watchOS 26 Apple Watch Faces: All 67 Options Reviewed for Athletes

watchOS 26 brings 67 watch faces to Apple Watch, including three new Liquid Glass designs: Exactograph, Flow, and Waypoint. This is the biggest face update Apple has pushed in years, and it lands across Series 4 and later, SE, and the incoming Ultra 3.

Exactograph is the one endurance athletes will care about most. It mimics a mechanical chronograph layout and supports up to eight complications, meaning you can stack heart rate, HRV, training load, and a workout shortcut all on one screen. That puts it closer to what Garmin's Epix 2 and Coros Vertix 2S offer natively, though Apple still routes serious metrics through third-party apps like Runkeeper or TrainingPeaks rather than displaying them on-device.

Flow and Waypoint lean more lifestyle than sport. Flow uses ambient animation and works well for recovery days when you want a glanceable readout without the data density. Waypoint pulls navigation-style ring indicators and suits cyclists or trail runners who want bearing and altitude complications front and center. Compatibility matters here: some Liquid Glass faces are limited to Series 7 and above or Ultra, so check your model before planning your setup.

Complications across the board got a layout refresh. Apple Watch Ultra 3 gets the most screen real estate to work with, and pairing Exactograph with a running power app or Whoop-style recovery score finally makes the wrist feel closer to a Garmin Fenix 8 in terms of information density. Still not there on native metrics. But the gap is narrowing.

Solid update for Apple Watch athletes. Not a Garmin killer. But 67 faces with better complication support means less app-switching mid-run, and that counts.