Amazon today launched its new Echo Show 11 and fourth-generation Echo Show 8 smart displays with Alexa in India. These devices feature new audio architecture and Omnisense custom sensor platform, along with a new design that includes edge-to-edge glass displays and thin bezels. These devices offer deep bass and crisp vocals, and simplified smart home routines using motion, presence, and temperature detection. These new Echo Show smart displays are designed to be compatible with Alexa+ assistant powered by generative AI, once available in India.
Echo Show 11 and Echo Show 8 feature an 11-inch full HD and 8.7-inch HD edge-to-edge glass display, respectively. The new build includes a sleek design, 3D-knit fabric, thin bezels that maximises the displays’ viewing area, and ambient visuals that adapt to the environment for viewing comfort. The high-definition displays are complemented by a 13MP camera with centred auto-framing, and noise reduction technology, enabling clear video calls and conversations with friends and family who have Echo smart displays or the Alexa app.
Echo Show 11 and Echo Show 8 are powered by AZ3 Pro, a custom-designed silicon chip enabling fast performance. Built on top of this silicon is Omnisense, a custom sensor platform designed for ambient AI. It uses a range of sensors and signals, including the 13-megapixel (MP) camera, audio, ultrasound, Wi-Fi radar, accelerometer, and Wi-Fi CSI to deliver personalised, proactive, and helpful Alexa experiences. This enables automated responses like adjusting compatible smart lights when someone enters a room or triggering temperature-based routines when the room reaches a certain temperature. Customers can set up smart home routines through the Alexa app.
Both devices come with front-firing stereo speakers and a custom woofer for room-filling sound with spatial audio. The full-range drivers are placed under the displays and are designed to fire audio frontwards to deliver clear sound with crisp vocals directly toward the customer. Customers can stream their favourite music, podcasts, or audiobooks through service providers like Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, JioSaavn, or Audible.
On these devices, customers can access and stream video content from apps like Prime Video and Netflix, and YouTube via Silk browser (subscription fees may apply). They can either use the touch screen or simply ask Alexa to play TV shows, movies, workout and recipe videos, and more. Customers can also monitor their homes and check in on family or pets using the ‘Drop In’ feature. They can even pair compatible security cameras and video doorbells with their device to view up to four live camera feeds on their device’s screen.
Echo Show 11 and Echo Show 8 are built with multiple layers of privacy controls, including a microphone on/off button, in-app and on-device camera controls and the ability to view and delete voice recordings in the Alexa app.
Pricing and availability
Echo Show 11 is available in Graphite and Glacier White colours at INR 26,999, and Echo Show 8 is available in Graphite and Glacier White colours at INR 23,999. These are available on Amazon.in, Flipkart, and offline stores of Reliance Digital and Croma.
