Amazon is updating both the Echo Show 8 and the Echo Show 5 and equipping both with a new camera, which should offer better image quality for video calls and home surveillance. The Echo Show 8 now uses a 13-megapixel wide-angle camera – previously only a 1-megapixel model was used.
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The new 13-megapixel camera with integrated camera cover pans digitally during video calls and automatically zooms in to keep the person in front of the lens in focus. The new Echo Show 10 (test) offers a similar function, but it can also rotate the entire display. With the updates, Amazon takes into account the fact that last year almost three times as many video calls were made worldwide via Alexa as in the previous year.
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Echo Show 8 (Image: Amazon)
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Echo Show 8 Display with color adjustment and new 8-core SoC
Even if the display is named after 8 inches and 1,280 × 800 pixels (189 ppi), a model with automatic color adjustment depending on the ambient light is now installed. In addition, the Octa-core processor MediaTek MT8183 with a clock frequency of up to 2.0 GHz is now used – previously, the MediaTek MT8163, an SoC with four ARM Cortex-A53 processor cores with up to 1.5 GHz.
Pre-order for 130 euros from today
The price of the new model remains unchanged from the previous Echo Show 8 (test) at 129.99 euros. It can be pre-ordered from Amazon in anthracite and white from today *. The delivery is to begin next month.
Also Echo Show 5 with a better camera
Amazon has also revised the camera of the Echo Show 5, it now has twice as many pixels, which suggests a 2-megapixel model. In addition, the small smart display is no longer only available in anthracite and white, but also in the color variant dark blue for 84.99 euros – the RRP has thus fallen by 5 euros. The 5.5-inch display still has a resolution of 960 × 480 pixels, which results in a pixel density of 195 ppi.
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Amazon Echo Show 5 (Image: Amazon)
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Amazon Echo Show 5 Also with the new Echo Show 5 Pre-orders start today via Amazon *, deliveries should start next month.
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