Positioning information prompting method and apparatus

Disclosed is a positioning information prompting method and apparatus, relating to the technical field of communications. The method comprises: after receiving a positioning information acquisition request sent by a specified terminal, a server acquires specified positioning information matching a specified device ID from a positioning information database at least storing positioning information reported by a plurality of terminals; sending the specified positioning information to the specified terminal, the specified terminal being used for implementing prompting on the basis of the specified positioning information. The specified terminal in the present disclosure can acquire by means of the server positioning information of a device from other terminals, enabling the user to retrieve a device lost outside the connection range; the scope of application of the present positioning information prompting method is wide and accuracy is high.