Headphones activate OK Google

[DreamSTi]

Just bought some new cheap headphones for the gym and whenever I bump the headphone plug it activates OK google. Super annoying.

Anybody know if this can be turned off?

 

[Aquila]

Sorry I don't know, but subscribing in case anyone else ever asks this. Never heard of it before.

 

[xocomaox]

Does it activate when you plug in the headphones as well?

 

[N4Newbie]

I had a pair of ~$30 wired earbuds that began doing weird things whenever I bumped the wires leading into the control pod; this is before "OK Google", so the impact was that the phone kept thinking I was trying to voice-dial a call.

Replace the earbuds with a new set and the problem went away.

 

[Richard Servello]

Hold the action button on the headphones and it will ask if you want to activate assistant with headphones button.

 

[DreamSTi]

There is no action button. They don't have any controls or a mic.

 

[N4Newbie]

The action buttons work by using the available contacts on the jack, which are few, and therefore must be tricked to gain these additional functions; it is done by throwing a fixed resistance across certain lines. Bad headset wiring can mimic these controls, whether or not they have an actual inline control module...

 

[SlappyMcgee]

I would personally get a different brand headphone b/c as stated the wiring in the headphones is messed up. I would be worried this would short something out in the jack itself and make it unusable.