Google Voice Search Easter Egg Unlocks “Cheat Mode”

By Amy Gesenhues

Published: March 19, 2014 at 11:19 am

Googler Pierre Far has found a Google Easter egg that opens up “Unlimited free Google searches” for everyone.

According to Far’s Google+ post, doing a Google voice search for, “Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right” on his Android phone prompted the voice response, “Cheat mode unlocked, unlimited free Google searches.”

According to Search Engine Land news editor Barry Schwartz, the search only works by speaking your query from the Google Search App or Google Search page on your smartphone, or using voice enabled search on a Chrome browser.

Schwartz created the following video showing the Easter egg in action:

Gamers will recognize the “Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right” as a cheat code for video games, originally used by the Nintendo gaming system.

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Amy Gesenhues

Amy Gesenhues was a senior editor for Third Door Media, covering the latest news and updates for Search Engine Land, MarTech and MarTech Today. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed to a variety of traditional and online publications, including MarketingProfs, SoftwareCEO, and Sales and Marketing Management Magazine. Read more of Amy's articles.