Amazon Echo Pop vs Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen)
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| AmazonEcho Pop | AmazonEcho Show 8 (3rd Gen) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | May 2023 | October 2023 |
| Sound | ||
| Type | Speaker | Speaker |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Drivers | One 1.95″ (49.5 mm) front-firing directional speaker | Two 2″ full-range neodymium drivers with a passive bass radiator |
| Audio formats | Lossless High Definition | Spatial audio processing |
| Room tuning | – | Room adaptation (senses the room's acoustics and adjusts playback) |
| Connections | ||
| Wi-Fi | Yes | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes |
| AirPlay | No | No |
| Voice assistants | Alexa | Alexa |
| 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 | Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac; Zigbee, Matter and Thread border router; Amazon Sidewalk |
| Bluetooth | A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP | A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP |
| Streaming | Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and others through Alexa; Bluetooth | Prime Video, Netflix and Fire TV Channels; Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Music and others through Alexa; Bluetooth |
| Multi-room | Multi-room music and intercom with compatible Echo devices | – |
| App | Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web) | Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web) |
| Design | ||
| Weight | 0.196 kg (better) | 1.034 kg |
| Controls | Microphone off button; AZ2 Neural Edge processor | 8.0″ HD touchscreen with adaptive colour; microphone and camera off button; 13 MP centred camera with auto-framing and a built-in shutter; octa-core processor with Amazon AZ2 Neural Network Engine |
| Microphones | Button disconnects the microphones | Button disconnects the microphones and camera |
| Mounting | – | Adjustable stand with USB-C charging port sold separately |
| Size | 99 × 83 × 91 mm | 200 × 139 × 106 mm |
| Colours | Charcoal, Glacier White, Lavender Bloom, Midnight Teal | Charcoal, Glacier White |
| In the box | Echo Pop, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide | Echo Show 8, 30 W power adapter with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) cable, quick start guide |
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