This specification provides a method and related apparatus for determining the operating state of a
battery system and a
battery pack. The
battery system includes: a
battery pack having multiple battery cells; the multiple battery cells include a target
battery cell; when the
battery pack reaches a
discharge cutoff
voltage, the
voltage of the target
battery cell is greater than the
voltage of at least one other
battery cell; a controller configured to, during the
constant current charging and discharging process of the battery pack, acquire and
record specified state parameters of the target battery
cell as first state parameters when the
operating voltage of the battery pack reaches a reference
operating voltage; and, after at least a partial
constant current charging and discharging process, when the
operating voltage of the battery pack changes back to the reference operating voltage, acquire and
record specified state parameters of the target battery
cell as second state parameters; and determine the operating state of the battery pack based on the change in state parameters between the first and second state parameters. Therefore, the operating state of the battery pack can be determined relatively accurately.