Embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for providing a digital assistant in a device, which can generate responses to commands from a user based on ambience of the user. On receiving a command from the user of the device to perform an action, content stored in the device can be extracted. The embodiments include determining degree of privacy and sensitivity of the content. The embodiments include determining ambience of the user based on ambient noise, location of the device, presence of other humans, emotional state of the user, application parameters, user activity, and so on. The embodiments include generating a response and revealing the response based on the determined ambience and the degree of privacy and sensitivity of the extracted content. The embodiments include facilitating dialog with the user for generating appropriate responses based on the ambience of the user.