The invention discloses a remind method and device. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring video data of an intelligent camera, and storing video data; receiving a watch request to the video data from the intelligent camera, wherein the watch request is sent by at least one user account, and sending the video data of the intelligent camera to a corresponding user account according to the watch request; counting the time and/or frequency of sending the watch request by each user account in at least one user account within a preset time slot; determining the user account with the time and/or frequency of sending the watch request meeting the preset condition as a target user account; outputting watch remind information to the target user account. Through the adoption of the above technical scheme, the method can remind the target user account to watch the video data of the intelligent camera.