Amazon Echo Show 10 vs Echo Show 8 vs Echo Show 5: What's the difference?

(Pocket-lint) - Amazon's Echo Show comes successful 3 sizes - 10, 8 and 5 - with the numbers relating to the surface size. But however bash these devices comparison and which is the champion exemplary for you? 

The champion prices are often disposable connected Amazon income events like Black Friday, but determination are regular discounts done the year.

Let's commencement by moving done the similarities.

What's the same?

The Echo Show scope is beauteous akin successful bundle capability, but it's successful presumption of plan that the devices person changed implicit the past year. 

The Echo Show 5 (2021) and 8 (2021) are precise akin successful presumption of plan and capabilities. The Echo Show 10 (2020) is rather antithetic and is perfect arsenic a main Echo instrumentality successful a household country oregon kitchen. 

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Of course, astatine the bosom of each Echo instrumentality is Alexa, Amazon's dependable assistant, that tin assistance you with each the basics arsenic good arsenic much analyzable worldly via the summation of Alexa Skills and automation via routines.

On-screen, the interface that works alongside the touchscreen show has been improved implicit older models to marque things much dynamic, but the acquisition is mostly akin crossed each models.

Amazon is besides powering up the Show, too, with enactment for Netflix successful summation to the existing Amazon Prime Video and Hulu. In presumption of video calling, you'll besides present get Zoom enactment (plus Amazon's ain Chime connection work for calling different Show devices) arsenic good arsenic Skype. Group calling is besides connected the way. Of course, Alexa already supports galore euphony services including Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and Deezer.

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Recipe enactment comes courtesy of Food Network Kitchen successful the US and BBC Good Food successful the UK.

In presumption of design, each 3 devices present person a carnal privateness shutter (with mic/camera off) and carnal measurement controls, portion each are disposable successful achromatic (glacier) and acheronian grey (charcoal). The main assemblage of each instrumentality is covered successful fabric. 

The devices support support 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) and A2DP enactment for streaming audio via Bluetooth.

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What's different? 

Design

• Echo Show 10: 251 x 230 x 172mm, 2.6kg
• Echo Show 8: 200 x 136 x 99mm, 1.04kg
• Echo Show 5: 148 x 86 x 73mm, 410g

The Echo Show 10 has ever been seen arsenic a much of a room-filling amusement device, portion Show 5 and 8 are much bedside oregon table devices. Indeed, Show 5 is much of an alarm oregon timepiece vigor device.

The Echo Show 5 and 8 are a trapezoid signifier connected the rear, whereas the caller Show 10 looks much similar an aged iMac, with a 'bulb' oregon flattened sphere signifier holding the screen. There's a crushed for that due to the fact that the surface tin rotate up to 175 degrees. If you're connected a video call, it'll determination arsenic you bash successful bid to support you successful the frame. However, the 'tilt' of the surface is manually operated.

The Echo Show 8 - updated successful 2021 - volition besides way you astir the country erstwhile connected video calls, acknowledgment to the caller 13-megapixel camera. This volition support you successful the centre of the framework if you determination around.

The main disappointment successful presumption of the plan of the Echo Show 10 is that the show itself has comparatively ample bezels, but it has intelligibly been designed to deed a terms point. That's nary antithetic to immoderate different Echo device.

Display

• Echo Show 10: 10.1-inch HD touchscreen (1,280 x 800 resolution)
• Echo Show 8: 8-inch HD touchscreen (1,280 x 800 resolution)
• Echo Show 5: 5.5-inch touchscreen (960 x 480 resolution)

The Echo Show 10 has a 10.1-inch HD touchscreen show which appears to person the aforesaid 1,280 x 800 arsenic the aged 10-inch Echo Show. The deficiency of precocious solution is simply a spot disappointing, but Amazon intelligibly hasn't wanted to marque its caller Echo enactment up immoderate much costly than the predecessor device.

However, the solution seems a batch much acceptable connected the Echo Show 8, with the smaller surface offering the aforesaid solution arsenic the larger model. The Echo Show 5 understandably lags down a little, but due to the fact that of its diminutive size, the little solution doesn't grate, successful fact, it's perfectly cute.

Hardware

• Echo Show 10: MediaTek 8183 processor, Zigbee astute hub
• Echo Show 8: MediaTek MT 8183 processor
• Echo Show 5:  MediaTek MT 8163 processor

The latest Echo Show 10 has a MediaTek 8183 chip, the aforesaid arsenic the Echo Show 8 (2021), truthful they person akin powered hardware. The Echo Show 5 (2021) uses somewhat older hardware.

Show 10 has a built-in Zigbee astute hub, truthful you tin present inquire Alexa to observe caller astute location devices providing they're Zigbee compliant. The Echo 5 and 8 don't person this. 

The Echo Show 10 has a 13-megapixel front-facing camera - the aforesaid arsenic the Echo Show 8 - though the Show 10 offers that swivel enactment which makes it unique. The Echo Show 5 has a 2-megapixel camera, truthful it's rather antithetic to the different 2 successful presumption of the hardware specs.

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Sound and speakers

• Echo Show 10: 2 1-inch tweeters and a 3-inch woofer
• Echo Show 8: dual two-inch drivers (10W)
• Echo Show 5: 1 1.65-inch talker (4W)

Echo Show 10 intelligibly has amended audio than the different 2 devices - it boasts a 2.1 system: 2 stereo 1-inch tweeters and a 3-inch woofer.

Show 8 has dual 2-inch drivers that pump retired 10W per channel. The audio is really beauteous good, but it isn't room-filling. Show 5 is decidedly much of a table oregon bedside array talker and has a azygous 1.65-inch 4W speaker.  

Conclusion

One of the hardest things to speech astir with Echo devices is terms points due to the fact that they alteration truthful overmuch owed to Amazon's regular sales. Overall, we consciousness assured to accidental that Echo Show 8 offers the champion worth of these devices, sitting successful the mediate with a much compact size than the Show 10, but each the power.

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However, it's not capable for a main household room, truthful if you privation an Echo Show for 1 of those locations past you request the Echo Show 10. Clearly, that's the astir awesome instrumentality here, offering that swivel show to support you successful the picture, truthful it's perfect for large rooms.

Echo Show 5 is mostly disposable astatine a precise appealing terms during sales, but it's truly lone capable for the bedside oregon desk. However, it's inactive a precise susceptible device, acknowledgment to Alexa's skills. 

Writing by Dan Grabham. Editing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 25 September 2020.