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Google Disabled Burger King’s Ad Hijacking Google Home, but BK Got Around That Too

Spot aired on Fallon and Kimmel, and did trigger devices

By Tim Nudd

April 13, 2017

Burger King’s latest ad stunt—in which a TV spot was designed to hijack people’s Google Home devices by saying “OK, Google” and asking about the Whopper—turned into a game of cat and mouse on Wednesday, as Google blocked the ad from triggering the devices and BK quickly devised a workaround.

Tim Nudd
@nudd Tim Nudd is a former creative editor of Adweek.
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