Amazon Sees Apple's Siri Talking With Alexa Virtual Assistant, Report Says

By nature, tech companies tend to be possessive about their features: Amazon wants to keep its Alexa virtual assistant on its devices, Apple devices will feature Siri exclusively and so on. But if Amazon has its way, the virtual assistants could work alongside each other. At the Wired Business Conference Wednesday, David Limp, senior vice president of devices at Amazon, said the company believes there should be more openness among competing virtual assistant platforms, USA Today reported. Read: Apple's Siri Is More Popular Than Amazon Alexa For Virtual Assistant Users, Report Says Limp said Amazon would be willing to work alongside partners like Apple or Google to ensure their competing virtual assistants would be compatible. "You should be able to tell'Alexa, ask Siri X,' " Limp said.