Intelligent assistant for home automation

A method for controlling a plurality of electronic devices using a virtual assistant on a user device having one or more processors and a memory, the method comprising:

• at the user device:
• receiving, by the user device, an audio input comprising a user speech;
• transmitting data corresponding to the audio input and a state of each of a plurality of electronic devices to one or more servers;
• receiving, from the one or more servers:
• a textual representation of the user speech including a configuration;
• and
• an indication that the state of each of the plurality of electronic devices is not updated;
• determining, by the user device and based on the configuration, a plurality of commands to set the state of each of the plurality of electronic devices;
• and
• transmitting the plurality of commands to the plurality of electronic devices based on identifications associated with each of the plurality of commands identified from the configuration.

A user device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• receiving, by the user device, an audio input comprising a user speech;
• transmitting data corresponding to the audio input and a state of each of a plurality of electronic devices to one or more servers;
• receiving, from the one or more servers:
• a textual representation of the user speech including a configuration;
• and
• an indication that the state of each of the plurality of electronic devices is not updated;
• determining, by the user device and based on the configuration, a plurality of commands to set the state of each of the plurality of electronic devices;
• and
• transmitting the plurality of commands to the plurality of electronic devices based on identifications associated with each of the plurality of commands identified from the configuration.