Much needed upgrades to Pandora music app on iOS!

[RCR1223]

I’ve known about Pandora since the early 2000s. Currently the app is great with simple features. 

But it could use some much needed improvements with navigating within the mobile app and adding and removing songs from playlists. And it’s kind of annoying how a playlist or a radio station would seem to be added as a Collection after adding a song(s) from a radio station to a custom playlist I create.

Another thing, the sound quality could some improvements, volume and base should be improved just a bit.

Pandora app developers, please look at the features of YouTube music and Spotify and improve Pandora app while keeping its simplicity of use.

Will give Pandora music app a chance for a few months. If no improvements, I might go back to Spotify music app or YouTube music app.

[MariaPandora]

Hi @RCR1223, welcome to the Pandora community!

Thanks for posting about this and sorry for the trouble you are experiencing.

Can you tell me more about what's happening?

1. Is Pandora creating stations when looking for a song or trying to add it to a playlist? Or what's exactly happening?
2. Do you see an error message? 
3. Can you please tell me some examples of the songs you wanted to add and the station that was created?

Let me know!

[RCR1223]

Hi,

I’ve been observing for a few more days. What I see happening is when I
listen to a station and I add a song from a station that I like, the
station gets added to my list of collections. I don’t prefer this because
my collection list will grow quite fast. I only want to create playlists of
the songs I like without the whole station being added automatically as
well.

Recently, the Stations Classic Rock Radio and 80s Radio stations was added
automatically into My Collection automatically when I added at least one
song from them.

Also, please consider my feedback and others people’s feedback regarding
improvements to Pandora Music and app. But at the same time keep Pandora
Music and app simple to use. Please don’t let something great like Pandora
Music slowly die.


Thank you!

[MariaPandora]

Thanks for explaining @RCR1223 .

Sorry for any confusion! First, I would like to clarify that any item that you save on your Pandora is automatically added to your collection and is visible under the "My Collection" tab on both, the app and the website.

However, if you don't want to see all of your collected items at once, you can easily filter "My Collection" by Stations, Songs, Albums, Playlists, Podcasts, or Episodes.

Filtering restricts the view to only your selected category, so if you only want to see your Playlists without all your added songs and stations cluttering the view, you can filter your content by following these steps:

1. Select My  Collection.
2. On My Collection, just below the Recently Played Carousel you should see Collection | All (with a small caret right next to it).
3. Tap on the the caret on the far right side of your screen.
4. Finally, from the drop doen menu, you can select wether you want to sort by Albums, Songs, Stations, Playlists or Artists. In you case you can select Playlists and it will only show you your colected playlists,. 

Note: Stations can be further arranged by A-Z by tapping on the caret once more and toggling the option to sort stations alphabetically. 

Now, regarding the Automatically Generated "Thumbs Up" Playlists, after you have thumbed up enough songs on any given station you've created, we'll automatically generate a "Thumbs Up" playlist for that station. In other words, we'll collect your thumbs up from that station into a unique playlist, so you can access all of your favorite tracks whenever you want.

To edit one of these automatically generated playlists, go to My Collection and tap the name of the playlist you'd like to edit. Next, tap the Edit icon (below the playlist title and album art).

To remove songs, either scroll down and press the "-" to the left of the song you'd like to remove, or simply swipe the song title to the left.

You can also delete your automatically generated playlist altogether. After opening the playlist you want to delete, tap the Edit icon, scroll down and select Delete Playlist.

Finally, thank you for your feedback regarding the automatic creation of "Station Thumbs Up" playlists. Input like yours is invaluable in helping us understand which features matter most to our listeners!

Let me know if you have additional questions.

[RCR1223]

Hi,

Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I understand what you’ve mentioned and
with the filtering of my collection so that I only see what I want.

But my concern was that when I am listening to a Station, and I add
even just one song from that Station, the entire Station gets added to my
collection automatically. Will it be possible if Pandora can have a setting
to disable this or probably prevent this from happening at all?

Thank you.


Ronald Radaza

[MariaPandora]

I see, thanks for explaining , @RCR1223 !

I think there may be some confusion between how Stations work and how the AutoPlay feature functions. I'll be happy to clarify.

In general, when you create a personalized station or listen to a curated station, it is automatically added to your collection so you can listen to it again later and save your preferences. However, based on what you described, it sounds like you might prefer using the AutoPlay feature instead. AutoPlay is active only for a single listening session and will not save the content to your Collection afterward.

Let me elaborate on this:

When you search for a song, you can either select Play or Create Station.

• Create Station: Stations are designed for repeated listening and adapt to your taste over time, so, when you tap Create Station, a new Personalized Station is automatically added to your collection. Any thumbs-up or thumbs-down feedback you give on this station will shape your listening experience for that specific station, allowing you to return to it anytime.

• Play + AutoPlay: If you tap Play instead, your selected song will play. Once it ends, the AutoPlay feature takes over, automatically queueing related songs based on that initial track. Any feedback you provide during an AutoPlay session adjusts only that current session, and nothing from the session will be added to your collected items.

Now, it looks like you have a Curated Station so I would like to make a nore on this topic too:

Curated Stations stations specially crafted by our curation teams based on specific moods, activities, or genres—such as the 80s station you mentioned previously. When you press play on a Curated Station, it is automatically saved to your Collection so you can easily find it again.

If you prefer not to add stations to your Collection, the best approach is to search for a specific song, press Play, and let AutoPlay handle the rest of your session.

Now, if you are trying to start a song and when you press Play, instead of playing the song it creates a brand new station I will need you to please share the name of the song you are trying to play and if you can, please take a screenshot of what's happening and upload it on this thread so I can check that.