The invention provides a control method and device for an intelligent apparatus and belongs to the field of intelligent homes. The method comprises the steps of acquiring a video strum collected by a camera bound to a log-on user account, wherein the video stream includes a plurality of frames of video images; performing mode identification on each frame of video image in the plurality of frames of video images to determine an area in which at least one intelligent apparatus included in the frame of video image is located, wherein the at least one intelligent apparatus is intelligent apparatuses bound to the user account; when a preset control operation is detected in the frame of video image and the triggering position of the preset control operation is located in a target area, controlling the intelligent apparatus located in the target area at present via the preset control operation, wherein the target area is an area where any intelligent apparatus in the at least one intelligent apparatus is located. The method and the device greatly improve the effectiveness of remote control to intelligent apparatuses.