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SmartArcs Active - Garmin Watch Face

SmartArcs Active watch face is an active version of SmartArcs Origin. The watch face is minimalist and highly customizable, you can easily create your very own look.

Arc indicators around the screen display:

  • battery status
  • number of phone notifications. First notification is displayed as five minutes arc, each other as one minute arc.
  • Bluetooth status
  • do not disturb status
  • number of alarms. First alarm is displayed as five minutes arc, each other as one minute arc.
  • sunrise, sunset and civil twilights

Activity indicators on the screen display:

  • heart rate (with configurable refresh interval)
  • steps/distance on the left side. First line displays daily steps, second line walked distance (in kilometers or miles depending on systems settings). Arc shows how you fulfill daily steps goal.
  • floors on the right side. First line displays climbed floors, second line descended floors. Arc shows how you fulfill daily climbed floors goal.
  • body battery
  • stress level

Time and date:

  • analog hour and minute hands, with an optional seconds dot (never, only when awake, or always) that can reflect battery status colors
  • date with five selectable formats

Customization

Almost everything can be tailored to your taste:

  • rich color palette for every element, or a single accent color applied to all indicators
  • adjustable tick widths (1-minute, 5-minute and quarter-hour) and hand widths
  • optional hands outline and drawing hands on top of the activity indicators
  • toggle any indicator on or off

Power saver

The built-in power saver mode can extend battery life by up to 15%. You can define the schedule (begin/end time) and the screen refresh interval during that window.

Lost and found

An optional lost and found feature can display contact details to help return the watch to its owner.

More information

For the detailed description and setup instructions visit https://okdar.github.io/smartarcs

Note: heart rate and seconds dot are not displayed on watches with AMOLED displays.

SmartArcs Active is free and open source software, released under the GNU GPL v3. Contributions and fixes are very welcome.