{"id":42,"date":"2021-04-03T16:24:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T16:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aitoolkit.test\/guideline\/show-contextually-relevant-information\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T19:32:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T02:32:35","slug":"show-contextually-relevant-information","status":"publish","type":"guideline","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/guideline\/show-contextually-relevant-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Show contextually relevant information"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"toolkit-heading-with-image-block\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guideline 4: Show contextually relevant information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/red-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-1024x10.png\" alt=\"red header bar\" class=\"wp-image-8820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/red-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/red-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/red-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/red-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-1536x16.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/red-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-2048x21.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\" id=\"do\">Display information relevant to the user&#8217;s current task and environment.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When showing information, consider whether&nbsp;the user\u2019s surrounding context,&nbsp;such as&nbsp;their&nbsp;current task, location,&nbsp;or time of day, may impact what they expect or need to see.&nbsp;For example,&nbsp;an app that can recommend restaurants may&nbsp;want to consider the user\u2019s current location to show restaurants nearby. In&nbsp;such&nbsp;cases, plan&nbsp;to capture&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;signals about the user\u2019s context and use them&nbsp;to tailor&nbsp;the&nbsp;content the AI provides.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When applying Guideline 4, endeavor to do so in a privacy-aware way.&nbsp;Consider trade-offs between user benefits and privacy. 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