaks and speculation about Apple's software changes. One of the more frequent updates to expect is for the Apple Watch, in the form of new faces.
According to Mark Gurman in Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg, Apple's update to watchOS 27 will include some watch face changes as usual. Apple is said to be testing multiple new faces for inclusion, but Gurman only discusses one stand-out version.
He writes that Apple is doing a simplified version of the Modular Ultra, the watch face designed for the Apple Watch Ultra. It's a version that Apple is seemingly trying to rework so it can be used on the smaller face of other Apple Watch models.
The refinements maintain the large clock from the face design, but eliminates the large complication section in the center. It also removes the row of three small complications that appear above the time, and the information that surrounds the bezel.
The change turns into a large clock for the top two thirds of the display. The lower row of three small complications remains under the time, filling out the rest of the design.
The result is a face that is less information-dense but suitable for the standard Series models.
The modular face is not the only one on the way. As part of watchOS 26.5, Apple is bringing out a new Pride Luminance face as part of its annual Pride collection.
