Hi @Kskauffman  Can you clarify your experience a bit more. To confirm, when you open the Pandora app on your Samsung Galaxy the music will automatically being playing a station or does music start playing randomly without your interaction? Thanks for  the help. ... View more

Hi @Prplppletr  We're aware of this issue and believe it to be resolved with Pandora version 2308.1.1. I checked your Pandora account and it looks like you're currently on 2308.1. I recommend updating to the latest version of Pandora and see if you continue to have trouble. You can update with the following steps: Tap your profile avatar in the top right corner. Select Manage apps & device. Then tap Manage and scroll to Pandora for updates. Tip: In some cases, you may need to restart your device to update an app. ... View more

Pandora Update (02/22/24): Hey everyone 👋 Thanks to all for bringing this to our attention and for providing information regarding your experiences. Following a thorough review by our engineering team, we've determined this behavior is not exclusive to Pandora app and is instead dictated by the Android operating system as of Android 13, part of an effort by Google to allow users to resume playback more easily from their most-used media services. As always, we encourage you to keep an eye out for any app or OS updates as this is how an improved experience may be delivered at a future time. While we understand this may be disappointing, we appreciate your outreach and patience. Pandora Update (10/13/23): NOTE: This message has been Accepted as a Solution to flag the current steps and/or status of this thread. This post will be updated with more information as it is provided to the moderation team. Hi, everyone! 👋 Thanks for posting your experiences. We understand how frustrating this issue can be and we're sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. We'd like to confirm that Pandora playing audible music at restart has been resolved with the release of 2308.1.1. This release is available to all Android listeners. If you haven't yet updated, please see the steps below to update to the latest version. On a separate, but related note, we are aware of an issue where the player notification may appear even when the app is not open. We'd like to clarify that the player notification is a separate issue from the music audible playing from above. We'd like to stress that while the player notification may appear, the Pandora app may not be open or playing music. If you're experiencing the player notification, we're happy to pass this along to our engineering team who are investigating this problem. Please let us know the following information: Make and Model of your device: Android version (Settings > About Phone): Pandora version (go to Profile, then select Settings. Scroll to the bottom of the screen for the version number): We appreciate your understanding and patience. In the meantime, after further investigation, we've found a forum on the Samsung Community where users were having a similar issue with the player notification. This may be a common issue among Samsung users. Some users were able to resolve this issue by adjusting their notification settings on their Samsung. You can view the solution by visiting the Samsung Community to see if these changes will help you. Updating the Pandora App: If you haven't already, we recommend updating the Pandora app to ensure you're on the newest version 2308.1.1. Here's how to update the Pandora app on your Android device: Tap your profile avatar in the top right corner. Select Manage apps & device. Then tap Manage and scroll to Pandora for updates. Tip: In some cases, you may need to restart your device to update an app. ... View more