Amazon, Apple and Google are partnering to lay the groundwork for better
compatibility among their smart home products, the companies said today.
Zigbee Alliance, whose members include IKEA and NXP Semiconductors among
others, will also contribute to the project, titled "Connected Home over
IP".
The rare partnership comes against the backdrop of an intensified
competition among global technology companies to dominate the market for
voice assistants and other smart devices.
The group aims to make it easier for device manufacturers to build products
that are compatible with smart home and voice services such as Alexa, Siri
and Google Assistant.
Earlier this year, another consortium led by Amazon had launched an
initiative to let users access Alexa, Microsoft's Cortana and other
voice-controlled virtual assistant services from a single device.
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