Alexa Is Your Suburban Guardian Angel in Amazon's New Ads for the Echo

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The Alexa-enabled Amazon Echo can answer questions, play music, control smart devices and fulfill numerous other suburban needs, according to two new ads for Amazon's command device.

"The Break Up" sees a kind-of lame dad cheering up his broken-hearted teenage daughter by telling Alexa to play Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings" (which is at least 10 years older than she is) and then using it to turn their lawn sprinkler system on her now-apologetic ex-boyfriend.

We appreciate his intentions here, but Mr.

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