An information display method and a terminal, where the information display method includes detecting whether a terminal is currently connected to an external device, transmitting a transmission object between the terminal and the external device when the terminal is currently connected to the external device, and displaying a progress graph and a transmission dynamic animation on a screen of the terminal when the transmission object is transmitted between the terminal and the external device, where the transmission dynamic animation includes an object graph that moves from a start position on the screen to an end position on the screen and disappears at the end position, and the object graph is used to indicate the transmission object. According to the foregoing method, a user can have better experience in perceiving a status of the connection between the terminal and the external device.