At the Mate 9 announcement in Las Vegas, it was said that Leica, the famous camera company with which Huawei has an ongoing relationship to improve mobile photography, will open an "innovation center" at its German campus and, employing several Huawei engineers to improve the camera hardware and software experience in smartphones.
Alexa will come as an app on the Mate 9, but we're not sure at this stage how deep it will bury itself into EMUI 5. Huawei says the app will offer customers a "natural, convenient user interface" for talking to the digital assistant, and will be capable of all the usual tasks - setting alarms, making to-do lists, and getting information about the news and weather. While this might not be the first time we can see Alexa installed on a handheld device, this is the first time it comes pre-installed. This new flagship phone will be competing with top phone AIs such as Apple's Siri and Google's AI assistant.
Looks like the rumors were correct as Huawei has now officially confirmed that the Mate 9 will be available in the United States starting January 6 (tomorrow). When we reviewed the phablet past year we found it a very capable Note 7 replacement with a lovely screen and much improved software, but the dual-lens Leica camera failed to match lofty expectations. There's a huge 4,000 mAh battery too, plus two cameras on the back and Android Nougat. For those who purchase the Mate 9 before that, they'll get the feature through an OTA update.
Source: Huawei's Mate 9 will be the first phone with Alexa pre-installed
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