Sun, 05/19/2024 - 11:00 Android Central Samsung, Pebble, Sony, and other early smartwatch brands embedded tech inside of their watch bands, so customers could pay extra to add more smarts later. The idea failed to gain traction, but the concept of 'smart bands' hasn't died. Tags wearables Source Smartwatch 'smart straps' died for a reason. I still want them to come back.