A network switching method includes transmitting, by an electronic device, data using a wireless local area network, when a data transmission delay of the wireless local area network is greater than a first threshold, switching, by the electronic device, to transmitting data using both the wireless local area network and a mobile network, and when the electronic device transmits data using both the wireless local area network and the mobile network, if the data transmission delay of the wireless local area network is greater than a second threshold, switching, by the electronic device, to transmitting data using the mobile network, where the first threshold is less than the second threshold.