Selective delaying of provisioning, to assistant device(s), assistant data that is locally utilizable by a corresponding local assistant client

A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:

• determining, by a client device, that one or more updated assistant data files are available for retrieval from a server device,
• identifying, by the client device, one or more shared characteristics of a plurality of updated assistant data files of the one or more updated assistant data files;
• determining, based on one or more of the shared characteristics, a priority classification of the plurality of updated assistant data files;
• determining, by the client device and based on the priority classification, whether to request a corpus comprising the plurality of updated assistant data files;
• and
• when the priority classification fails to satisfy a threshold:
• transmitting, from the client device and to the server device, a request for the corpus;
• and
• when the priority classification fails to satisfy the threshold:
• transmitting, from the client device and to the server device, a request for one or more of the updated assistant data files individually.

A system comprising:

• one or more computers and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• determining, by a server device, that one or more updated assistant data files are available for use by at least one assistant device of an ecosystem of linked assistant devices, identifying, by the server device, one or more shared characteristics of a plurality of updated assistant data files of the one or more updated assistant data files;
• determining, based on one or more of the shared characteristics, a priority classification of the plurality of updated assistant files;
• determining, by the server device and based on the priority classification, whether to compile a corpus comprising the plurality of updated assistant data files;
• when the priority classification fails to satisfy a threshold, and by the server device:
• compiling the corpus of the plurality of updated assistant files;
• and transmitting the compiled corpus to the assistant device;
• and when the priority classification satisfies the threshold, and by the server device:
• transmitting one or more of the updated assistant data files to the assistant device individually.