Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa has become an integral part of many households. As technology advances, new features and commands are constantly being added to make users’ lives easier and entertaining at the same time. One such feature is the mysterious “Super Mode”.
Alexa and its function
Alexa is a cloud-based voice service from Amazon. Originally developed for the Amazon Echo, a smart speaker, Alexa has found its way to numerous other devices, including third-party ones. Alexa allows users to perform tasks using voice commands, be it playing music, checking the weather, making purchases or setting reminders. The focus is on intuitive control. Developers can even customize Alexa using special tools and APIs or integrate it into their own products.
When a user issues a voice command to Alexa, that command is first sent to the Amazon cloud, Das Haus said in an online post. There, the request is analyzed by the Alexa Voice Service, which identifies key terms and draws conclusions from them to determine what the user wants. The recognized request is translated into computer commands, which are then forwarded to the appropriate apps or services. After the required information is retrieved, it is translated back into human language and passed on to the user through Alexa.
The super mode
One of Alexa’s particularly fun features is the so-called “Super Mode”. This can be activated by the voice command “Alexa, up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start,” as futurezone reports in an online article. In response, Alexa will respond humorously: “Super Alexa mode is activated! Hehe! Ten extra lives added. Speed level 3 unlocked. All power-ups available. Malfunction. Power-ups have no power. Abort.” In fact, this is not a real “mode”. Rather, it is a humorous reference to the famous “Konami Code”, a cheat code from the video game world, continues futurezone.
The Konami code has its roots in the 1985 “Gradius” game series. Developer Kazuhisa Hashimoto integrated this code to speed up play testing. Originally, this code was not intended to remain in the final game, but was retained due to concerns about possible bugs upon its removal. Today this code is known far beyond “Gradius” and has established itself as an Easter egg in many other games. With Alexa it is only used for entertainment and has no actual functionality, futurezone concludes.
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