A multimedia data playing method, comprising: displaying, by a first electronic device, a first display interface of a first application; displaying, by the first electronic device, a first interface (1102, 1103, 1104) comprising N device icon(s), the N device icon(s) corresponding to N candidate device(s) for playing the first application, N is an integer greater than 0; receiving, by the first electronic device, a first selection operation that a user selects a second electronic device from the N candidate device(s); and in response to the first selection operation, sending, by the first electronic device to the second electronic device, multimedia data associated with the first application for the second electronic device to play the multimedia data associated with the first application; displaying, by the first electronic device, a second interface, wherein the second interface comprising information indicating that the multimedia data associated with the first application is being played on the second electronic device and M device icon(s), the M device icon(s) corresponding to M candidate device(s) for playing the first application, M is an integer greater than 0; receiving, by the first electronic device, a second selection operation that a user selects a third electronic device from the M candidate device(s); in response to the second selection operation, sending, by the first electronic device to the third electronic device, multimedia data associated with the first application for the third electronic device to switch playing the multimedia data associated with the first application from the second electronic device to the third electronic device. displaying, by a first electronic device, a first display interface of a first application; displaying, by the first electronic device, a first interface (1102, 1103, 1104) comprising N device icon(s), the N device icon(s) corresponding to N candidate device(s) for playing the first application, N is an integer greater than 0; receiving, by the first electronic device, a first selection operation that a user selects a second electronic device from the N candidate device(s); and in response to the first selection operation, sending, by the first electronic device to the second electronic device, multimedia data associated with the first application for the second electronic device to play the multimedia data associated with the first application; displaying, by the first electronic device, a second interface, wherein the second interface comprising information indicating that the multimedia data associated with the first application is being played on the second electronic device and M device icon(s), the M device icon(s) corresponding to M candidate device(s) for playing the first application, M is an integer greater than 0; receiving, by the first electronic device, a second selection operation that a user selects a third electronic device from the M candidate device(s); in response to the second selection operation, sending, by the first electronic device to the third electronic device, multimedia data associated with the first application for the third electronic device to switch playing the multimedia data associated with the first application from the second electronic device to the third electronic device.