27. A method comprising: at a first electronic device having a microphone: sampling, with the microphone at the first electronic device, an audio input specifying a task; identifying, with the first electronic device, a confidence value indicative of a likelihood that the audio input was provided by a particular user; broadcasting, with the first electronic device, a first set of one or more values based on the sampled audio input, wherein a first value of the first set of values is based on the confidence value; receiving, with the first electronic device, a second set of one or more values from a second electronic device, wherein the second set of one or more values is based on the audio input; determining, with the first electronic device, whether a type of the first electronic device meets a requirement of the task; and in accordance with a determination that the type of the first electronic device meets the requirement of the task; determining, with the first electronic device, whether the first electronic device is to respond to the audio input based on the first set of one or more values, the second set of one or more values, and the requirement of the task; in accordance with a determination that the first electronic device is to respond to the audio input, responding to the audio input; in accordance with a determination that the first electronic device is not to respond to the audio input, foregoing responding to the audio input; and in accordance with a determination that the type of the first electronic device does not meet the requirement of the task, foregoing responding to the audio input with the first electronic device.
32. The method of claim 27 , wherein at least one value of the first set of one or more values is based on a type of the first electronic device.