Walmart and Google team up for new voice-powered shopping experience in battle against Amazon

Walmart today unveiled a new partnership with Google’s virtual assistantto let customers shop via voice command, the latest integration between the two companies as they both battle Amazon.

Under the partnership rolling out this month, customers will be able to say, “Hey Google, talk to Walmart” and add items to their virtual cart through voice command. Walmart will use historical shopping data to automatically identify the correct brand and size of an item, such as knowing whether customers drink 1 percent or skim milk.