The invention discloses an intelligent terminal software updating method based on transparent computing. The method comprises the steps that S1, an intelligent terminal acquires a software enabled instruction and judges whether the read-only part of software is saved in a local flash memory, S2 is conducted if yes, and S3 is conducted if no; S2, the intelligent terminal enquires a server side about whether the software is updated, the read-only part, in the flash memory, of the software is updated, the read-write part of the software is downloaded, and the software is run to finish updating if yes, and the read-only part, in the flash memory, of the software is called directly, the read-write part of the software is downloaded and the software is run if no; S3, the intelligent terminal downloads the read-only part and the read-write part of the software from the server side and loads the read-only part and the read-write part of the software into a local memory, and the software is run. The method has the advantages of being simple, convenient, transparent to users, high in updating efficiency and the like.