Update your Apple Watch to watchOS 26.5 if you want a completely new watch face

Unlike a traditional watch that gives you a static look, your Apple Watch lets you change its look to suit your aesthetic. This is all thanks to watch faces, which are user interfaces that allow you to customize the appearance of your Apple Watch. Apple offers a variety of watch faces out of the box, and the company lets you improve most of them to suit your needs. But besides that, there are other cool watch face apps you can download to your Apple Watch to take things even further. Now, in addition to the various options offered by third-party developers and Apple watch faces, the American technology company has just released a new software update that you can install on your watch right now to enjoy a brand new watch face.

The new watch face, called Pride Luminance, is available once you install Apple’s watchOS 26.5 update. This is the latest watch face after Apple added four new watch faces with the introduction of watchOS 26. The Pride Luminance watch face comes in radial and vertical styles, with unmistakable Pride colors. Additionally, you can further customize the watch face with more colors. In a blog post, Apple said the new watch face is part of the company’s efforts to “celebrate LGBTQ+ communities around the world during Pride Month and beyond.” To update your Apple Watch to watchOS 26.5, first connect it to Wi-Fi, then open the Settings app. After that select General > Software Update and install the update.

As usual, Apple is celebrating Pride Month in several ways. This year, the company is celebrating LGBTQ+ communities by launching a new Pride collection. A new watch face is still on the menu, and Apple didn’t miss that part for this year’s edition. In addition to this, the company also launched a new Apple Watch Pride Edition Sport Loop which the company says is “woven from a rainbow of 11 colors of nylon threads.” The band comes in multiple sizes, including 40mm, 42mm, and 46mm, meaning it’s compatible with a variety of Apple Watch models.

The Pride Edition Sport Loop is part of the company’s collection to celebrate the season and is already available for sale on its website for $49. The watch face complements the new Pride Edition Sport Loop, and Apple has also launched a matching wallpaper on the iPhone and iPad as part of the collection. However, you will need to update your iPhone and iPad to iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, respectively, to get the new wallpaper.