On your Wear OS smartwatch, you can change your clock’s settings, including the date, time and time zone.
Important: The steps below are for Wear OS and may vary based on your manufacturer, device and software version.
Change the time on your watch
- If the screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen.
- Tap Settings
. - If you don't find it straight away, swipe left.
- Tap System Date and time Choose your time settings.
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Date and time Change which time shows
- To show the same time on your watch and phone:
- Turn on Automatic date and time.
- To show the local time:
- Turn off Automatic date and time.
- Turn on Automatic time zone.
- To set the time manually:
- Turn off Automatic date and time and Automatic time zone.
- Set the date, time or time zone.
Change the time's format
- If the screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen.
- Tap Settings .
- If you don't find it straight away, swipe left.
- Tap System Date & time.
- Scroll down and turn onUse 24-hour format.
If the time or date on your watch is wrong
Make sure that your phone and watch are connected
If your watch and phone are disconnected, your watch might show the wrong time.
See Also
Lock your watch screen - AndroidHow to Turn on a Smartwatch Without the Power ButtonHow to Use an Android Phone as a GPS Tracker DeviceFossil SupportWhen your watch and phone aren’t connected, you’ll notice Disconnected
.
To reconnect them, try these suggestions.
Update the time on your phone
If the time on your phone is wrong, it might be wrong on your watch too.
Learn to change the time on your Android phone.
Set the time zone manually on your watch
- If the screen is dim, tap it to wake up the watch.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen.
- Tap Settings .
- If you don't find it straight away, swipe left.
- Tap System Date & time.
- Scroll down and tapSet time zone.
- If you can't tap it, your watch already shows the time zone that you're in. To change it, turn offAutomatic time zone.
- Tap the time zone that you want to use.
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