Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen) vs Amazon Echo Show 8 (2025)

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Echo Dot (5th Gen) compared with Echo Show 8 (2025)

	AmazonEcho Dot (5th Gen)	AmazonEcho Show 8 (2025)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2022	November 2025
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	Mono	Stereo
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	One 1.73″ front-firing full-range driver (1.6″ in Amazon's technical details)	Two front-facing full-range drivers and one 2.8″ woofer
Audio formats
Audio formats	–	Spatial audio
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); Zigbee, Matter and Thread border router; Amazon Sidewalk
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP	Bluetooth 5.4; A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
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; 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)	1.049 kg
Controls
Controls	Microphone off button; tap gestures (accelerometer); temperature sensor; ultrasound motion detection; AZ2 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	Three-microphone array; 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	100 × 100 × 89 mm (W × D × H)	208 × 127 × 150 mm
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Deep Sea Blue	Graphite, Glacier White
In the box
In the box	Echo Dot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide	Echo Show 8 (2025 release), 30 W power adapter, quick start guide