Provided in the present invention are a measurement relaxation method and a device/storage medium/apparatus, which are applied to the technical field of communications. The method includes: acquiring at least one relaxation criterion of a first version, which is configured by a network-side device; and in response to a UE meeting one or more of the at least one relaxation criterion of the first version, executing a measurement relaxation operation. Therefore, by means of the measurement relaxation method for a first version provided in the embodiments of the present invention, a UE may execute corresponding measurement relaxation on the basis of a relaxation criterion of the first version, which is configured by a network-side device, such that the power consumption is reduced.