Amazon Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) vs Amazon Echo Show 8 (2025)

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Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) compared with Echo Show 8 (2025)

	AmazonEcho Show 5 (3rd Gen)	AmazonEcho Show 8 (2025)
Overview
Released
Released	May 2023	November 2025
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	–	Stereo
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	One 1.75″ full-range speaker (1.7″ in Amazon's comparison chart)	Two front-facing full-range drivers and one 2.8″ woofer
Audio formats
Audio formats	–	Spatial audio
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; 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	Prime Video app, other video through the browser; Amazon Music and other music services through Alexa; Bluetooth	Prime Video and Netflix apps, other video through the browser; Amazon Music and other services through Alexa; Bluetooth
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)
Design
Weight
Weight	0.456 kg (better)	1.049 kg
Controls
Controls	5.5″ touchscreen; microphone and camera off button; 2 MP camera with built-in shutter; MediaTek MT8169B processor (Amazon's press release names the 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	Reengineered microphone array; button disconnects the microphones and camera	Button disconnects the microphones and camera
Mounting
Mounting	–	Adjustable stand for Echo Show 8 and 11 (2025) sold separately
Size
Size	147 × 91 × 82 mm (W × D × H)	208 × 127 × 150 mm
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Cloud Blue	Graphite, Glacier White
In the box
In the box	Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen), 22 W power adapter with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) cable, quick start guide	Echo Show 8 (2025 release), 30 W power adapter, quick start guide