Method for switching between media play devices, and device

A method for switching between media play devices, the method comprising:

• acquiring and displaying, by a control device, a media play device list on a home area network, and determining a to-be-switched-to media play device according to a user operation;
• sending, by the control device, a request message that carries device capability information of the to-be-switched-to media play device to a remote user interface (RUI) server, wherein the device capability information comprises at least one of:
• a resolution and a screen size;
• receiving, by the control device, a uniform resource identifier (URI) of a user interface (UI) sent by the RUI server, wherein the UI is generated by the RUI server according to the device capability information;
• and
• sending, by the control device, a browsing history of a media content page of a media server and the URI to the to-be-switched-to media play device, wherein the browsing history is recorded by the control device before the request message is sent.