Smart speaker battle starts to get real

Amazon and Google has vaulted miles past the rest of the competition in the battle for the living room, and the fight was always going to get sour at some point. Barring Amazon from YouTube is the first shot.
Because the competition is so intense and the rewards so great, something like this was always going to happen. The speaker, or more accurately, the virtual assistant, who control access to the customer in the living room also controls the flow of cash. Some people might question where the