Should YOU Buy the NEW Echo Show 8 3rd Gen? (2023)

🔴New Echo Show 8 3rd Gen - geni.us/Show8 To learn more about the Echo Show 5 check out this video - https://youtu.be/ZKyC7R8Z11o

So thoughtful that you muted the "Alexa" to avoid triggering our Echos haha

I ordered both the echo show 8 and the show 5 today. I have two echo's in my house currently. Both the Echo Dot. So, a long waited upgrade. The Echo 8 will go in the kitchen and the echo 5 will go in my bedroom. Thank you for the review.

Thanks for the very useful video! I was wondering about the battery to move it around the city: somehow all the betteries I see are for 2/3rd generation and I was wondering if these will be compatiple? Thanks

Hi ! Great review..Do you know when its going to be available in canada ?

Didn’t have much luck with the 3rd Gen Show 8. The screen displayed “loading” and would not advance. I tried resetting, unplugging for 30 or 40 seconds. Nothing seemed to work. Too bad, I was looking forward to the upgrades on this unit. Back to my Gen 1.

How do I get echo show to display the next calendar item on the home screen. The calendar is syncing fine and I can say show calendar and it does but I cant get it to display any upcoming appointments on the home screen that i can see without clicking somewhere. Seems a bit silly. Is it not capable or need someting enabled ?

On the 3rd gen can the clock on the home screen be relocated or is it still stuck in the bottom left corner? My bed blocks the left corner but I can see the right corners. Would be nice to see the clock without having to sit up in bed.

The cards rotating on the displays helps to protect the screen from burn-in ghost images from static images on screen I'd keep the cards on just for safety if i had one.

Thanks for the great video. Hoping black Friday will bring a discount. White model seems sold out here in the UK.

I have the first generation show 8. With my pictures showing, no matter what pic. there is a full screen pic with a smaller pic in the middle. Is there anyway to have just the full screen picture ?

It would be nice if it would display a picture from the google outside camera. worked 6 hrs trying to do just that no luck

I want this exclusively to be used as a photo frame for my nan who lives in a different town. I'm going to turn off the mic and camera. Is there any reason to buy this over the gen 2 for that reason?

I just got an echo 5 on prime day and like it so far but I'm noticing it's not very practical in the kitchen since it's so small. I'm thinking of getting the echo 8 now since it's on sale for $60, i don't mind the "ads" at all since i'm nee to the device it shows ne a lot if tips and things i could say... it also cycles through news headlines and let's you know you can watch it hear that headline... not to mention it acts as a sirt if screensaver considering if you have a generic picture for hours everyday you could eventually develop screen burnin.

Does it still cycle through black screens when all the ad cards are disabled?

Craig, great review on the new Echo Show 8. I have a couple year old echo show 10, I know it doesn’t have the hub, but wondering if it’ll have these newer feature? With the new thread/matter feature, how do you know if the device your trying to connect will work with this hub if it’s matter capable? Thanks

Great review. @ 6.22 you showed a Smart Home Favorites widget. I don't see that on my gen 3 running US 7.5.6.1 (PS7561/3832) in the widgets gallery. I agree the sound has improved quite a bit

I’m considering an Echo Show 8 3rd Gen. Thanks Craig!

Does is come with international warranty?

Have recently returned my Echo Show 8 first Gen as a Trade in, preparing for the Echo Hub. The third Gen is slightly more interesting now that it has Smart home support and also Zigbee and Matter on board. Will however wait until the Hub is released to see what it offers more for the extra few bucks. Amazons adverts are becoming a big turnoff for their system. Would love to see Aqara offer some speaker/screen options and then I would drop Amazon products completely. Would like to see some comparison videos of the Show 8 3rd gen versus the Echo Hub when launched to see the differences they are offering.