Amazon Echo Show 8 (2025) vs Amazon Echo Spot (2024)

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Echo Show 8 (2025) compared with Echo Spot (2024)

	AmazonEcho Show 8 (2025)	AmazonEcho Spot (2024)
Overview
Released
Released	November 2025	July 2024
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	Stereo	–
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	Two front-facing full-range drivers and one 2.8″ woofer	One 1.73″ front-firing full-range directional speaker
Audio formats
Audio formats	Spatial audio	Lossless High Definition
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	Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax); 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	Bluetooth 5.4; A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
Streaming
Streaming	Prime Video and Netflix apps, other video through the browser; Amazon Music and other services 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	1.049 kg	0.405 kg (better)
Controls
Controls	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)	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 for Echo Show 8 and 11 (2025) sold separately	–
Size
Size	208 × 127 × 150 mm	113 × 103 × 111 mm (W × D × H)
Colours
Colours	Graphite, Glacier White	Black, Glacier White, Ocean Blue
In the box
In the box	Echo Show 8 (2025 release), 30 W power adapter, quick start guide	Echo Spot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide