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

Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen) wins with its lower price, higher owner rating, excellent spatial-audio speakers, faster processor and camera with privacy shutter. Amazon Echo Hub counters with Ethernet, an ambient light sensor and its wall-panel form factor.

Form and focus. Both have 8-inch screens and identical hub radios, but the Echo Hub is a slim, camera-free, weak-speakered wall panel for control duty, while the Show 8 is a full countertop smart display with great sound, video calling and media apps.

Functionally yes: both include a Zigbee coordinator, Thread border router and Matter bridge and show camera feeds by voice or touch. The Amazon Echo Hub adds a wired Ethernet port and a control-panel interface designed around devices and routines.

The Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen), by a wide margin: owners compare its spatial audio favorably to dedicated speakers. The Amazon Echo Hub's speakers are openly weak, fine for chimes and voice replies, not music.

Choose Amazon Echo Hub if you specifically want a wall-mounted control panel by the door or in the hallway, wired via Ethernet, showing every device and Ring feed without a camera watching back.

Choose Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen) for the best all-around Alexa display: kitchen-sized screen, superb sound, video calls, snappy performance and the same hub radios, usually for less money.