Amazon Echo Show 8
A smart display that adds a screen to Alexa — video calls, recipes and a photo frame
Key characteristics
Highlights
- ✓ 8-inch HD touchscreen with an auto-framing camera
- ✓ Spatial-tuned stereo speakers
- ✓ Built-in smart-home hub
- ✓ Doubles as a photo frame when idle
Our take
The Echo Show 8 is the sweet-spot smart display: big enough for recipes and video calls, small enough for a nightstand, and it hides a smart-home hub. The screen makes Alexa far more useful day to day.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- + Screen makes Alexa genuinely more useful
- + Auto-framing camera keeps you centred on calls
- + Solid stereo sound for a display
- + Built-in hub simplifies smart homes
Cons
- − Camera raises privacy questions
- − More ads and promoted content on screen
- − Not as good a pure speaker as the Era 300
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