The big watchOS 27 reveal is just one few weeks awayand a rumor indicates that it could add a new Apple Watch face inspired by my all-time favorite option. Here’s why the rumor is especially intriguing.
Modular Ultra reportedly inspired the new Apple Watch face in watchOS 27 for all users
Apple has many different watch faces available in watchOS, but my favorite is easily the Modular Ultra.
Modular Ultra is exclusive to Apple Watch Ultra models, even though recent series models have similarly sized screens.
and how I have written beforeI consider Modular Ultra to be the biggest advantage the Apple Watch Ultra has over models in the series.
So much so that if Modular Ultra were available on this year’s Apple Watch Series 12, I would seriously consider upgrading from my current Ultra 3 model.
Which makes one of the few watchOS 27 rumors we have so far especially intriguing. Earlier this month, Mark Gurman wrote in Bloomberg:
For watchOS 27, codenamed Orchid, Apple is testing several new faces. One in particular stands out: a simplified version of the Modular Ultra design. It has the same large watch face as the Ultra dial, but eliminates the option of a large complication in the center, the row of three smaller complications above the time and information placed around the bezel. The result is a large watch that takes up the top two-thirds of the screen, with a row of three smaller complications below. The move appears to be aimed at bringing a version of the Modular Ultra experience to standard series watches.
The idea of “a version of the Modular Ultra experience” coming to Apple series models sounds like my wish might come true.
But the details, at least as reported by Gurman, don’t actually sound much like Modular Ultra at all.
Understanding the rumored new watchOS 27 watch face
If this new face really only offers a large watch and three complications at the bottom, I’m not sure how useful it will be. It looks like a possible minor new configuration for the classic Modular face.
There are many faces that already give you a great digital watch and some complications. I don’t know why Apple would need to create a new Modular face for that.
But my hope is that what Gurman saw is only part of the story. If the new face really aims to bring a version of Modular Ultra to more Watch models, perhaps it will offer more flexibility than reported.
I would love to see a full Modular Ultra copy and paste for the series models. Short of that, though, I’m still hopeful that this new watchOS 27 face offers a little more versatility than what’s been described.
Are you interested in the new modular face of watchOS 27 as Gurman describes it? Let us know in the comments.
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