Electronic device for processing user utterance and method for operating same

An electronic device comprising:

• communication circuitry;
• a processor;
• and
• memory,
• wherein the memory stores instructions cause, when executed by the processor, the electronic device to:
• acquire first context information from a first external electronic device of a plurality of external electronic devices through the communication circuitry,
• based on the first context information, update context history information which is stored in the electronic device and associated with a plurality of user utterances,
• acquire a user utterance,
• identify context information related to the user utterance, the context information including the updated context history information which is associated with the plurality of user utterances different from the user utterance,
• select, as a target device, at least one external electronic device from among the plurality of external electronic devices based on the context information including the updated context history information, and
• transmit at least some of the context information to the at least one external electronic device selected as the target device through the communication circuitry.