Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard

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Reported today in The Verge.

Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard

Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard that's meant to ensure that devices work together, make the development of new devices easier, and keep everything secure in the process.

The project is meant to guarantee that any supported smart home device you buy will work in your home, regardless of which smartphone or voice assistant you're using. If the group succeeds, "customers can be confident that their device of choice will work in their home and that they will be able to setup and control it with their preferred system," the companies write. Google adds that you'll be able to "choose between Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri or other platforms."

The three tech giants have support from the smart home industry at large. They're forming a group called Project Connected Home over IP, which will also be joined by the Zigbee Alliance - the maker of another smart home protocol - and its many board members, including Ikea, Samsung SmartThings, and the Signify, the company behind Philips Hue.

Technology from each of the three companies' smart home systems - Apple's HomeKit, Amazon's Alexa, and Google's Weave - will be contributed to the new standard. They intend to release an initial draft in "late 2020." Google says that, for developers, the system will simplify product development and reduce costs "by giving them one standard for building their products."

The standard will work alongside existing connectivity protocols - like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth - rather than seeking to replace them. In fact, the group says devices will likely have to support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, or Thread (a much-discussed



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