Amazon Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) vs Sonos Era 100

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Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) compared with Era 100

	AmazonEcho Show 5 (3rd Gen)	SonosEra 100
Overview
Released
Released	May 2023	March 2023
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 angled tweeters and one mid-woofer
Amplifiers
Amplifiers	–	Three class-D digital amplifiers
Room tuning
Room tuning	–	Trueplay (iOS and Android); bass, treble and loudness adjustable in the Sonos app
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Yes	Yes
AirPlay
AirPlay	No	Yes
Voice assistants
Voice assistants	Alexa	Alexa and Sonos Voice Control
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 6 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP	Bluetooth 5.3
Ports
Ports	–	USB-C for line-in (with the Sonos Line-In Adapter) or Ethernet (with the Sonos Combo Adapter); adapters sold separately
Streaming
Streaming	Prime Video app, other video through the browser; Amazon Music and other music services through Alexa; Bluetooth	Apple AirPlay 2; direct control from apps such as Spotify and TIDAL; Sonos Radio
Multi-room
Multi-room	–	Groups with other Sonos products over Wi-Fi; two make a stereo pair; a pair can be rear surrounds for Ray, Beam, Arc Ultra or Amp
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)	Sonos app (iOS and Android)
Design
Weight
Weight	0.456 kg (better)	2.02 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)	Capacitive touch controls (play, pause, skip, replay, volume, voice mute, grouping); Bluetooth button; microphone switch
Microphones
Microphones	Reengineered microphone array; button disconnects the microphones and camera	Far-field microphone array with beamforming and multichannel echo cancellation; switch cuts power to the microphones
Mounting
Mounting	–	Wall mount and stand sold separately
Size
Size	147 × 91 × 82 mm (W × D × H)	182.5 × 120 × 130.5 mm (H × W × D)
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Cloud Blue	Black, 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	Era 100, power cable (2 m), documentation