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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers from both parties pressed Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google and Amazon.com on Tuesday about their smart speakers markets, amid concern over the domination of the tech behemoths in this area.<\/p>\n

Senator Amy Klobuchar, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee\u2019s antitrust subcommittee, noted that Amazon had more than 50% of the smart speaker market while Google had 30%, and stressed the importance of interoperability.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a few years, people might easily have 20 or more connected devices in their homes \u2013 from a vacuum and a fridge to speakers and lights. We want those devices to work with each other seamlessly,\u201d she said. \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t have to choose the right devices for your home based on whether they play nicely with Google or Amazon\u2019s digital assistants.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smart home technology includes smart speakers like Amazon\u2019s Echo or Google\u2019s Nest, security systems or televisions.<\/p>\n

Google Senior Public Policy Director Wilson White said interoperability was a goal and there were \u201crobust conversations\u201d underway on how to achieve it.<\/p>\n

Ryan McCrate, Amazon\u2019s associate general counsel, said Amazon wanted users to have access to multiple assistants from a single device if that was what the user wanted.<\/p>\n

Neither Google nor Amazon appeared to be trying for true interoperability, said Eddie Lazarus, chief legal officer for smart speaker maker Sonos.<\/p>\n

Google contractually prohibits Sonos from using technology that allows users to switch between Amazon\u2019s Alexa and the Google voice assistant, Lazarus said. He said Amazon\u2019s effort to work with smaller companies was \u201cjust an on-ramp into the Amazon ecosystem because you can\u2019t mix and match between the big companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hearing took place at a time of extraordinary interest in tougher antitrust enforcement, much of it focused on the biggest U.S. technology companies. One result has been a series of investigations and several federal and state lawsuits filed against Google and Facebook as well as a long list of antitrust bills.<\/p>\n

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