Pandora is a unique music streaming service, the algorithm of which reacts to your ratings of the songs randomly played to you in order to optimise your listening experience, exposing you to lots of music through a radio-like user experience.
Unfortunately, lots of people are complaining that their Pandora app on Android is not working properly. Instead of Pandora Radio or Pandora Music continuously selecting and playing random songs based on your feedback and music taste, Pandora instead only plays one song before stopping.
This is, of course, super annoying. The whole point to Pandora is that you can tune into it like a radio station full of new music you know or will come to know, and will love. If it only plays one song and then crashes, this renders Pandora effectively useless.
Thankfully, there are a few quick fixes to help get Pandora back working properly on Android.
To learn how to fix the Pandora issue on Android, follow our step-by-step tutorials below. For everything else, see our FAQ section at the end of this article.
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How to fix the Pandora playback issue on Android (Method #1)
- On your Android device, locate and launch the Pandora app by tapping on its app shortcut icon
- Once Pandora has successfully launched, tap on your Profile
- Next, tap on Settings
- Next, tap on ‘Audio Quality & Download’ (or ‘Advanced’ if that option is not available to you)
- Finally, tap the box next to ‘Higher Audio Quality’ to uncheck it
- This method will fix the Pandora playback issue if the issue is related to connectivity, as it will slightly lower the quality of audio playback thus making it easier for weak WiFi or cellular data signals to play continuously
How to fix the Pandora playback issue on Android (Method #2)
- On your Android device, locate and launch the Settings app by tapping on its app shortcut icon
- Scroll down to and tap on ‘Apps’ to launch the apps section of your Android settings
- Scroll down to and tap on ‘Pandora’ from the full list of your installed apps
- Next, tap on Storage
- Finally, tap on ‘Clear Data’ or ‘Clear Cache’
- This method will fix the Pandora playback issue if the issue is caused by a backlog of app data choking up the app’s basic functionalities. This method will refresh the app, restoring it to normal functions.
How to fix the Pandora playback issue on Android (Method #3)
- On your Android device, locate and launch the Settings app by tapping on its app shortcut icon
- Scroll down to and tap on ‘Device Maintenance’ to launch the device maintenance and battery section of your Android settings
- Next, tap on Battery
- Finally, ensure that Battery Saving Mode(s) is/are OFF
- This method will fix the Pandora playback issue if the issue is caused by a battery saving mode reducing the power your phone feeds to non-essential apps like Pandora
And there you have it! Three tried-and-tested methods which will hopefully fix any playback issues experienced by Android Pandora users. If you still have questions, or would like some more information on the subject, please check out our FAQs below.
FAQs
What is Pandora on Android?
Pandora on Android refers to Pandora Radio (AKA Pandora Music), an American music-streaming service with a unique selling point: Pandora operates like a radio station, playing you randomly-selected song after randomly-selected song. You, the user, give songs you really like a ‘thumbs up’, and songs not to your taste a ‘thumbs down’.
In doing so, you supply the Pandora platform with information about your taste in music, which it then uses to better calibrate your listening experience, hopefully over time creating a radio-listening experience which suits you personally.
Pandora is also great for aspiring and up-and-coming artists, as their songs will get airtime whereas they might not get as much on a streaming service like Spotify where you have to know of a band to search for them.
Pandora has a huge number of fans in the USA and elsewhere in the western world. Unfortunately, however, there is sometimes an issue with the Pandora service in that it will play one song and then stop, rather than playing continuously.
To find out how to correct this issue, check out our tutorials in the main body of the article above.
Is this a common problem with Pandora Radio and Pandora Music?
Unfortunately, despite Pandora’s unique service and extreme popularity with music lovers everywhere, the app issue dealt with here does appear to be a fairly common one – simply based on the extraordinary number of internet forums featuring questions like the ones answered here in this article.
Can you fix the Pandora issue?
Thankfully, there are a few different, mostly very simple, ways to fix the Pandora issue. If your Pandora app on Android is only playing one song at a time, or stopping after it plays one song, then fear not — we can fix this issue for you super easily. To learn how to fix Pandora so that it works as it should (like a radio station), simply follow our step-by-step tutorial above.
Can you use the same technique to fix the Pandora issue on Android and iOS?
The methods described above for fixing this issue with Pandora only apply to Pandora for Android users. Unfortunately, the same techniques will not have the same effect on Pandora issues experienced by iOS users.
