Utilizing context information with an electronic device

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, the one or more programs including instructions for:

• determining a predicted status for one or more contextual categories of a potential communication participant;
• in accordance with a determination that the predicted status for the one or more contextual categories satisfies a set of one or more communication criteria, providing a first recommendation to initiate a first type of communication with the potential communication participant;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the predicted status for the one or more contextual categories does not satisfy the set of one or more communication criteria, providing a second recommendation to initiate a second type of communication with the potential communication participant.

A method, comprising:

• at an electronic device:
• determining a predicted status for one or more contextual categories of a potential communication participant;
• in accordance with a determination that the predicted status for the one or more contextual categories satisfies a set of one or more communication criteria, providing a first recommendation to initiate a first type of communication with the potential communication participant;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the predicted status for the one or more contextual categories does not satisfy the set of one or more communication criteria, providing a second recommendation to initiate a second type of communication with the potential communication participant.