Amazon Echo (4th Gen) vs Amazon Echo Show 15 (2nd Gen)

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Echo (4th Gen) compared with Echo Show 15 (2nd Gen)

	AmazonEcho (4th Gen)	AmazonEcho Show 15 (2nd Gen)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2020	November 2024
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	Stereo	–
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	One 3.0″ (76.2 mm) upward-firing neodymium woofer and two 0.8″ (20 mm) tweeters	Two 2″ woofers and two 0.6″ tweeters
Audio formats
Audio formats	Dolby processing for stereo sound	–
Room tuning
Room tuning	Automatically senses the room's acoustics and adjusts playback	Room adaptation
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Yes	Yes
AirPlay
AirPlay	No	No
Voice assistants
Voice assistants	Alexa	Alexa
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz); eero Built-in mesh extender; Zigbee, Matter and Thread border router; Amazon Sidewalk	Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), tri-band, dual-antenna MIMO; Zigbee, Matter and Thread border router; Amazon Sidewalk
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP; direct control of Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh devices	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
Ports
Ports	Power; 3.5 mm audio jack (The Verge)	–
Streaming
Streaming	Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and others through Alexa; Bluetooth	Fire TV built in (Fire TV app store); Amazon Music and other services through Alexa; Bluetooth
Multi-room
Multi-room	Multi-room music with compatible Echo devices; stereo pair with a second Echo; home cinema with a compatible Fire TV	–
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android and iOS)	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)
Design
Weight
Weight	0.97 kg (better)	2.25 kg
Controls
Controls	Buttons for volume up, volume down, microphone off and action (The Verge); AZ1 Neural Edge processor	15.6″ touchscreen, 1920 × 1080, landscape or portrait; Alexa Voice Remote (2024); microphone and camera off button; 13 MP auto-framing camera with shutter; octa-core processor with Amazon AZ2 neural network engine; RGB ambient light sensor and accelerometer
Microphones
Microphones	Button disconnects the microphones	Button disconnects the microphones and camera
Mounting
Mounting	–	Wall mount included; premium counter stand and snap-on frames sold separately
Size
Size	144 × 144 × 133 mm	16.1 × 10.1 × 1.4 in (W × H × D); 4.96 lb
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Twilight Blue	–
In the box
In the box	Echo (4th Gen), 30 W power adapter, quick start guide	Echo Show 15 (2nd Gen), Alexa Voice Remote (2024) with batteries, 30 W power adapter with 1.5 m (5 ft) cable, wall mount with anchors, screws and template, quick start guide