The digital clock component supports the Korean lunar calendar.

Year is a new tag ID that can be used in a tag expression.

Search for a specific language and filter languages by region for a digital clock component (Properties > Type > Language).

Style, Gridline Every, and Subdivisions settings added to Preferences (Edit > Preferences > View).

1. Search layers for a component.
2. Use the scroll bar to navigate the layers.
3. Group and ungroup items.
   
   

Show/Hide and Lock/Unlock of a component can be set from the component’s layer dropdown menu.

The component outline configuration settings can be enabled and disabled individually.

A component’s text can be formatted from the Properties window.

When set as a button, weather components have additional actions that can be performed such as update weather data and change temperature unit.

Enable Outline Highlight to display the outline of a component when you mouse over it.

• Click and drag the cursor on labels to set values.

• Hover the cursor on the slider and use the mouse scroll wheel to change values.

Gyro effects can be applied to text and digital clock components.

The GWD macOS UX has been enhanced. Try the GWD optimized for macOS.
Download GWD for macOS.

With tag expressions, you can create various effects on your watch faces. Tag expressions allow you greater freedom to make unique and desirable watch faces.
For more details, see Tag Expression.

Galaxy Watch Designer supports runtime permission to protect users’ personal data. Set the API version to Tizen 4.0 and build the .tpk file, which automatically generates the runtime permission feature.
For more details, click here

You can change the preview image of your watch face. Set the watch image that shows the time and data you want as your preview image.

You can now monitor the X and Y axes independently to apply realistic 3D effects and make watch face that react to movement.
For more details, see the Gyro tutorial.

The new Gear Watch Designer lets you manually select the languages that your watch face supports in each country. You can also select the default language to show when the user’s language isn’t supported.

Now you don’t need to make multiple versions of your watch face to show the user’s preferred distance units (km/miles). A simple conditional line lets you automatically set the units based on the user’s Samsung Health settings.
For more details, see the Conditional lines section.

The Gear Watch Designer now supports both of the newest watch models.

Add cipher (left-pads) and set the number of decimal places for accuracy and aesthetics. Now your can show numbers down to the tenths or hundredths. (Precision)

Now you can loop conditional lines. For example, you can make a show/hide pattern on conditional lines and let it repeat continuously. You can also easily rename layers just by double clicking the name field.
For more details, see the Conditional lines section.

Now you don’t need to make separate 12-hour and 24-hour watch faces. Conditional lines can be used to show or hide the 12 or 24-hour versions based on the time mode on the phone.
For more details, see the Conditional lines section.