Pandora starts randomly playing on phone

This started happening on my iPhone 6S, but not on my iPad. I just deleted the Pandora app to make it go away. A very bad thing to have happen. Suddenly music just starts up. I do not have an apple watch so that is not the reason.

My phone continues to have the same problems described. My quick and only fix that has worked is to turn the volume all the way down...at least it’s no longer interfering with business.

Late to the discussion but had my first experience with this issue yesterday. Thought I must have triggered it somehow, then it happened again today on it's own without a doubt (while I was on a conference call for work, unfortunately).

No apple watch in my scenario. Haven't seen it happen with any of my iPhones. Culprit was an iPad running 9.3.5 with Pandora 1708.2

I've seen some of the issues mentioned in previous comments - pandora playing on an iphone or ipad without the app running....and for years I had the issue of pandora starting anytime I ENDED a phone call.

I know I need some updates but iPad is controlled by company policy so I have to wait. Any solutions found by previous commenters?

That has been happening to me, too. I have iOS 11.2.1. I also have an iWatch but it happens with or without the watch on nearly every day. I am never even my phone when this happens. An ad also plays directly after the first song bomb.

Here is a thread of others having the same problem:

https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/5xidcd/pandora_keeps_playing_music_rand omly/

I bought the iPhone X because I though my 6 was just glitching. My Pandora app has been coming on even with my X. It will come on while I’m talking on the phone. Not sure if it’s fixed but it hasn't happened in a couple weeks.

This is happening with me and my wife's iPhone 7 plus! We both have the Apple Watch second gen as well, It has woken us up in the middle of the night, we also have Amazon echo in the house which I don't know if that is the cause either. Hopefully someone has an answer to this soon , I just deleted the pandora app for now :-(

Same exact issue with the iPhone 8+

The app is not even running in the background and it will start playing and the only way to stop it is to open the app, wait for it to load, then close it again or turn your phone off.

This is a HORRIBLE problem as this has taken place in multiple meeting settings where it’s stricly not accepted. I can’t even take my phone into meetings now...

iOS 11.2.5

Same problem - iOS 10.2.1 and latest Pandora iOS app update. No Apple Watch in my scenario.

Pandora today has launched twice without prompting, and on both occasions the app was not even running at the time. Had to launch the app to be able to end the music.

Seems in my situation there might be a link between when I move from cellular to wifi - it seems to start on its own when I join a strong wifi signal.

Anyone else noticing that same scenario?

iHeart Radio just started doing this to my iPhone 7+ v11.0.3

i am having the same issue with my iphone x, which is starting to become a hassle when trying to do business from my iphoneX

Same issue here... Pandora will start playing on random occasions throughout the day (it shows up on my lock screen with a single press of the home button). Typically, the app will be playing without showing up in the list of background apps at all. I have to physically start the app to then pause it.

What I have:

• iPhone 6
• iOS 10.2.1, Firmware 5.32.00
• Carrier: Verizon 27.1
• Pebble Time with Firmware v4.3
• Pandora One v8.3

What I've tried:

• iPhone power down, power-up
• iPhone reset
• Turned BlueTooth on/off
• Went through all notification settings and turned most off (made sure none caused music to start)
• Deleted Pandora app from iPhone and reinstalled (x2)
• Deleted Apple Watch app and made sure all related services are turned off
• The "auto-launch watch app" is (and has been) turned off
• I do NOT have the Pandora app installed on my Pebble
• The auto-play issue has happened with my Pebble Time less than a foot away from my iPhone on the same desk

I'm at a loss. But when Pandora starts playing during a large company meeting, that $4.99 I pay each month for service certainly seems like money I could be spending elsewhere.

Just to confirm what many have said, here's what I've experienced and what appears to be the case based on recent replies to this thread. The Pandora auto-play syndrome:

• Is not wi-fi or cell signal dependent.
• Does not appear to be tied to BluTooth range.
• Happens with any version of iOS 10 (including 10.3).
• Happens for both Watch and Pebble owners (anyone experience it without a smart watch?).
• Is not permanently fixed by deleting and re-installing the app.
• Is not permanently fixed by deleting apps from smart watches.
• Is starting to cause Pandora to lose subscribers.

(I added that last one just to nudge Pandora to get on this thing!)

I had this happen twice last night, both times unprompted and once in a quiet room. My device is an iPhone 7, 128gb, and I had recently downloaded the latest Pandora release but hadn't used it in a while. Pandora shows as the last music app in the widget, the two songs that played were frequent listens on the app and not on my phone or my Apple Music account nor activated by Siri.

I'm experiencing the same issue. I have the iPhone 7 plus, iOS up to date (10.2.1). I do have the Apple Watch, but I have experienced this issue with my watch off as well so I don't think it's linked to that.

When my Pandora randomly starts playing, I can't just close out of it to get it to stop (there is no window to close). My phone doesn't respond on the lock screen when I try to pause the music after it randomly comes on. I uninstalled the Pandora app and have reinstalled it and unfortunately I am still having issues.

Ok I wanted to give an update.. I've seen a lot of people say they have uninstalled Pandora on their phone and still had it happen when they reinstalled. I went into the My Watch app on my phone and turned off the "Show app on Apple Watch" setting for Pandora and have not had the issue since. It's maybe been 4 days. I don't think it helps much to have access to the app on the watch anyways as it plays on the phone and you should ideally be in the same room as your phone if you want to queue up music anyways..

Hope this helps.