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Introducing Echo Show 8 - HD 8" smart display with Alexa - Charcoal Fabric

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Alexa can show you more: with an 8" HD screen and stereo sound, Alexa can help manage your day at a glance.
Be entertained: ask Alexa to show you movie trailers, TV shows, movies, sports streams or the news. Or listen to radio stations, podcasts, and audiobooks.
Connect with video calling and messaging: call friends and family who have the Alexa app or an Echo device with a screen. Make announcements to other devices in your home.
Control your smart home: voice control compatible devices or manage them on the easy-to-use display. Ask Alexa to show you security cameras, control lights, and adjust thermostats.
Make it yours: show off your albums from Amazon Photos. Customise your home screen. Create morning routines to start your day.
Made to fit your life: find and follow your favourite recipes. Easily update to-do lists and calendars. Entertain the family with trivia and adventure games. Glance at weather and traffic on your way out.
Designed to protect your privacy: electronically disconnect the microphones and camera with one press of a button. Slide the built-in shutter to cover the camera.
An updated clock design that will display the time, weather, and date in larger digits is now available.

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Home Security from Amazon

Link your Ring account to Alexa for hands-free home monitoring so you’ll always know when someone’s there. Enable announcements in the Alexa app to hear alerts on compatible Echo devices when anyone presses your doorbell or triggers Ring’s built-in motion sensors. Then talk to visitors through compatible Echo devices, like Echo Dot or Echo Show 8, by simply saying “Alexa, talk to the front door.”

See and do more with Alexa

Echo Show 8 connects to Alexa to give you rich stereo sound with vivid visuals on an 8” HD screen. See on-screen lyrics with Amazon Music. Set alarms and timers. Display your favourite photos. Check weather and traffic as you head out. Catch up on news highlights and movie trailers.

Entertainment for every part of your day

Catch up on today’s news and sports highlights. Watch TV shows, movies, music videos, or movie trailers from Prime Video and more. Listen to music from streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify and see song lyrics and album art with Amazon Music.

Connect with your favourite people

Make hands-free video calls to the Alexa app or another Echo with a screen. Use Announcements to send voice messages to every room with a supported Echo device, or use Drop In as a two-way intercom between rooms.

More ways to control your privacy

Alexa and Echo devices are built with multiple layers of privacy protection. From the microphone/camera off button and built-in shutter to the ability to delete your voice recordings, you have transparency and control over your Alexa experience. Learn more about how Alexa and Echo devices work.

Voice control your smart home

Manage compatible smart home devices on the simple interactive display or use your voice. You can control lights and switches, set thermostats, or view security cameras.

Alexa is happy to help

Make your life easier at home. Use your voice to set timers, add items to lists, and create calendar events and reminders. Find and follow your favourite recipes from Taste or live stream radio commentary for AFL or rugby. You can also check the news, weather, or traffic. Ask for sports scores, movie showtimes, restaurant hours, or information.

Alexa has skills

With thousands of skills and counting, Alexa is always getting smarter. Skills are like apps and help you do more. Play family games, manage your household, meditate and more. Just say, “Alexa, what are your top skills?”

Simple to set up and use

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Camera	1MP	1MP	5MP
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Camera controls	Built-in camera shutter and microphone/camera off button	Built-in camera shutter and microphone/camera off button	Microphone/camera off button

Technical Details

Echo Show 8

Size	200 mm x 136 mm x 99 mm.
Weight	1037 grams, actual size and weight may vary by manufacturing process.
Display	8.0” touch screen.
Camera	1MP camera with built-in shutter.
Wi-Fi Connectivity	Wifi required. Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi networks. Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.
Bluetooth Connectivity	Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming from your mobile device to Echo Show 8 or from Echo Show 8 to your Bluetooth speaker. Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) for voice control of connected mobile devices. Hands-free voice control is not supported for Mac OS X devices. Bluetooth speakers requiring PIN codes are not supported.
Audio	2.0” (52 mm) neodymium speakers with passive bass radiator.
Alexa app	The Alexa app is compatible with Android and iOS devices. A list of supported operating systems can be found here.
System Requirements	Certain skills and services are subject to change, may not be available in all areas and may require separate subscriptions or other fees.
Processor	MediaTek MT 8163.

Accessibility Features	The Alexa app and Alexa-enabled products include several features for customers with accessibility needs related to vision, hearing, mobility and speech. Learn more about Alexa accessibility.
Setup Technology	Amazon Wi-Fi simple setup enables customers to connect smart devices to their Wi-Fi network in a few easy steps. Wi-Fi simple setup is another way Alexa is always getting smarter. Learn more.
Warranty & Service	Amazon Echo Show 8 is sold with a limited warranty of one year provided by the manufacturer. This Limited Warranty does not restrict or alter any non-excludable statutory consumer protections or rights you may have, including under the Australian Consumer Law. Use of Echo Show 8 is subject to the terms found here.
Included in the Box	Echo Show 8, power adaptor (30W)/cable (1.5m) and quick start guide.
Privacy Features	Wake word technology, streaming indicators, microphone/camera off button, built-in camera shutter, the ability to view and delete your voice recordings, and more. Visit the Alexa Privacy Hub to explore how Alexa and Echo devices are designed to protect your privacy.

