Huawei is starting to deliver Amazon's Alexa to its Mate 9 handsets. The company announced the digital assistant would arrive on the phone more than two months ago. Now it's beginning to reach units over-the-air.

In talking about Alexa, Huawei referred to the assistant as "a very good third-party software, which offers consumers one more option." Users are left with the option to use either Alexa or Assistant, so Huawei isn't attaching itself solely to Amazon or Google.

A portion of Alexa's functionality is absent to start, including basic things like food ordering and alarms. That'll change in the coming months.