Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen) vs Amazon Echo Show 15 (2nd Gen)

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Echo Dot (5th Gen) compared with Echo Show 15 (2nd Gen)

	AmazonEcho Dot (5th Gen)	AmazonEcho Show 15 (2nd Gen)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2022	November 2024
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	Mono	–
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	One 1.73″ front-firing full-range driver (1.6″ in Amazon's technical details)	Two 2″ woofers and two 0.6″ tweeters
Room tuning
Room tuning	–	Room adaptation
Frequency response
Frequency response	62 Hz – 19 kHz (at volume 6)	–
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; Amazon Sidewalk; smart home over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh and Matter	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	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
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; home cinema with a compatible Fire TV	–
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)
Design
Weight
Weight	0.304 kg (better)	2.25 kg
Controls
Controls	Microphone off button; tap gestures (accelerometer); temperature sensor; ultrasound motion detection; AZ2 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	Three-microphone array; 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	100 × 100 × 89 mm (W × D × H)	16.1 × 10.1 × 1.4 in (W × H × D); 4.96 lb
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Deep Sea Blue	–
In the box
In the box	Echo Dot, 15 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