The invention discloses an electronic device and a control method of the electronic device. The electronic device comprises a device body, a sliding assembly, a driving mechanism and a bufferING assembly. The device body comprises a middle frame; the sliding assembly comprises a sliding piece, a sliding base and at least one functional device. The sliding piece is connected with the middle frame in a sliding manner; the sliding seat is connected with the sliding piece in a sliding manner, and extends or contracts relative to the middle frame along with the sliding piece; the sliding directionof the sliding seat relative to the sliding piece is parallel to the sliding direction of the sliding piece relative to the middle frame; the at least one functional device is fixed on the sliding seat and extends out of or retracts into the middle frame along with the sliding seat; the buffering assembly comprises an elastic piece elastically connected to the sliding piece and the sliding seat, and the elastic piece is used for providing restoring force for unfolding of the sliding seat relative to the sliding piece.The driving mechanism drives the sliding piece to slide relative to the middle frame. The at least one functional device can safely extend or retract relative to the middle frame along with the sliding seat, so that the structural arrangement of the electronic device is optimized, and the user experience is improved.