Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen) vs Sonos Era 100

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Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen) compared with Era 100

	AmazonEcho Show 8 (3rd Gen)	SonosEra 100
Overview
Released
Released	October 2023	March 2023
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 angled tweeters and one mid-woofer
Amplifiers
Amplifiers	–	Three class-D digital amplifiers
Audio formats
Audio formats	Spatial audio processing	–
Room tuning
Room tuning	Room adaptation (senses the room's acoustics and adjusts playback)	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; Zigbee, Matter and Thread border router; Amazon Sidewalk	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, Netflix and Fire TV Channels; Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Music and others 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	1.034 kg (better)	2.02 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	Capacitive touch controls (play, pause, skip, replay, volume, voice mute, grouping); Bluetooth button; microphone switch
Microphones
Microphones	Button disconnects the microphones and camera	Far-field microphone array with beamforming and multichannel echo cancellation; switch cuts power to the microphones
Mounting
Mounting	Adjustable stand with USB-C charging port sold separately	Wall mount and stand sold separately
Size
Size	200 × 139 × 106 mm	182.5 × 120 × 130.5 mm (H × W × D)
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White	Black, 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	Era 100, power cable (2 m), documentation