A call method, comprising: receiving or initiating, by a first terminal, a call request to establish a call with a second terminal; detecting, by the first terminal, at least one of the following: a current task being executed by the first terminal, whether there is one or more third terminals capable of assisting in the call, and a current task being executed by a third terminal; and selecting whether a display interface of the first terminal displays a call assisting option according to the current task being executed by the first terminal and/or the current task being executed by the third terminal, wherein the call assisting option is used to prompt a user to select to answer the call with the second terminal through the assistance of the third terminal; characterized in that: in a process that the call with the second terminal is answered through the assistance of the third terminal, the method further comprises at least one of the following: receiving, by the first terminal, a type of the current task being executed by the third terminal, and when the current task being executed comprises an executed task conflicting with a current call process, sending, by the first terminal, a notification of suspending the executed task conflicting with the current call process to the third terminal; or receiving, by the first terminal, a type of the current task being executed by the third terminal, and controlling a screen of the first terminal to display a privacy protection prompting interface when the current task being executed comprises an executed task except a current call process, wherein the privacy protection prompting interface is used to prompt the user to mind privacy protection. receiving or initiating, by a first terminal, a call request to establish a call with a second terminal; detecting, by the first terminal, at least one of the following: a current task being executed by the first terminal, whether there is one or more third terminals capable of assisting in the call, and a current task being executed by a third terminal; and selecting whether a display interface of the first terminal displays a call assisting option according to the current task being executed by the first terminal and/or the current task being executed by the third terminal, wherein the call assisting option is used to prompt a user to select to answer the call with the second terminal through the assistance of the third terminal; characterized in that: in a process that the call with the second terminal is answered through the assistance of the third terminal, the method further comprises at least one of the following: receiving, by the first terminal, a type of the current task being executed by the third terminal, and when the current task being executed comprises an executed task conflicting with a current call process, sending, by the first terminal, a notification of suspending the executed task conflicting with the current call process to the third terminal; or receiving, by the first terminal, a type of the current task being executed by the third terminal, and controlling a screen of the first terminal to display a privacy protection prompting interface when the current task being executed comprises an executed task except a current call process, wherein the privacy protection prompting interface is used to prompt the user to mind privacy protection. receiving, by the first terminal, a type of the current task being executed by the third terminal, and when the current task being executed comprises an executed task conflicting with a current call process, sending, by the first terminal, a notification of suspending the executed task conflicting with the current call process to the third terminal; or receiving, by the first terminal, a type of the current task being executed by the third terminal, and controlling a screen of the first terminal to display a privacy protection prompting interface when the current task being executed comprises an executed task except a current call process, wherein the privacy protection prompting interface is used to prompt the user to mind privacy protection.