Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen) vs Amazon Echo Studio (2019)

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Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen) compared with Echo Studio (2019)

	AmazonEcho Show 8 (3rd Gen)	AmazonEcho Studio (2019)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2023	November 2019
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	Yes
Drivers
Drivers	Two 2″ full-range neodymium drivers with a passive bass radiator	Three 2″ (51 mm) midrange speakers, one 20 mm tweeter (1-inch in the launch press release) and one 5.25″ (133 mm) woofer with a downward bass port
Amplifiers
Amplifiers	–	24-bit DAC; power amplifier with 100 kHz bandwidth; 330 W peak power
Audio formats
Audio formats	Spatial audio processing	Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Sony 360 Reality Audio (MPEG-H); FLAC, MP3, AAC, Opus, Vorbis; CD quality (16-bit) and hi-res (up to 24-bit); spatial audio processing
Room tuning
Room tuning	Room adaptation (senses the room's acoustics and adjusts playback)	Automatic room adaptation (continuously adjusts during 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); Zigbee and Matter hub; Amazon Sidewalk
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
Ports
Ports	–	Power; combined 3.5 mm analogue and mini-TOSLINK optical line in
Streaming
Streaming	Prime Video, Netflix and Fire TV Channels; Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Music and others through Alexa; Bluetooth	Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Pandora, SiriusXM, iHeartRadio, TuneIn; Bluetooth
Multi-room
Multi-room	–	Multi-room music with compatible Echo devices; one or two Echo Studio speakers as the audio output for compatible Fire TV devices (Dolby Atmos, Dolby Audio 5.1 and stereo)
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android and iOS)
Design
Weight
Weight	1.034 kg (better)	3.5 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	Buttons on top, including microphone off
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	206 mm tall, 175 mm diameter
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White	Charcoal; Glacier White (added in 2022)
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 Studio, power cable, quick start guide