Headphone button has slow response time

[Farid Djebara]

So I've recently transferred from iPhone to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and one of the first things that I noticed was the fact that whenever I press the button on my headphones to either change tracks or just pause the song, the time taken for it to do so is at least 5 seconds, once it took 20 seconds just to pause! I've been using spotify to listen to my music by the way.
Please help because this is really annoying me, especially since I live in a cold area and don't like to get my phone out or take my gloves off.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! A bunch of these headphones/earphones with remote controls that are specifically designed for iPhones don't always work well with Android. iPhones use a slightly different headphone jack standard. I see a lot of complaints about various Beats headphones not working well with Android devices. If your headphones were designed for iPhones, then you should look for a new pair that specifically states Android compatibility.

 

[Farid Djebara]

The headphones I use came with the phone, they are Samsung headphones.

 

[B. Diddy]

How does it work on other music apps, especially the Samsung one or Google Play Music? Maybe it's a problem with Spotify.

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[Farid Djebara]

It has the same problem with any app I try, including the main music one.
However it sometimes work normally whilst at other times there's a major delay

 

[B. Diddy]

Have you tried cleaning the headphone jack? Some debris could potentially be interfering with the contacts. Try rooting around with a damp toothpick, or cleaning the contacts with a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol, or blowing it out with a can of compressed air.

 

[Farid Djebara]

Still getting the same problem

 

[joebloggs2]

Hey man,

This is a very common and annoying problem with android, not the phone or headset. It occurs across many models, especially samsung, it seems, and I have this issue occuring on my new s4 mini, but strangely it's also started doing it on my old ace, where it didn't before the arrival of my s4 mini. what verified it was android, for me, was that it also occurs without the headphones, ie it happens when the phone is playing music via a standard 3.5mm jack > powered speakers, and the screen locks. Kaboom. Locked headphone buttons, too. Like you, taking up to 20 secs to respond.

I know of no solution at this time, but I'm pretty confident this isn't a hardware issue.

 

[meandmy10]

I know this post is old as heck but I'm going to put my solution here for future searchers.
I was having the same issue on my own phone and disabling google assistant for the headphones fixed the delay issue for me.

Specific steps:

• Open Google App
• Click on your avatar (top right)
• Navigate through settings > Google Assistant > Devices > Wired headphones
• Toggle "Get help from Google" to off
• Test your button again to see if it worked

This seems to happen even if you have Google Assistant disabled in general, which is ridiculous but there you go.

Hopefully that helps some folks! I know this was annoying the heck out of me, having to wait not knowing if I had clicked the button properly or clicking it multiple times thinking I didn't press it right the first time just to have it pause, then start playing again is just very frustrating.