Amazon
Echo Show 5 and 8 jailbroken to Linux
Speakers · Entertainment
WorksLocal
1 report: 1 says it works.
Reported with 1 integration: ESPHome.
What people report
| Integration | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESPHome | Works Local | Timers, HA control, cameras and Frigate feed work on jailbroken EchosSaved copy… official, our household is now Alexa free! Well you wouldn’t know it unless I told you, for high spouse approval, we still use Alexa as the wake word. Oh, and if you looked around you’ll see our two Amazon Echo Show’s (5 & 8) but those are now fully functional Linux boxes with working cameras. So far anything that Alexa could do these jail-broken Echo’s can do now as well. They can set timers, display the current weather, control HA devices, tell you a joke, set an alarm, tell you the score of the game, view our Ring and Reolink camera’s, send their own camera footage to Frigate, display our … Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit thread · 2026-09 |
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In ReReHome
Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.
Identifiers
| Brand | Amazon |
|---|---|
| Model | Echo Show 5/8 |
| Category | Speakers |