The present disclosure relates to an illumination method, an illumination apparatus and a storage medium for an intelligent flashlight, and an intelligent device. The illumination method for an intelligent flashlight includes: acquiring a current operation mode of the intelligent flashlight, and when the intelligent flashlight is in a setting mode, acquiring reference route information for current navigation from a terminal associated with the intelligent flashlight and in a navigation state; acquiring current route information of the intelligent flashlight, determining whether the current route information is consistent with the reference route information, and generating a route determination result; and determining an illumination mode of the intelligent flashlight according to the route determination result.