Disabling Google Voice Dialer I have a Motorola Electrify M, recently factory-OTA-updated to Android 4.1.2.  With the update came Google Now and the Google Voice Dialer.

Google's Voice Dialer sucks!  It always get the name wrong, and then immediately places a call to the wrong person!  It doesn't even ask for confirmation of the name, and to top it off the voice it uses is so irritating and LOUD it makes me want to jump out the window while driving down the freeway!

The Voice Commands app that originally came with the phone worked reasonably well, and I'd like to get it back (or even a third party app, like Dragon Assist, would be better than the current POS that's taken over the voice capabilities of my phone).

How can the Google Voice Dialer be disabled or uninstalled?
Okay, I figured out how to set the good ol' Voice Commands app as the default voice commands interface.  It has to be done while not connected to a hands free device via Bluetooth.


Tap into the Phone app
Tap the Phone app's microphone icon


In my case a prompt appeared asking me to select the default app to handle voice commands.  Thereafter, it's used the correct Voice Commands app when connected via Bluetooth.



For those who wanted to know how to disable Google Now, here's how it's done:


Swipe up from the Home icon to activate Google Now
Scroll all the way to the bottom
Tap the Overflow menu (three vertical dot icon)
Tap Settings
Tap Google Now
Tap the OFF/ON switch in the upper-right to disable Google Now