The invention relates to an equipment permission sharing method and device. The method comprises the following steps of: obtaining feature information of a sharer; obtaining first equipment bound with the feature information of the sharer; and sharing the control permission of the first equipment with second equipment. By means of the equipment permission sharing method and device provided by the invention, a user terminal to be shared (namely the second equipment) and a sharer user terminal simultaneously have the first equipment control permission; and thus, the user experience is improved.