This application provides a Wi-Fi hotspot connection method, which includes: displaying, by a terminal, a first screen that includes an SSID input box and a security selection box; receiving an SSID of a first Wi-Fi hotspot input by a user in the SSID input box; obtaining an encryption manner of the first Wi-Fi hotspot based on the SSID input by the user; displaying a second screen when the encryption manner of the first Wi-Fi hotspot is different from an encryption manner selected from the security selection box, where the second screen includes a password input box; receiving an access password of the first Wi-Fi hotspot input by the user on the second screen; and in response to a user's connection operation on the second screen, connecting to the first Wi-Fi hotspot based on the SSID, the access password, and the obtained encryption manner of the first Wi-Fi hotspot.