Message updating method, apparatus, and terminal

The present invention relates to the field of network technologies. Disclosed are a message updating method, apparatus, and terminal. The method comprises: displaying, when detecting that a message in a specified group is updated, a group message reminding identifier on a conversation entry of the specified group in a conversation list interface; obtaining the updated message of the specified group from a server when the group message reminding identifier is detected and any one operation in the specified group meets a message updating condition; and displaying a quantity of updated messages of the specified group on the conversation entry when the group message reminding identifier is detected but no operation in the specified group meets the message updating condition. The present invention uses different updating manners according to different operations of a user to a specified group, so that message updating is not always performed whenever an updated message is detected, and waste of terminal traffic is greatly reduced; meanwhile, indiscriminate updating of a group message to which the user does not pay attention is avoided, and information value of traffic consumption is improved.