A communication method for use in a first Internet of things (IoT) device includes: the first IoT device generates a first task request and a second task request, where the first task request indicates to process data of a first service, the second task request indicates to process data of a second service, each of the first service and the second service is a service that requires long-term communication and whose service volume is less than a first threshold, and the first service is different from the second service; and the first IoT device schedules the first task request and the second task request to a first thread for processing. In this way, thread scheduling of the task request can be implemented, and a plurality of services can be supported.