Alexa and Google Assistant will soon occupy the same line of high-end JBL speakers — a novel arrangement in the world of voice-connected devices.
Users will be able to sign into one or both assistants from JBL’s smartphone app. From there, the speaker will respond to commands intended for either assistant, like “Hey Google, check my calendar,” or “Alexa, reorder the dog food.”
Neither company is committing to including the other’s software on their own devices, making the tie-up a trial rather than a project destined for the masses. A set of universal device commands engineered by Amazon enables each assistant to silence music or alarms being played by the other. The companies say they won’t share voice recordings, so commands sent to Alexa won’t sit on Google’s servers, and vice versa.
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