Garmin World Cup watch face: live scores, standings and bracket on the wrist
The tournament is running, and so, probably, are you. WC2026 Live Pro is a free Connect IQ watch face that turns a Garmin into a live World Cup scoreboard: match scores update during play, group standings refresh automatically, and the knockout bracket fills in as teams advance. No app to open, no notification to chase. Raise your wrist to check live scores.
The face comes from GR_apps, an independent developer unaffiliated with FIFA. It launched on 5 June, ready for the opening matches, and has already reached version 2.0.5 with fixes for local time zone display in match and day views.
What it shows
The upper half of the face is given over to football. The day’s fixtures appear with kickoff times in your local time zone and national flags for all 48 teams (round or rounded square, your choice). Pick a favourite team in the Connect IQ settings, and a gold star marks its row, with its next fixture always visible even on days it does not play. Group standings show points and goal difference. During live matches, the face displays the current score, the minute played and a progress arc.
The lower half keeps the watch useful as a watch: time (in one of three clock fonts), date, temperature and two customisable complications drawn from steps, heart rate, battery, calories or distance. Stadium backgrounds and accent colours round out the cosmetics.
AMOLED and MIP
The face is optimised for AMOLED displays with dark and light theme options (Spotlight, Lights, Sky, Stadium). MIP watches get black or sky-blue backgrounds with text that adapts automatically. The always-on display shows the day’s match schedule without waking the screen.
Battery and permissions
The face runs in the background and polls the internet for score data. Garmin’s own permission disclosure confirms it requires background execution and internet access, so expect some battery cost on match days. The listing also requests access to heart rate, barometer, temperature and altitude history for the complication data.
Where to get it
WC2026 Live Pro is free in the Connect IQ store; it’s the best Garmin app right now for following the 2026 World Cup. It runs on any Connect IQ-compatible Garmin, including the Approach S70 (added in v2.0.4). The developer funds it through donations via Buy Me a Coffee.
Quick answers
Is WC2026 Live Pro an official FIFA watch face?
No. It is an independent app using national flags for informational purposes. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any football organisation.
Does WC2026 Live Pro cost anything?
The face is free. The developer accepts voluntary donations.
Will it drain my Garmin's battery?
It runs in the background and polls the internet for live data, so some additional battery drain on match days is likely. How much depends on the watch model and how many matches fall on a given day.
Last Updated on 29 June 2026 by the5krunner
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Why do you link to chinese connect store?
or…why did google show me that result by default!
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Technically that’s not an app, just a watch face, so it replaces your watch face with the scores.
There is an app in the Garmin ConnectIQ store called World Cup Watch, which is an actual app with live scores, recent results, and upcoming matches. Plus it doesn’t drain your battery with excessive fetches.