Mother's Day is approaching and Amazon does not want to miss the opportunity to celebrate even this type of festivities with its Echo. As? Well, with the activation of the call «mother mode«, a function available in the firm's smart speakers that will allow you to interact with your Echo as an interactive game. We explain how it is activated and what exactly it consists of.
Varied functions in the Amazon Echo
When we talk about Amazon smart speakers, we always think about the "three" basic functions that we all know about these devices: asking them for information about something specific, setting alarms and reminders and using it to control the bulb or smart plug on duty.
However, these company teams have many more performance than you could imagine, many of them sometimes unknown to many users and that in the end help to get much more out of it. We have already talked to you here, for example, about all the questions to ask Alexa or of the numerous games for echo which can be accessed.
Today we are precisely going to explain a mode that you probably did not know existed either: the so-called "Mother mode", which is not even painted for this coming Sunday, May 2, Mother's Day.
How to activate Mother mode on the Echo
It turns out that Amazon has a Mother mode that you can activate to have a good time. Make no mistake: that will not make Alexa take it upon himself to remind you that you have to make the bed or scold you for not clearing the table - although he could well do it. Instead, with this mode you will access a game about mothers in history, with which you will learn and entertain yourself in equal parts. The award? Listen to a good string of typical mother phrases if you manage to solve several of the questions.
To activate it, the steps to follow are extremely simple:
- Make sure your Echo is turned on and operational before attempting to execute the command.
- Say "Alexa, turn on Mother Mode."
- Your Echo will reply, telling you that it sees that you want to play, and it will start the game.
- You will have to answer at least two questions Learn about popular mothers from history, literature, and fiction to unlock Mother Mode.
- Once correct, the Mother Mode is activated and you will hear a good number of typical phrases (which surely sound familiar to you) of mothers.
- You can stop playing just by saying “Alexa, stop” or “Alexa, cancel” or play again and answer new questions by running the command from step 2 again.
As you can see, it is a very simple game (be careful, some questions are not as easy as you imagine, get ready) that in the end do nothing more than unlock a nice audio, and image if you have an Echo with a screen, to pay homage in a humorous way cute mother's day If you want to try it, it is already taking time to speak to your speaker and test yourself.