Thanks for telling me @EuphonicEV. To keep things tidy, I moved your post to the Android support space. Please try the steps described here to troubleshoot this issue and let me know how it goes. That said, we have an AutoPlay setting, however what you mention sounds like you are talking about the app permissions on your phone. The AutoPlay function is intended to seamlessly takes over the listening experience once your on-demand selection ends, so we'll start playing similar content based on whatever you were just listening to, and what you mention seems more like an override setting on your phone to allow Pandora to continue to playing over other apps. Still, if you'd like you can view your AutoPlay setting from a mobile device as follows:
Tap Profile and select the Settings gear in the top right corner.
Select Advanced.
Let me know how it goes.
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