A smart wearable device and a control method for a smart wearable device relate to the field of computer devices. The method includes: detecting a first touch-control operation that is in afixing band touch-control area, and obtaining first operation information of the first touch-control operation (101); and generating a control instruction according to the first operation information, and executing the control instruction (102). A control manner for the smart wearable device can be added by using a touch-control operation on a fixing band, operability and human-machine interactivity of the smart wearable device are improved, and disadvantages of undiversified operation manners and low interactivity that are caused when an operation is performed on only a part such as a dial or by using only a part such as a crown are overcome.