What Happened To Pandora? (2019 HONEST REVIEW)

[@therealchickentender]

Every music app I've tried *thinks* it knows what I will like. Pandora is the only one that ever actually does.

[@UlusowMD.]

I love how Pandora hits you with an unexpected hit song that you’ve never heard of it out of nowhere. And you look everywhere to find it and still can’t find it. Pandora radio is way ahead of than the competitions period!

[@ivancardenas4377]

Honestly Pandora has put me on so many songs

[@LoneStarStinger]

Yas!!! Not knowing exactly what’s gonna come on next, but yet they somehow find what you like, it’s the best.

[@IsabelJRP923]

I used to use Jango back in 2011 then I discovered Pandora. I've been using it ever since, especially now that it's free with T-Mobile. Great review! Very articulate.

[@Akotski-ys9rr]

I use pandora all the time and I love it

[@ThaOriginalGangsta77]

Akotski1338 pandora all day!

[@MerciBrandon]

I have a question when I choose the song that I want it changes to a different song so what the problem I'm new to pandora

[@Akotski-ys9rr]

Key Super Nova search for the song you want. Tap on the little play button on the right. Then click play song then a advertisement will play then you can play any song for like 30 minutes

[@gaylenlofton33]

me too

[@jessejoel5615]

What kind of music do you listen to?

[@medallo143]

I was unaware that something had happened to Pandora. I always use Pandora, have never used the other ones.

[@mikeyc3764]

What I like about Pandora is when you play a radio station from a certain artist they play other songs that are related to that artist, a lot of other apps don't do that when you play artist the songs that come out after that aren't even related to that artist, like for example if I play a E-40 song the next song will be from b-legit or another Bay Area artist, other streaming apps you play a Bay Area artist then the next song will be a Los Angeles artist or Midwest like tech nine or something doesn't make sense but Pandora stays on point with the related artists

[@sdushdiu]

mikey c They play almost no songs from that artist a dosproportionate number of songs from Tom Petty, Dire Straits/MKnoffler and Led Zeppilin.

[@dave33g]

I still find new music on Pandora ,,, been using it for years now and tried others but always went back to them

[@medallo143]

I've discovered so many new artists on Pandora

[@cris_here]

out of the loop no one determines your taste based off your listening history as well as pandora imo

[@TexasIronLegend]

Christin K yeah Pandora is the absolute best at personalization. Google algorithms are the second best.

[@cris_here]

Ive had apple music, pandora, and spotify. I somehow always end up back at pandora

[@reggiecadet7804]

Do you stick to $5 or $10? Why?

[@dwftube]

Pandora is best for discovering new music.

[@omar.lamonte]

Same. I don’t like how Spotify and Apple Music takes up space for me and don’t have that much apps.

[@MegaLokopo]

Pandora's algorithm is the best by far. Everyone gave them crap for their Music DNA project or whatever they called it, but it works. Pandora knows what songs I like better than I do.

[@henrychan1]

Pandora still is the best music player for finding new music.

[@MegaLokopo]

Why do people care about what music is popular? Pandora is bad at telling you what is popular. Pandora is amazing at knowing what you will like even if it is a song and artist that you have never heard of, pandora will know if you will like it before you even hear it.

[@phillipjames453]

Pandora was recently acquired by Sirius-XM.

[@MikeOBrienMedia]

Yeah, for around $3.5B! That is some big money!

[@xhynnosplz6054]

No wonder the music information I'M hearing and reading lately is WRONG. Just yesterday they played a song by rock group Crack the Sky: ICE......Pandora list it as MIND BABY. I've heard some Miles Davis that is actually John Coltrane. Pandora is OK....But a lot of misinformation.

[@MarleyJr90]

I'm tired of spotify even when I tell it not to play a certain artist or songs on a playlist it still plays it. And my daily playlist dont even work anymore

[@LuisCruz-qz8ob]

Ikr

[@CHRISINCOGNITO]

No matter how many I try Pandora is still the King at nailing what I want to hear. It's almost like it's knows exactly what I want to hear. Just start it... And listen.... I love the "shuffle" between my stations option. You can choose them all or just the few that suits your mood. Sooooooo Simple!!

[@tylergran1]

I've always used pandora I tried Spotify once and just didn't get it. I'm thinking of getting pandora plus since at my new job I can listen to music and I am in a rural area so its the same 5 ads over and over.

[@TexasIronLegend]

Tyler Granville Yeah Plus is a good option if you don’t care about on demand listening. Honestly I’m happy to save $8 a month without on demand. If they shaved the price down to $10 Premium would be worth it, but $13 is ridiculous.

[@tylergran1]

@@TexasIronLegend I love the skips and replays but offline doesn't work well I try and use it for working out because the wifi sucks there and I don't want to waste data but I've ended up having to use data lately.

[@DrSwoose]

@@TexasIronLegend its 10$ if you subscribe from their website or from an android, for some reason it costs more on the app store.

[@kevinmansell8746]

i did like it they stop using my app from the google chrome extensions equalizer it sound crappy so i am back with pandora radio now i wish i can get a 1 year gift from someone

[@kevinmansell8746]

i do not like spotify either

[@therealchickentender]

After the free trial a year or two ago (whenever it was) I slowly went back to Pandora and I'm now in my 2nd Premium paid year. The interface is far better. The music discovery is *worlds* better. For me, overall it's just better.

[@medallo143]

What are the main perks of premium compared to the free version? I don't really mind the ads or the unlimited skips

[@therealchickentender]

@@medallo143 Quite a bit - it's like Spotify (Pandora Premium) in that you can play specific songs, or whole albums etc. You can download them for offline play and create playlists using Pandora's algorithm... It's just a really nice interface all around. I can't go back personally. I never found Spotify very user friendly. It's similar to Deezer but the interface and song discovery is far better.

[@therealchickentender]

And of course all the Pandora radio style stuff is still there as well... A cool feature is that if you play an album or playlist of your own choosing, Pandora will continue playing songs it thinks fit after the album has finished.

[@rkgsd]

Pandora Premium and Plus offer a higher quality audio setting. Can you really hear the difference?

[@testifact]

You should review Pandora again! They've added some cool new features including a completely personalized section called 'For You'.

[@MegaLokopo]

How is pandora not more popular considering the success of the genome project?

[@stephenh7336]

Pandora : The place that requires Rocket Science level tech to figure out how to add any fking thing. Other than that, yeah, it's good

[@2004helloWorld]

I agree. The UI and functionality on Pandora is absolutely terrible. There's not even an option to update my payment method. I googled how to do this, followed the steps, and cannot complete. The steps are: go to Pandora / settings / subscriptions / "click edit" - there's no edit button anywhere on the webpage. also, tried going through the phone app, also a dead end.

[@THEHOAG4]

You must be slow

[@ibrahimiddrisu2047]

You are fucking slow

[@cmnr8487]

me too :( I recently signed into my pandora account (I listen over the TV in my lving room so I can hear it all over the house). I can't find anything I want, I tried searching and didn't get what I wanted, I can only guess that they lost contracts for certain songs (?) My play list is entirely gone, I just don't know what happened to it or how to fix it. I'm so steamed right now!

[@kevinmansell8746]

i add a song from the artist change it to the song to the artist i love it that way on the album

[@pat9784]

Great review 👍. Your spot on man! I'm gonna stick with the plus subscription

[@MikeOBrienMedia]

Thank you!!! I'm glad you liked the video. The subscription is great for the price

[@alexs4149]

Wish people would stop treating Tidal as if they are a real competitor to the giants in the streaming market. Tidal was a joke before the acquisition and it remains a joke after the acquisition.

[@Rmon_34]

Who were they bought by?

[@kevinkvn815]

What's tidal?🤣

[@MarleyJr90]

I delete tidal from any new phone I get never knew what it was

[@harveyreason7315]

Bio u5

[@nycboxing8359]

You can add individual songs to pandora plus by adding variety to your station you can add artist or song . Eventually it will play when it does thumbs up and it plays often. And you can replay because it stays in immediate history.

[@RCStude]

Just got the Family Premium Plan and totally love it... wife has her account and I have mine. The social aspect of Pandora that you mentioned is what I love about it... very minimal on social media edge, absolutely love this. Once I start looking at the 'Share' and 'Playlist' side of Pandora, I'll be dancin' in tall cotton!

[@xfreebreex9846]

I still use it lmfao

[@dave33g]

even my space is still around and Tom will still be your friend

[@xtremelyspoiledful]

Does Tom still use MySpace? Has he updated his profile pic? 🤔

[@thomasmoore1823]

The most annoying thing about Pandora is when you select an album yo play and it cuts off after a few songs. Maddening.

[@Khultan]

Wondering why the comments feature was removed.

[@rishib333]

Binge watching all of your videos right now

[@MikeOBrienMedia]

Thanks 🙏 Releasing a big one in a few hours! Stay tuned

[@thedoor5903]

ive been using pandora for 5 years and i wish there was a way i can see how many minutes ive listened on there like how spotify tells you

[@kevinmansell8746]

less ads too

[@nataliehernandez9691]

Kevin Mansell / we need a way to upload music files or something in premium because spotify is cheaper and has more songs

[@ow7698]

Mike, how do you remove recently played songs or delete stations with the Pandora premium on an android phone.

[@tfd829]

I started using Pandora around 2007 or 2008 and been a dedicated user since then with over 5000 song likes and 87 stations. I have the album collections feature and see no reason to switch to anything else since I have my stations set pretty much where I want.

[@rjrouse635]

The only thing i don't like about pandora premium us the temporary limit thing

[@michaelfranz8252]

The add driven free version works fine for me. Two advertisements every few songs is not that bad. Like to use it during longer car trips. Works for me.

[@matthewmagda4971]

Pandora got good again for a while and then they stopped. They were my preferred music app and had the best free version performance and features. Now though, they're riddled with ads. I can't get through 2-3 songs without cutting to commercial. It's killing my vibes.

[@T2G-DJT]

Weird, I can go through 3-5 songs w/o ads

[@overcastskyline1747]

just get premium its worth it

[@jcjc1842]

It was mentioned that Spotify free version is better than Pandora free version. Better in terms of sound quality or music selection?

[@MikeOBrienMedia]

I was referring to the general interface. The free version of spotify allows you to do a lot with playlists and following friends still... you just can't choose individual songs on the mobile app, and you get ads. Both are good though. What do you think?

[@jcjc1842]

@@MikeOBrienMedia I'm more familiar with Pandora, and I accept that the sound quality is a trade-off for the free version ( compared to the more limited selection but better sounding PrimeMusic). I'll have to check out Spotify's free version. It's been a few years since I used it.

[@aznlee2817]

Ppl still use it because they don’t make you pay for a premium just to listen to any music you want.

[@aaaaii6511]

Yup listen to a ad and get premium for 45 min. To 2hrs

[@liljosh332]

You can click on more options to share a song to other apps than the three you saw.

[@LenaMart]

HI thanxs. What is the library limit in Pandora?

[@hhc19avn]

Just wondering if you knew they made brewed decaf now? Also, is there a way to run Pandora on an iPhone 4? Yes, I still have one. Not my primary phone but would be great for listening to Pandora while plugged into my iHome radio. (Yes, l still have one of those, too!)

[@carlos53k]

Great review, u got a subscriber. Keep it up

[@noesumale3230]

Yup pandora is stepping up there game again.

[@therealchickentender]

I've gone back to Spotify briefly a couple times as well as Deezer once, and even did a full 30-day Tidal trial. None of them were as good for just casual everyday listening as Pandora. My favorite thing is how the algorithms kick in after an album you're listening to finishes and Pandora (this can be disabled but I don't cuz i love it) starts playing tracks from other artists it thinks fit nicely with the album you just finished - like an impromptu radio station. It's great - I've found a few new groups via that function that I may not have otherwise. Really diggging their new Premium for almost 3 years now.

[@popoandsonlawncare710]

I have a question. Does spotify charge you data while you are away from your wifi if you have a paid subscription? Hope that makes sense.

[@luizio21]

I've got a question if you create an account instead of signing up for free do you have to pay??

[@jakeeveryonesfather6965]

Anybody else remember listening to Pandora all the time as a kid

[@tamcar04]

Pandora plus is EVERYTHING! I LOVE IT!

[@stacedoggkyles6451]

Pandora is the best Radio station ever to me since Pandora was in the play store and Pandora have every artist on Pandora and groups you can find it all on Pandora radio

[@sujitmone3436]

Stay tuned you might listen my song on Pandora soon ✌😍

[@parsifal40002]

I love Pandora!!

[@JGlizzy-br9fx]

My pandora app isn’t working

[@shannonblair7003]

Mines was doing the samething too

[@bertodeida]

@@shannonblair7003 Delete and update.

[@elisacortez7716]

Now that Pandora has been bought by Sirius, can I transfer my existing pandora stations to my Sirius or does Sirius not have that option?

[@orotewilderness2913]

meh, not being able to listen to certain songs because they are only radio is a big issue. I am the person to want a specific song, then the next song I want to listen to will pop in my head, and so on.... and if I want to find new music youtube is my go to. apple musics radio is alright too, but I have such a huge library i dont need to find much more new stuff

[@iforgotmyname1241]

For some reason pandora won’t download my music when I like them. Any help?

[@reggiecadet7804]

So for $5 I can or can’t listen to albums? I understand that all the songs are not available but I’m not clear on if it’s only the $10 that gives access to albums, not just radio.

[@ow7698]

Do you answer your replies.

[@chunaslopez]

Can’t use outside continental USA .

[@papalosopher]

Pandora is the single most important medium of my entire 45 year old life.

[@loudellacava2051]

Very helpful presentation!

[@JanaeSmith]

I've had Pandora since it was a beta and LOVED their "music dna" concept. But I'm trying to convince myself why I should keep it when the app crashes randomly or some songs are like, half silence fsr

[@digital_mask2598]

Can anyone help me stop Pandora from playing only clean songs

[@boopadoop5296]

To me pandora is better than spotify

[@hiphopheaven]

Can you review bandcamp?

[@MikeOBrienMedia]

Possibly... I am always looking for more videos. Do you like bandcamp?

[@hiphopheaven]

@@MikeOBrienMedia Yeah it's amazing I like it because it have human recommendation( I hate the suggestion algorithms),you can get notifications for the artists releases and there's more experimental and underground artists than any other music service.

[@maikavang09]

When you start paying for Pandora will it still ask you "are you still listening?".

[@thepickles8833]

It play forever.

[@Kvngshiesty27]

I just wish they kept the blue background for the premium version like they do in the free or Plus version

[@TexasIronLegend]

vic leiva it’s weird how the UI is so different with Premium. But it doesn’t matter to me that much. I like both of them

[@mattlavorini566]

How do u delete more than one song from a playlist at a time

[@sereminente]

I still got pandora but I’m a Spotify most of the time to me is better

[@Powderr]

"Oxygen" by Powderr on Pandora August 31

[@guuerrrrrl]

pandora isn’t available in my country :(

[@liljosh332]

I love Pandora, I've been listening since around 2011. Premium since 2017. Tried Spotify to see what all the fuss was about, too disorganized and confusing. I'll stick to my Pandy.

[@luismichaels7880]

How’s the music discovery got any certain tips? Make a station based on song title or artist name?

[@liljosh332]

@@luismichaels7880 yeah you can start with a song or artist, they even have new music stations.

[@LoneStarStinger]

I love pandora. It freaking better survive.

[@luismichaels7880]

What do you love most?

[@racecar157]

can anyone help, I have a 2020 yaris. (sedan) when I plug my phone into usb cord using the andriod auto port (the top usb port) & then select the usb for audio source it will start playing my pandora. I don't think it originally did this, just started recently. is there a feature within the radio I select? i researched & found something about a auto start in car feature in the pandora app but that feature is already turned off.

[@maxpalmer3212]

I’ve used pandora for as long as I can remember But what is really disappointing there’s some albums I love and I listen to deluxe editions and Pandora doesn’t always have the Deluxe album and it will be on Spotify

[@dwightwilliams311]

I really love Pandora. It's just that I can not get in from Jamaica.

[@michaell8957]

Thank you, for your research #GreatlyAppreciated

[@johnweninger264]

I was cut off I pay 5 a month whats it mean when your session is up

[@lorraineulrich9572]

Me too! I can't access my account at all and I don't know why

[@stevendb58]

I hate new Slacker now. It is the worse. We can't put our songs on our stations any more. If you hate Pandora, you better go back and try it again because they made wonderful changes. Now you can replay songs for FREE. They let us put especially songs to a station. They have a lot more songs than before. Yes, they have ads but would you go to work and not get pay?

[@EF.BE.I]

Interesting how I get a Pandora and right before the video

[@edwinrosario7707]

Family plan?

[@bertodeida]

Yep, and solid features with Family Playlist

[@rrurban]

Been with Pandora for 15 years. 2 things I dislike. 1) the interface totally sucks, 2) getting it to work in offline mode, when you're actually in the middle of nowhere, is a frustrating, futile endeavor that will piss you off every time.

[@life_with_logan9691]

Who got a Pandora add before the video

[@hyperionnewspaper]

If Pandora dies, I'll have an Aspie😱 meltdown.

[@sdushdiu]

You select an artist's 'radio' you won't hear the artist's material , but you will hear Tom Petty, Dire Straits and Led Zeppelin! A shame you can't actually build s favorites playlist that it actsllinpyvxg

[@leeroysimpsonn5489]

On Pandora how do I play my music on playlist ? Cant figure it out 👌

[@TexasIronLegend]

Leeroy Simpsonn first of all you need an active Premium membership. If you do I don’t know how you can’t figure it out. You click on the playlist and press play. Pretty intuitive imo

[@gronkcunt1044]

I used to listen to Pandora all the time but IT GOT REMOVED IN AUSTRALIA

[@sdushdiu]

I Used to like Norman Greenbaum' Spirit in the Sky BEFORE trying Pandora- give it a rest Pandora.

[@Rickybobby190]

So I ended up in pandoras "my collection" list and it's annoying as hell. Anyone know how to get out of that screen

[@jacobrahe8726]

I been using pandora since I was in high school I’m 30 now

[@justinprice76able]

I fucks with you (pause) I'm on thay TIDAL 🌊

[@alfbihhh2531]

I just wanna bully pandora for a while .. I can still listening to y’all music for free I keep making diff accounts

[@kevinmansell8746]

i use an ad blocker to get less ads they go to a break every 10 mintues that is not enjoyable

[@purple_infused]

@@kevinmansell8746 and on the website, if you pause or have ad-block, they'll suspend your account saying it's not available in my area.

[@donavin51]

I like Pandora. I find the popular songs I like except for songs by Jay Z. I don't like the browser though or how it switches out of my free playlist to some radio I liked.

[@leonelrodriguez6185]

You can make your own station

[@craigcarter5276]

Why do the app go black when I listen to music in my car I have premium 😐sucks

[@YourMom-v3]

It's probably changing to accessory mode and has to be used through your cars radio display system.

[@austinayz8205]

I agree completely

[@charleseally3998]

I like it pandora for life ha

[@JRDuran1994]

I listen to pandora when I want to listen to new music

[@disciplewill7696]

Hands down Pandora is better!

[@crackcbainefl2675]

Pandora has both albums and mixtapes all I gotta say....

[@josearias1117]

Best video ever

[@MikeOBrienMedia]

Thanks, Jose! I appreciate the feedback

[@socalgolf9978]

i like Pandora for my wife and parents its much easier to use

[@Robo360x]

Literally how tf do you create a station anymore, I’ve been searching the web and the app for 30 mins and I legit can’t do it. Fuck this app tbh it’s trash now

[@tyrantjo6442]

Your finger to hand ratio is throwing me off