Hot on the heels of its addition to the Amazon app on the ione, exa is looking to make its presence known on Android, too. Huawei has announced that the virtual assistant is on its way to the Mate 9, making it the first Android phone to receive Amazon’s AI aide.

th exa on the Mate 9, you’ll be able to do many of the things the Echo Dot can do, including control your home automation devices while you’re away. Huawei is touting its smart home capabilities as the flagship feature of exa on the Mate 9, but it can also hle many of the other skills exa has on Amazon’s devices, including the ability to play games, shop at Amazon.com, get news updates, track your workouts, play podcasts.

Furthermore, you can use it to get information about people, places, events, check your or Outlook calendar, find local businesses, get weather traffic updates. You’ll also be able to order movie tickets from Fango , of course, hear exa’s deep catalogue of jokes.

ke the iOS version, however, exa on the Mate 9 doesn’t quite replicate the experience you get on the Echo. For one, it requires a separate app to be launched before you can start asking it to do stuff, the app needs to stay open as long as your session lasts. As long as the app is opened, you can query exa by saying its name or pressing the big blue button in the center of the screen.

And it’s also missing quite a few of the 10,000 skills that exa has on Amazon’s devices, most notably setting timers alarms playing music, but Huawei says these abilities will be added later in the year. It also says it is working on Mate 9-specific skills hopes to eliminate the app requirement within the next year.

at’s unclear is how long exa will stay exclusive to the Mate 9. Amazon unlocked exa on the ione through an update to the store app, it could easily do the same in the ay Store. Huawei was coy when asked If it would be the exclusive Android representative for exa, only stating that the Mate 9 experience is superior due to its quad microphone setup. Huawei also said that exa on the Mate 9 isn’t able to differentiate between summoning it or other Echo or Dot devices you may have in the same room, saying “the ideal function of exa on the Mate 9 would be in a room where there isn’t an Echo.”

The exa update will be delivered to Mate 9 users via an over-the-air update later today. Users will also need to download the separate exa app available in the ay Store, as well as the Huawei one that arrives with the update.

Exping exa: The AI wars are heating up. st a few weeks ago opened Assistant to all Android phones running Marshmallow Nougat, now Amazon is looking to get its foot in the door with exa. ile the implementation here leaves a little to be desired the missing skills leave gaping holes in its functionality, it’s a start. And if Huawei makes good on its promise to add music playback Mate 9 specific functions (as well as always-listening capabilities without the app), Assistant could be in for a real fight.