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

Sound detection for breaking glass runs through Alexa Emergency Assist, a paid subscription, and is supported on Echo smart displays.

Detection of smoke and carbon monoxide alarm sounds runs through Alexa Emergency Assist, a paid subscription.

Amazon lists Wi-Fi 6E (IEEE 802.11ax), which covers the 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz bands.

Amazon states the Echo Show 8 supports Bluetooth version 5.4, with A2DP, AVRCP, MAP and PBAP profiles.

The only physical controls are the volume rocker and the mute button; playback is handled on the touchscreen.

A volume rocker sits on the right side of the display.

The display is fixed to its speaker base and sits on a surface. Amazon sells an adjustable stand separately, and reserves wall mounting for the Echo Show 15 and 21.

Amazon lists the built-in smart home hub as Zigbee + Matter + Thread Border Router.

Alexa is built in, and the 2025 model is designed for Alexa+.

The Home Assistant Alexa Devices integration lists Amazon Echo Show among its supported devices and exposes media player, notification, sensor, switch and button entities, but it does not give Home Assistant control of the display's own smart home hub.

Amazon lists an ambient light sensor, used for adaptive brightness and colour.

Amazon lists adaptive color, which adjusts the screen to the room light ("look great in any light"), the same feature the Echo Show 10 and 15 pair with their RGB ambient light sensor.

Omnisense presence detection, listed by Amazon among the device sensors.

13 MP camera with auto framing and 3.3x zoom.

A physical microphone and camera enable/disable button (labelled with the Ø symbol) cuts the camera, plus dedicated camera controls on the device and in the Alexa app. This generation has no sliding lens shutter.