I think four systems are at play with my problem: Pandora; blue-tooth device drivers; Android handling of applications, and I am thinking Microsoft Teams. I use Bose earbuds - noise cancelling and sound is outstanding, and Costco had a good deal. For years pandora could be playing, an incoming phone call would pause Pandora for the call, and after the call disconnect Pandora would automatically start playing again. Very seamless. I can also double-tap the Bose earbud to toggle pandora between play and pause. Today the double-tap does work to toggle Pandora to pause / play. If I bring up another application - perhaps a news feed - the double-tap on the Bose earbud will still be received by the Pandora app and it will toggle pause / play. But - a phone call or a Teams connection will break that - now Pandora will not respond to the double-tap on the earbud, and it will not resume after a phone call. Even worse, if I disconnect the earbuds, with pandora paused in the background, it will arbitrarily start playing (over the Android phone speaker) at some random time. I was hoping a next release of Pandora app would fix my problem - but it is now at version 2503, up from 2411, and no change. I was thinking this was a problem with the Android operating system, but I am thinking it might, instead, be Teams, which seems to insert itself into every part of the phone - audio, camera, calendar, contacts, Teams seems to get into everything. Not really said in a helpful marketing way, but I like Pandora - the radio station concept works for me - seemed clunky when I first had to get used to it, and took a while to find stations that work for me, but I give it no attention, there is no interruption for spoken messages, it automatically expands the playlist with similar music, and I don't have to listen to my neighbors and background in a noisy environment. I suspect I would have the same problem with competing music apps. For now I will blame Teams. ... View more

I can add to my original post the possibility that this is Bluetooth related - when troubleshooting I kept finding postings that made changes to Bluetooth, such as purging cache, deleting and remaking the Bluetooth connection, and others. I tried those things without success. but I have since noticed that, if I power off my Bluetooth earbuds, the phone remains silent for a period of time - maybe 30 minutes - and then suddenly Pandora starts playing through the phone speaker! I attribute that to a persisting Bluetooth connection for that period of time - once the phone gives up on the connection and sound reverts to the speaker, then Pandora again starts to play. I have not made any changes to my phone or earbuds or Bluetooth for a year or more, and so I am inclined to attribute this to a software update - could be Android, Bluetooth drivers, earbud drivers or Pandora app. I don't have control over any of this, so I chose the patience option - post my problem, and hope that down the road some other driver / software update will come through and fix the problem. ... View more

I did find a power setting for the Pandora app that was enabled, and disabled that setting. There was no change in the behavior that I have described, and I then restored the setting. Thank you - Cam ... View more

there was a change in early January 2025 that I suspect was tied to Android OS updates. I think at the same time I was prompted to use facial recognition in place of a PIN to open the phone.  I work in a noisy environment and use noise canceling blue-tooth earbuds and Pandora. I liked that Pandora got pushed to the background by an incoming phone or web call, and then Pandora automatically returned to the foreground and continued playing music at the end of the voice call. Now Pandora gets pushed to the background by the incoming voice or web call, but after the call Pandora does not come to the foreground and continue to play. I can bring up its screen, and then it begins to play, but not continuing play - rather starting over.  I have done my Internet search, and found many descriptions over recent years that sound similar. I have applied all of the fixes that I have read, clearing cache and data for the app and also Bluetooth, uninstall and re-installing the Pandora app. I suspect this is a new issue, and maybe the action is to wait for the next Pandora update! Android v11 phone, moto power (2021) Pandora version 2411.1.3 Moderator Edit: Changing title for clarity   ... View more