This application provides a system and method for displaying and controlling a task of a remote device. The system includes N devices, and the N devices include a first terminal and a second terminal. Icons of the N devices and at least one task card are displayed on a recent tasks screen of the first terminal. A user may perform various convenient operations on any card, to implement migration of the task card and running of an application corresponding to the task card on different devices. This can be suitable for a variety of different user requirements, and applicable to almost all applications. In addition, task cards can be flexibly arranged on the first terminal, and the first terminal can display task cards of different devices. There is no need to perform adaption by an application, and a requirement of the user for managing and controlling tasks of a plurality of devices is met. In addition, a user operation procedure during task migration is simplified, user operations are simplified, and user experience is improved.