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Don't buy it to use as a clock

Reviewed in Australia on 26 February 2020

Colour Name: Charcoal FabricVerified Purchase

No clock customization, basically useless as a clock compared to the Echo Show 5.

Do not buy this unless they update the clock and allow it to be made larger and with actual customization.

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George Tsioutsias

FULL SCREEN CLOCK!!!

Reviewed in Australia on 26 February 2020

Colour Name: Charcoal FabricVerified Purchase

Great device but extremely disappointing that there is no option to have a FULL SCREEN CLOCK. This must be fixed soon. Would give 5 stars is it had this feature

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Scott N.

Awesome unit, step up from smaller Show 5

Reviewed in Australia on 26 February 2020

Colour Name: Charcoal FabricVerified Purchase

I imported 2x Echo Show 8's from UK. They are awesome displays for family photos, audio is x10 better and are otherwise identical to the smaller Show5's. Yes, the clock display cant be set to full screen. Minor grumble.

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Perfect Kitchen Companion!

Reviewed in Australia on 27 February 2020

Colour Name: Charcoal FabricVerified Purchase

A very welcome addition to the Echo family for Australian users!

We love our kitchen companion Echo Show. We use it all the time for ordering from Amazon, playing music, checking the weather, looking up recipes and controlling our smart devices. We especially love the ability to have it constantly cycle through our family photos as a slideshow which is always bringing back great memories and a focal point for family to remember events.

Features we love:
- Ordering via Amazon is easy as, gives a few popular choices for products. Can buy or add to your cart for later.
- Playing music easy as just asking "Alexa play music" or asking for a previous station or playlist is easy.
- Easy to look up our favourite recipes and have on hand.
- Provides slider control for controlling smart devices like light bulbs.

Some improvements are needed though:
- You can add items to your cart, but then can't remove them in anyway I can find. There is no way to access via touch and asking Alexa "remove paper towel from cart" "clear cart" "delete from cart" all just gives "hmmm I don't know that".
- STILL no parental controls at all with Amazon Music via Echo devices. Not even explicit music filter. Your kid gets misheard and suddenly mature music or even video playing.

But comparing devices and coming from the original Show Gen 1 this is a great upgrade we are loving so far!

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2 weeks in and it’s still a 5

Reviewed in Australia on 11 March 2020

Colour Name: Charcoal FabricVerified Purchase

I have seen many reviews on this and each to their own. I haven’t owned a show 5 so I can’t mention the issue with the customisation of the home screen. This is what I know. I have had it for a couple of weeks. The sound is okay, not jaw dropping. The screen is clear and the bright. The ability to call works well and Alexa seems to work well also. Sometimes the volume peaks when you ask Alexa to do something. The volume button plays up when shifting the volume up and down just after requesting a song to be play. The scrolling screen is a bit of a gimmick. Other then that it’s a cracker of a device. I have it in the kitchen and it does what I need it to do. Clock size isn’t an issue and I am guessing with updates it will get better. Great unit at the introduction offer pricing.

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Nagging assistant needs to step back

Reviewed in Australia on 12 March 2020

Colour Name: Charcoal FabricVerified Purchase

Alexa could be so good but her constant harping on and on, with no way of stopping..Try Aleca where is the bank, Try Alexa show me the weather..after the first few days We GET IT but there is no way of turning it off..even putting nothing on the screen bar clock and temperature you still get the nagging running across the screen. It is my only complaint but will stop me buying anything more till this is addressed. Amazon have known about this for quite awhile, a world wide issue and nothing.
The wallpaper is great but while nagging along the bottom no way of finding where photo was taken. It will be more useful as time goes on but lose the suggestions.

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Bryan Lopez

Clock function is inadequate

Reviewed in Australia on 28 February 2020

Colour Name: Charcoal FabricVerified Purchase

Bought this as a replacement for my Echo 5 thinking that screen size would mean bigger "everything". Problem is that the Clock function is not customizable and the clock size is too small.

If I had know this I would not have bought it and would have waited to see if the clock function was at least as good as the Echo five. At the moment it is not.

My recommendation don't buy it if you want a customizable clock that uses the full screen. Let's hope the programmers who wrote the code for this product fix it soon. If not I will be getting rid of it.

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Kim Green

NO full screen clock makes the 8 worthless

Reviewed in Australia on 8 April 2020

Colour Name: Charcoal FabricVerified Purchase

Along with very many other customers I am extremely disappointed to find there is no full screen clock and the same customisation as the echo five. The only reason I tried the Amazon device is because they allowed linking to Microsoft Outlook calendars, and Apple Music, which Google home can’t do. Clearly Google is much better with searches and questions and looks much more modern and streamlined. Even the fonts and images on the Amazon device look old-fashioned and cheap. But the kicker is that it cannot be used As a full screen clock an I’m completely disappointed. I basically don’t want this device, I could probably make do with the five even though it’s essentially too small all over for my room, but it has a beautiful full screen clock (the plain green background is gorgeous) . Don’t buy this until Amazon decide to give us a very basic and practical “skill” with the full screen clock and the customisable backgrounds.

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See and do more with Alexa

Entertainment for every part of your day

Connect with your favourite people

More ways to control your privacy

Voice control your smart home

Alexa is happy to help

Alexa has skills

Simple to set up and use

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