Anyone else experience this issue within the last week or so? Pandora always started playing my last played station when the app opened or Android auto connected. Now, it forces me to select a station every time it opens on my phone or on any of my cars. I checked all the setting (auto-start/bluetooth start/etc), cleared my dataset and cashew, but still won't auto play.
I've been seeing some similar posts but feel the need to vent because I used to absolutely love Pandora but now, wtf. I've used it since the beginning and have made so many stations but when I go to play them, they rarely ever play liked songs from that station. Even newer stations seem to be doing the same thing. I've been giving it a chance but it actually sucks so much now.
iPhone 16 Pro Max. When I try to use voice commands, it won’t work. Used Pandora for years. My first issue. And it was working fine this morning.
For example, if I say, “Hey Siri, play Allman Brothers on Pandora.”
I get, “I can’t find Allman Brothers in your Pandora Library.”
If I say, “Hey Siri, start Pandora.” It does automatically - to some classic vinyl station. No way to change it with voice commands. I can tap recent stations manually and it works fine. Voice commands do not work though, which is a pain with Apple CarPlay. All other voice commands work fine with Siri and Apple CarPlay, though.
I’ve tried saying it different ways: No variation of station, radio, or whatever works - neither specific bands or generic genres will work. For example, if I say, “Hey Siri tune to Jazz radio on Pandora,” I just get the “I couldn’t find that in your Pandora library.”
I’ve restarted the phone and deleted and re-downloaded the app. I thought it may be something malicious with Apple trying to make it difficult to use non Apple Music apps, but Spotify works fine. I have the most current iPhone update (iOS 26.6)
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.
So I have had Pandora since the beginning and have used it almost exclusively for streaming music.
I have noticed however that some of my channels are not playing music that I liked some time ago.
For example, I have a channel that’s mostly 2010 era Indie music and M83 was a constant on that channel, but recently I’ve noticed the channel only plays one of their songs and it isn’t one I ever liked.
It never seems to play any of their other songs anymore. I checked and the songs are still liked, so I’m not sure what’s going on.
I spent many years curating the channel and I don’t want to have to start from scratch. Is there a way to fix this or am I just SOL?
Has anyone experienced all of their channels being reset after years of listening to it?