Five Apple Watch faces now take full advantage of Series 10’s upgraded display

Apple Watch Series 10 is the first model to refresh the seconds hand even while the always-on display is dimmed. On earlier models, including Series 5 through Series 9, only the hour and minute hands update when the display is dimmed. At launch, however, only three watch faces supported this new capability. Flux and Reflections are the first two. Both continue showing ticking seconds even when the screen is dimmed. Flux uses a vertically rising line to represent the passing seconds throughout each minute. Reflections offers traditional analog watch hands, with a seconds hand that sweeps when the screen is fully on and ticks once per second when dimmed. Reflections also comes in two styles: a full-screen layout and a circular version with four complication slots. The third is an update to Activity Digital. Since the Series 5, this face has included an option to show seconds, but they previously disappeared when the display dimmed. On Series 10, the watch face updates once per second ... Read full article.