A method and apparatus for switching a group picture on a mobile terminal. The method comprises : monitoring a group picture switching event of switching from a current group picture to a target group picture on a mobile terminal (S102); when the group picture switching event is monitored, acquiring group picture information about the target group picture, wherein the group picture information at least comprises a title of the group picture (S104); and when the group picture switching event is executed successfully, presenting the target group picture and the group picture information about the target group picture on a switched display interface (S106). By means of the method, when switching is performed between different group pictures, group picture information about a target group picture can be presented so as to remind a user of already switching to another group of pictures, thereby solving the problem in the relevant art that the user needs to click on a screen again to present description information about a picture with relatively tedious operations, and improving the picture browsing experience of the user.