Amazon Echo Hub vs Amazon Echo Show 8 (2025)

Amazon Echo Show 8 (2025) is the stronger pick overall, with a higher owner rating, a larger touchscreen, a built-in camera and a broader sensor set. Amazon Echo Hub ties it on price, connectivity, the hub radios and Alexa itself, but was built for a different job.

Purpose. The Echo Show 8 (2025) is a general-purpose media display with a camera for video calls, photos and recipes. The Echo Hub is a dedicated, wall-mountable control panel with no camera at all, built purely to surface devices, routines and Ring feeds.

No, by design. It is built as a camera-free wall dashboard, which some buyers prefer for a hallway or living room panel. The Amazon Echo Show 8 (2025) includes a 13 MP camera for video calls that the Hub does not have.

Yes, with the same core radios: a Zigbee coordinator, a Thread border router and a Matter bridge, both running Alexa with partial Home Assistant support. The Amazon Echo Hub adds a wired Ethernet jack that the Echo Show 8 (2025) does not offer.

Choose Amazon Echo Show 8 (2025) for one versatile screen that handles video calls, recipes, photos and smart home control, and still works as a Zigbee, Thread and Matter hub.

Choose Amazon Echo Hub if you specifically want a fixed, camera-free wall panel to control devices, routines and camera feeds, wired over Ethernet if you like, rather than a do-everything display.