The invention provides an air conditioner and a control method thereof.The air conditioner comprises a
machine shell and an air inducing structure, the
machine shell is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, the air inducing structure comprises a
rotation control mechanism, an air inducing plate and an axial flow fan, the air inducing plate is located outside the
machine shell, and the
rotation control mechanism can control the air inducing plate to rotate in the length direction of the machine shell; a ventilation hole is formed in the air inducing plate in the normal direction of the air inducing plate in a penetrating mode, axial flow fan blades of the axial flow fan are located in the ventilation hole, and a motor of the axial flow fan can control the axial flow fan blades to rotate. The air inducing structure is in any working mode of a conventional air supply mode, a composite soft air mode, a soft air
diffusion mode and a large-air-volume air supply mode. According to the air conditioner, any working mode of a conventional air supply mode, a composite soft air mode, a soft air
diffusion mode and a large-air-volume air supply mode can be executed, the working
modes are diversified and selectable, the requirement of a user for the multifunctional air supply working mode is met, the
air volume and comfort of air supply can be improved, and therefore the user experience comfort is improved.