Electronic device and associated control method

An electronic device and an associated control method are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless circuit and a controller. The wireless circuit is arranged to provide a soft access point. The controller is arranged to detect whether there is at least one client trying to connect to the soft access point when the electronic device operates in a sleep mode; and allow the electronic device to enter a working mode from the sleep mode when detecting that there is at least one client trying to connect to the soft access point. Accordingly, when the soft access point and the electronic device are both in a sleep mode, the electronic device can be automatically waken up, without being waken up by a manual mode, thereby improving soft access point practicality. As a result, the control method can be applied to an electric device with a soft access point function, thereby solving the problem that traditionally, a user has to manually control working states of the electric device.