Facer Unveils Major Platform Expansions, New Partnerships, and New Features at CES 2026
The world’s leading smartwatch personalization platform expands to more devices than ever, bringing its unmatched catalog, creator…
The world’s leading smartwatch personalization platform expands to more devices than ever, bringing its unmatched catalog, creator community, and innovation engine to the entire smartwatch industry.
Las Vegas, NV — January 7, 2026 — Facer, the world’s leading platform for smartwatch personalization, today announced a major expansion of its platform across new smartwatch operating systems, partnerships, and device categories — alongside new content partnerships and breakthrough features unveiled at CES 2026.
As the smartwatch market rapidly diversifies, Facer enters 2026 uniquely positioned as the largest independent watch face marketplace in the industry.
“Facer isn’t just adding platforms — we’re extending a proven ecosystem,” said Brook Eaton, CPO of Facer. “Every new device that launches with Facer support instantly gains access to hundreds of thousands of watch faces, a vibrant global creator community, and the most advanced cross-platform design tools in the industry.”
Today, Facer offers over 500,000 watch faces from the world’s best independent designers and iconic global brands, supported by a passionate community of watch-face creators and enthusiasts. At the center of this ecosystem is Facer Creator, the industry’s most powerful cross-platform watch-face design tool — enabling designers to build once and reach users across Apple Watch, Google Wear OS, and other leading smartwatch operating systems.
🚀 Platform & Ecosystem Expansion: Facer Everywhere
Facer Shows Off RTOS support on Reebok’s upcoming smartwatch in partnership with Vitalist and MicroEJ at CES
At CES 2026, Facer is showcasing its platform running on a newly announced Reebok RTOS smartwatch, developed in collaboration with Vitalist and MicroEJ, and launching later this year.
The Reebok watch leverages VitalOS and MicroEJ VEE Wear, that augments traditional RTOS capabilities with hardware-agnostic scalability, outstanding graphics, advanced app support, extensive customization, and a vibrant ecosystem of watch faces (powered by Facer) and applications — empowering brands to deliver premium user experiences with extended battery life.
This marks the first commercial RTOS smartwatch to launch with full Facer support — instantly giving Reebok users access to the largest and richest catalog of watch faces in the world.
Facer Announces Partnership with LVGL to Expand RTOS Support Further
Facer also announced a new partnership with LVGL, one of the world’s most widely adopted open-source graphics engines for embedded devices, used by smartwatch brands around the world like Xiaomi and IDO.
Through this partnership, Facer will become accessible to a massive new segment of RTOS-powered devices — dramatically expanding the reach of personalized watch faces across the global embedded-wearable ecosystem.
AOSP: Extending Facer Across Android-Based Smartwatches
Facer also announced upcoming support for AOSP-based smartwatches, expanding its reach into a broad range of Android-based devices used by families, kids, and brands seeking platform independence.
With AOSP support, Facer ensures users can access the same expansive catalog of watch faces and personalization experiences across even more devices. Facer expects to announce its first AOSP-based smartwatch partner later this year.
🎨 Content, Brands & Partnerships: Expanding the Facer Universe
Citizen Riiiver Partnership
Facer announced a new partnership with Riiiver developed by Citizen to bring their technology to Facer watch faces later this spring.
With Riiiver-enabled faces, users can experience interactive, never-before-seen capabilities directly on their smartwatch faces. This collaboration dramatically extends the expressive and functional possibilities of digital watch faces.
Growing Creator Community
Facer also welcomed a new batch of world-class independent designers to its Facer Creator Partner Program this fall, and aims to continue growing one the most active and diverse creator communities in the smartwatch industry even further in 2026.
As the only true cross-platform creation marketplace, Facer enables designers to create once and publish everywhere using a single tool — Facer Creator — instantly reaching users across multiple smartwatch ecosystems. Facer redistributes millions of dollars to creators every year, powering a sustainable global economy for watch face designers.
🔔 Face Chime™ — Reinventing Watch Face Expression
Shown at CES 2026, Face Chime™ introduces sound as a new expressive layer for watch faces — reinforcing Facer’s position as the innovation leader in smartwatch personalization.
Chimes allow watch faces to gently mark the top of the hour with face-specific sounds that match a design’s character, brand, or theme, extending personalization beyond visuals alone.
“Face Chime is the kind of innovation that only a platform like Facer can deliver,” said Ariel Vardi. “It’s playful, expressive, and opens entirely new creative possibilities for designers and brands.”
Face Chime will launch worldwide on Wear OS 6 in January with hundreds of watch faces updated from our top licensed brands and independent designers. Full details will be released in the coming weeks.
⭐ Outlook for 2026
With expanded reach across Apple watchOS, Google Wear OS, RTOS, LVGL, and AOSP — supported by the world’s largest watch-face catalog, a passionate creator community, and continuous innovation — Facer enters 2026 positioned as the most flexible and globally accessible watch-face ecosystem in the world.
Facer’s mission remains unchanged: to bring world-class personalization to every smartwatch on Earth.