Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for detecting a wearable device, and the wearable device, where the method includes: detecting a value of a distance between the wearable device and a user determining whether the value of the distance between the wearable device and the user exceeds a preset distance threshold if the value of the distance between the wearable device and the user does not exceed the preset distance threshold, detecting a body feature value of the user within a preset time period and if the body feature value of the user does not exceed a preset threshold range of the body feature value of the user, determining that the user has worn the wearable device. According to the method for detecting a wearable device, and the wearable device in the embodiments of the present invention, whether the user wears the wearable device can be determined quickly and accurately by detecting the value of the distance between the wearable device and the user, and the body feature value of the user.
