The invention discloses a video play method which is executed in mobile equipment. The video play method comprises the following steps: responding to operation that a user checks a message, and detecting whether a video is played in a current screen or not; when detecting that the video is played, triggering the mobile equipment to enter a screen division mode; displaying the message to be checked by the user in a first area of the screen; playing the video which is played in a transverse screen play mode in a second area of the screen, wherein the first area is not overlapped with the second area, and the first area is a main display area. The invention further discloses corresponding mobile equipment.