An audio effect configuration method, comprising: acquiring, by a mobile terminal, N audio playing records of an audio output device, wherein the audio playing records comprise playing time of audio streams and parameters of audio effect when playing the audio streams, N being an integer more than 1; creating, by the mobile terminal, M periods according to the playing time of the audio streams in the N audio playing records, M being a positive integer smaller than N; determining, by the mobile terminal, the parameter of audio effect in each of the M periods, which was applied with the longest usage duration or the highest usage frequency or the largest usage number according to the audio playing records; establishing, by the mobile terminal, the mapping between the M periods and the parameters of audio effect of the audio output device; detecting, by the mobile terminal, a starting operation of a target application of the mobile terminal, and determining, by the mobile terminal, from the created M periods, whether there is a period to which system time belongs, wherein the target application is configured to control the audio output device, and the system time is the present time of the mobile terminal; in case of determining that there is a period to which the system time belongs, determining, by the mobile terminal, a first parameter of audio effect according to the mapping, wherein the first parameter of audio effect corresponds to the one mapped to said period; and sending, by the mobile terminal, a pre-configuration instruction comprising the first parameter of audio effect to the audio output device, and instructing the audio output device to create an instance of audio effect according to the first parameter of audio effect via the pre-configuration instruction, wherein the instance of audio effect is created for an audio stream to be played and configured to configure the audio stream to be played. acquiring, by a mobile terminal, N audio playing records of an audio output device, wherein the audio playing records comprise playing time of audio streams and parameters of audio effect when playing the audio streams, N being an integer more than 1; creating, by the mobile terminal, M periods according to the playing time of the audio streams in the N audio playing records, M being a positive integer smaller than N; determining, by the mobile terminal, the parameter of audio effect in each of the M periods, which was applied with the longest usage duration or the highest usage frequency or the largest usage number according to the audio playing records; establishing, by the mobile terminal, the mapping between the M periods and the parameters of audio effect of the audio output device; detecting, by the mobile terminal, a starting operation of a target application of the mobile terminal, and determining, by the mobile terminal, from the created M periods, whether there is a period to which system time belongs, wherein the target application is configured to control the audio output device, and the system time is the present time of the mobile terminal; in case of determining that there is a period to which the system time belongs, determining, by the mobile terminal, a first parameter of audio effect according to the mapping, wherein the first parameter of audio effect corresponds to the one mapped to said period; and sending, by the mobile terminal, a pre-configuration instruction comprising the first parameter of audio effect to the audio output device, and instructing the audio output device to create an instance of audio effect according to the first parameter of audio effect via the pre-configuration instruction, wherein the instance of audio effect is created for an audio stream to be played and configured to configure the audio stream to be played.