Disclosed is a method providing voice recognition by an electronic device, including receiving a first signal including a request for triggering voice recognition from one or more external devices, triggering a program supporting the voice recognition in response to the first signal, receiving a second signal including voice data corresponding to a user's voice, performing voice recognition on the received voice data, determining an operation corresponding to the recognized voice, determining one or more performing devices which perform the determined operation, and enabling the one or more determined performing devices to perform the determined operation.