The major digital assistants could operate on a common technology standard under a plan announced on Wednesday by Amazon, Apple, and Google and other industry partners who aim to enable more smart home devices to speak to each other.

"The project intends to use contributions from market-tested smart home technologies from Amazon, Apple, Google, Zigbee Alliance, and others."

They added that new smart home devices using this standard will be compatible with various platforms from Google, Amazon, Apple and others.

Avi Greengart of the consultancy Techsponential said the joint effort is a positive step but that it remains unclear if this can gain traction among the many makers of connected devices.

The analysts said the inclusion of Apple suggests the new standards could include improved privacy standards for the various devices which may be used for sensitive applications such as home security or baby monitoring. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576738907.3441994/Apple,-Google,-and-Amazon-eye-common-standard-for-smart-home-devices?ref=audio_experience