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

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

	AmazonEcho Show 8 (3rd Gen)	AmazonEcho Show 8 (2025)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2023	November 2025
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	–	Stereo
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	Two 2″ full-range neodymium drivers with a passive bass radiator	Two front-facing full-range drivers and one 2.8″ woofer
Audio formats
Audio formats	Spatial audio processing	Spatial audio
Room tuning
Room tuning	Room adaptation (senses the room's acoustics and adjusts playback)	–
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; Zigbee, Matter and Thread border router; Amazon Sidewalk	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, Netflix and Fire TV Channels; Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Music and others 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	1.034 kg (better)	1.049 kg
Controls
Controls	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	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	Button disconnects the microphones and camera	Button disconnects the microphones and camera
Mounting
Mounting	Adjustable stand with USB-C charging port sold separately	Adjustable stand for Echo Show 8 and 11 (2025) sold separately
Size
Size	200 × 139 × 106 mm	208 × 127 × 150 mm
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White	Graphite, Glacier White
In the box
In the box	Echo Show 8, 30 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