Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the present application are a method and an apparatus for determining picture switching, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: issuing tracking tasks for a target object to designated multiple monitoring devices; receiving detection events reported by the monitoring devices, wherein the detection events are event information reported by the monitoring devices based on presence statuses of the target object in acquired video pictures; and determining to perform cross-device tracking picture switching when a received detection event satisfies a preset condition for an object crossing an acquisition area; wherein, the object crossing the acquisition area means that the target object enters or leaves the acquisition area of one of the multiple monitoring devices. Compared with the prior art, applying the solution provided by the embodiments of the present application can reduce the integration difficulty of a management platform of a monitoring system.