Walmart, Google Join Forces In Online Fight Against Amazon

A Google Home smart speaker (left) is shown with the Google pixel phone following a product event in San Francisco. A Google Home smart speaker (left) is shown with the Google pixel phone following a product event in San Francisco. With an eye on the future of online retailing, Walmart and Google are teaming up to go after rival Amazon in a play that also targets the growing market for voice-activated shopping. Starting next month, Walmart customers will be able to access hundreds of thousands of products from the company's shelves -- everything from dish washing soap to dining tables -- via the online retailing service Google Express. Until now, Walmart's enormous inventory was available online only through the company's own website.