A fingerprint recognition method includes obtaining, by the mobile terminal, verification information and to-be-verified fingerprint information in a first operating system. The method includes, if the mobile terminal determines, in the first operating system according to the verification information, to perform first-type verification on the to-be-verified fingerprint information, directly invoking, by the mobile terminal, the first fingerprint interface in the first operating system to verify the to-be-verified fingerprint information. The method additionally includes, if the mobile terminal determines, in the first operating system according to the verification information, to perform second-type verification on the to-be-verified fingerprint information, switching, by the mobile terminal, from the first operating system to the second operating system, and invoking the second fingerprint interface in the second operating system to verify the to-be-verified fingerprint information.