Amazon Echo (4th Gen) vs Amazon Echo Show 8 (2025)

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Echo (4th Gen) compared with Echo Show 8 (2025)

	AmazonEcho (4th Gen)	AmazonEcho Show 8 (2025)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2020	November 2025
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	Stereo	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 front-facing full-range drivers and one 2.8″ woofer
Audio formats
Audio formats	Dolby processing for stereo sound	Spatial audio
Room tuning
Room tuning	Automatically senses the room's acoustics and adjusts playback	–
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); 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	Bluetooth 5.4; 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	Prime Video and Netflix apps, other video through the browser; 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)	1.049 kg
Controls
Controls	Buttons for volume up, volume down, microphone off and action (The Verge); AZ1 Neural Edge processor	8.7″ HD touchscreen, 1340 × 800 (in-cell touch, negative liquid crystal); microphone and camera off button; 13 MP camera with auto-framing; AZ3 Pro processor with AI Accelerator; Omnisense sensors (ambient temperature, ambient light, presence detection)
Microphones
Microphones	Button disconnects the microphones	Button disconnects the microphones and camera
Mounting
Mounting	–	Adjustable stand for Echo Show 8 and 11 (2025) sold separately
Size
Size	144 × 144 × 133 mm	208 × 127 × 150 mm
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Twilight Blue	Graphite, Glacier White
In the box
In the box	Echo (4th Gen), 30 W power adapter, quick start guide	Echo Show 8 (2025 release), 30 W power adapter, quick start guide