This year's CES 2017 previewHuawei has begun releasing updates for the Mate 9 series in the United States, and will begin to add the Alexa digital assistant service in cooperation with Amazon. However, unlike using Amazon's digital speaker Echo, users must first open the Huawei Alexa App and press the microphone function. At least two steps must be completed before they can start speaking commands.
Similar situationsThis also applies to iOS versions of Google Assistant, or those running on non-Pixel devices. Users must first open the Google Search app before using the integrated digital assistant. Therefore, Huawei's update also requires manually opening the Huawei Alexa app and pressing the microphone button to activate Alexa. This is because without a hardware-software integration, the digital assistant can't always be listening, requiring manual activation for subsequent operations.
Huawei has stated that this service can only be used in this way at this stage, but from the relevant description, Huawei still hopes that this service can be awakened at any time through keywords and phrases like Amazon Echo, and interact through spoken commands. However, Huawei has not yet given any specific news on whether there will be further adjustments in the future.
At this stage, Huawei has only released the update for the Mate 9 in the United States, and has not yet opened it to download and install in other regions. This may be related to the regions where Amazon Alexa digital assistant service is promoted. Therefore, Taiwan may not be able to use this digital assistant service at this stage because Amazon service has not yet been promoted, just like the Google Assistant service integrated in LG G6.Temporarily unavailableSame situation.
