# Touch for Watch Face **URL:** \ **Category:** Watchapp/Face Developers Corner\ **Created:** [August 21, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413 "2026-08-21T04:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kpebble](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/kpebble/32/1067_2.png) [@kpebble](https://forum.repebble.com/u/kpebble)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/1 "2026-08-21T04:27:39Z")
From recent posts, it seems touch is not supported yet.. Thats really a bummer and I would add a +1 to PLEASE PLEASE enable touch gestures for at least the latest Pebble Time 2 2025 that actually has a touch screen. ---
**Author:** ![jaywigley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/jaywigley/32/536_2.png) [@jaywigley](https://forum.repebble.com/u/jaywigley)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/2 "2026-08-21T09:36:04Z")
My touchscreen works just fine–make sure you have touch enabled and the latest firmware. ---
**Author:** ![Flynn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/flynn/32/73_2.png) [@Flynn](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Flynn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/3 "2026-08-21T18:14:30Z")
Your touchscreen works to interact with watchfaces specifically? It shouldn’t ---
**Author:** ![kpebble](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/kpebble/32/1067_2.png) [@kpebble](https://forum.repebble.com/u/kpebble)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/4 "2026-08-21T23:45:31Z")
Apps work fine with touch - Watch Face however does not. ---
**Author:** ![jaywigley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/jaywigley/32/536_2.png) [@jaywigley](https://forum.repebble.com/u/jaywigley)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/5 "2026-08-22T13:14:23Z")
I can touch the watch face to activate the backlight. Other interactions I have not tried and perhaps are not part of the watch face I use. ---
**Author:** ![Flynn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/flynn/32/73_2.png) [@Flynn](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Flynn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/6 "2026-08-23T03:52:12Z")
That’s not the touch that people are talking about when they say they want touch for watch faces. Backlight is completely a separate mechanism that isn’t controlled by the watch face. ---
**Author:** ![kpebble](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/kpebble/32/1067_2.png) [@kpebble](https://forum.repebble.com/u/kpebble)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/7 "2026-08-26T13:57:33Z")
jaywigley - By “touch” support on watch face means that your code can intercept taps, swipes and other gestures.. none of those are supported in watch faces, but there is full support for taps and gestures in apps. ---
**Author:** ![setpebble](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/setpebble/32/470_2.png) [@setpebble](https://forum.repebble.com/u/setpebble)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/8 "2026-08-27T22:07:37Z")
Touch is supported, and I have added it to several apps so far. Try my Maptastic and/or Night Sky apps for panning either a map or the map of the stars and constellations. > **[Maptastic - Pebble Appstore](https://apps.repebble.com/maptastic_52e7521679f937c182000004)** > > Imagine a map displayed on your wrist. Pans, zooms, and tracks your location. > > Customizable features include the mapping service, date, screen, vibration, co ---
**Author:** ![kpebble](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/kpebble/32/1067_2.png) [@kpebble](https://forum.repebble.com/u/kpebble)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/9 "2026-08-28T01:58:41Z")
big sigh… when people dont actually read the post… ---
**Author:** ![Flynn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/flynn/32/73_2.png) [@Flynn](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Flynn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/10 "2026-08-28T16:49:11Z")
Touch is not supported and you haven’t added it to any watchface. You might’ve added it to watchapps but that’s irrelevant to what the post is asking about ---
**Author:** ![notnotrishi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/notnotrishi/32/862_2.png) [@notnotrishi](https://forum.repebble.com/u/notnotrishi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/11 "2026-08-30T19:45:32Z")
+1 to touch support on watchface! ---
**Author:** ![J\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@J\_B](https://forum.repebble.com/u/J_B)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/touch-for-watch-face/1413/12 "2026-09-28T19:17:55Z")
In case you’re interested, I’ve patched PebbleOS to enable the touchscreen for watchfaces. Details here: > [@\[Guide\] Enabling Touchscreen Support for Watchfaces on PebbleOS](https://forum.repebble.com/t/guide-enabling-touchscreen-support-for-watchfaces-on-pebbleos/1741): > > Hi everyone! I wanted to turn one of my apps into a watchface but this requires touch to be enabled on watchfaces. By default, the PebbleOS AppLib restricts watchfaces from subscribing to the touch service to preserve battery life, and the kernel aggressively drops touch events that don’t trigger native UI scrolling. If you’re building a watchface for the Pebble Time 2 and want to utilize the touchscreen, you’ll need to bypass these restrictions. I was able to patch the OS and my watchface work…