A device control method, wherein the method comprises: establishing, by a first device (110, 3700, 3900), a wireless short-range communication connection to a second device (121, 122, 123, 4000); and sending, by the first device (110, 3700, 3900), a first control command to the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000) through the wireless short-range communication connection, wherein the first control command is used to instruct the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000) to perform a control action, and the control action comprises enabling a wireless communication capability, disabling a wireless communication capability, powering on, or powering off, wherein the wireless communication capability comprises a wireless transmit capability, or the wireless communication capability comprises a wireless transmit capability and a wireless receive capability; wherein before the sending, by the first device (110, 3700, 3900), a first control command to the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000) through the wireless short-range communication connection, the method further comprises: displaying, by the first device (110, 3700, 3900), a first interface in response to a first input of a user, wherein the first interface comprises a device connection window, and the device connection window comprises an identifier of a device that has the wireless short-range communication connection to the first device (110, 3700, 3900); displaying, by the first device (110, 3700, 3900), a second interface in response to a second input of the user, wherein the second interface comprises a selection window, the selection window is used to set indication information in the first control command, and the indication information is used to indicate a control action to be performed by the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000); wherein the second interface further comprises a time window, and time information entered in the time window is used to indicate a time at which the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000) performs the control action. establishing, by a first device (110, 3700, 3900), a wireless short-range communication connection to a second device (121, 122, 123, 4000); and sending, by the first device (110, 3700, 3900), a first control command to the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000) through the wireless short-range communication connection, wherein the first control command is used to instruct the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000) to perform a control action, and the control action comprises enabling a wireless communication capability, disabling a wireless communication capability, powering on, or powering off, wherein the wireless communication capability comprises a wireless transmit capability, or the wireless communication capability comprises a wireless transmit capability and a wireless receive capability; wherein before the sending, by the first device (110, 3700, 3900), a first control command to the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000) through the wireless short-range communication connection, the method further comprises: displaying, by the first device (110, 3700, 3900), a first interface in response to a first input of a user, wherein the first interface comprises a device connection window, and the device connection window comprises an identifier of a device that has the wireless short-range communication connection to the first device (110, 3700, 3900); displaying, by the first device (110, 3700, 3900), a second interface in response to a second input of the user, wherein the second interface comprises a selection window, the selection window is used to set indication information in the first control command, and the indication information is used to indicate a control action to be performed by the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000); wherein the second interface further comprises a time window, and time information entered in the time window is used to indicate a time at which the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000) performs the control action. displaying, by the first device (110, 3700, 3900), a first interface in response to a first input of a user, wherein the first interface comprises a device connection window, and the device connection window comprises an identifier of a device that has the wireless short-range communication connection to the first device (110, 3700, 3900); displaying, by the first device (110, 3700, 3900), a second interface in response to a second input of the user, wherein the second interface comprises a selection window, the selection window is used to set indication information in the first control command, and the indication information is used to indicate a control action to be performed by the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000); wherein the second interface further comprises a time window, and time information entered in the time window is used to indicate a time at which the second device (121, 122, 123, 4000) performs the control action.