Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen) vs Amazon Echo Spot (2024)

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Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen) compared with Echo Spot (2024)

	AmazonEcho Show 8 (3rd Gen)	AmazonEcho Spot (2024)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2023	July 2024
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	Two 2″ full-range neodymium drivers with a passive bass radiator	One 1.73″ front-firing full-range directional speaker
Audio formats
Audio formats	Spatial audio processing	Lossless High Definition
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	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 only)
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP	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	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	0.405 kg (better)
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	2.83″ touchscreen (240 × 320) under half-circle tinted cover glass, with customisable clock faces in six colours; tap to snooze; buttons including microphone off; no camera; MediaTek MT8519 processor with 1 GB RAM and 8 GB storage
Microphones
Microphones	Button disconnects the microphones and camera	Button disconnects the microphones
Mounting
Mounting	Adjustable stand with USB-C charging port sold separately	–
Size
Size	200 × 139 × 106 mm	113 × 103 × 111 mm (W × D × H)
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White	Black, Glacier White, Ocean Blue
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 Spot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide