post Re: Android: Phone attempts to pair to TV instead of bluetooth speaker in Android

Android: Phone paris with TV instead of bluetooth speaker

22sue — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:16:54 GMT

Today Pandora quit playing over my paired and connected bluetooth speaker. It is instead trying to connect to my tv, which has never been paired. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app. I've restarted my Android phone with no success. Any suggestions?

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Re: Android: Phone attempts to pair to TV instead of bluetooth speaker

AdamPandora — Thu, 15 May 2025 19:59:15 GMT

@22sue Nice to see you around the community.

The Pandora app doesn't actually have control over Bluetooth, this is at the OS level. Pandora uses the Bluetooth connection to stream music from your phone to the device it's paired to.

You should be able to manually select your speaker when looking at your bluetooth settings.

Let me know if you are unable to do so.

Re: Android: Phone attempts to pair to TV instead of bluetooth speaker

22sue — Thu, 15 May 2025 20:20:08 GMT

I have my bluetooth speaker selected in the phones bluetooth. The speaker even says it's connected and ready. The Tv is not even an option in my phone bluetooth yet that is where it is trying to open and the speaker Pandora shows as connecting to. I disconnect it in the App and it instantly grabs it again.

Re: Android: Phone attempts to pair to TV instead of bluetooth speaker

AdamPandora — Fri, 16 May 2025 12:45:18 GMT

@22sue To clarify, are you only experiencing this issue with Pandora?

Have you tried streaming other apps such as YouTube?

If not, please try launching the YouTube app and let me know if you experience similar issues there as well.

Thanks for your patience.