lg g8 Alexa enabled locked to Amazon?

[bracque]

Hi, is the LG g8 on Amazon with Alexa and the various Amazon apps dependent on Amazon for updates?

I also get unlocked and avoid carriers, wondering if this version is locked to Amazon or not.

 

[Rukbat]

Amazon isn't a carrier - is it the unlocked version (in which case you get the updates from LG) or a carrier-branded version (in which case you get the updates from the carrier)? SIM-locking only locks to a particular carrier's SIM, so unless Amazon has become a carrier and I missed the news, there's no such thing as "locked to Amazon".

 

[B. Diddy]

I believe past Amazon "Prime Exclusive" phones (i.e., the ones that originally came with ads) were liable to have a different update schedule than non-Prime phones, so it's still a possibility, although I'm not sure if that's happening in practice.

 

[bracque]

Thanks. In checking some of the reviews it seems the Amazon phone has not had a security update since April, where as non Amazon one have. So it seems the update schedule for the Amazon one is different, and they do have some influence over this.