Using smart devices with built-in voice assistants, for everything from timer settings to get the weather that day, it can be a great way to free your hands for other tasks.

But while 157 million US houses have one of the best smart speakers or smart display at the end of 2019, according to Statista, not enough people know how to have fun with them.

In the case of Amazon’s voice assistant, you may have heard of the Super Alexa mode, which is one of several ‘Easter eggs’, a pleasant little habit built into Alexa who can provide some very much needed entertainment from just setting the timer and asking what you are ‘Re will be wet in the rain today.

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What is the Super Alexa mode?

The Alexa Super Mode is a built-in Easter Egg to Amazon’s voice assistant and basically provoked a pleasant response from Alexa, accompanied by a cheerful song … and no more. So, if you have an idea of ​​a different led lights pulsed color or new power released, we apologize to disappoint you.

So, how is it activated? Unlike most other Alexa features that can be turned on using your voice or the Alexa application, there is only one way to enable Super Alexa mode, and it is with your voice. You have to repeat certain phrases to Smart Amazon Echo or Amazon Echo Show Smart Display – even though you need to strengthen yourself, because it’s not simple.

You have to say “Alexa, up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start” to activate Super Alexa mode. If you don’t use the right phrase or stumble on Alexa’s words will respond with “the wrong code, try again”.

Some of you may already know what the command and response are references (if so, pass the next section) but others might be allowed to wonder, what if there are, it all means.

The phrases that you say to Alexa are a popular reference to Konami Code – Cheat who are included on the menu starting when playing a number of games, such as Castlevania and Mortal Kombat III, at the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console from the 1980s, to access the secret menu.