Optionally, the second shared information includes one or more of the following:

text information;

picture information;

audio information; or

video information.

Optionally, M pieces of second shared information that are most recently published in the second shared information that is published by the second user equipment and that is related to the identification information are sent to the first user equipment, where M is an integer, and a value of M may be preset.

According to the foregoing method, the first user equipment may be prevented from simultaneously receiving a large amount of second shared information related to the identification information, so that user experience is improved.

An embodiment of this application provides an information processing method, and the method includes:

sending, by first user equipment, identification information;

receiving, by the first user equipment, second shared information, and displaying or playing the shared information in a standby screen of the first user equipment, where the standby screen includes a lock screen interface and a home screen interface, and the second shared information includes the identification information and is published by second user equipment that has an association relationship with the first user equipment.

Optionally, the identification information is location information;

the receiving, by the first user equipment, second shared information, and displaying or playing the shared information in a standby screen of the first user equipment includes: