Pandora: Music & Podcasts for PC - Free Download: Windows 10/11 Edition

★ ★ ★ Pandora Overview

What is Pandora? Pandora is a music streaming app that allows users to create stations based on their favorite songs, artists, or genres. It also offers personalized recommendations for stations based on mood or activity, and features podcasts for users to discover and listen to. The app is available for free, but users can also subscribe to Pandora Plus or Pandora Premium for ad-free listening and additional features.

Software Features and Description

1. Create stations from your favorite songs, artists or genres, search or browse to find recommended stations for your mood or activity, and discover podcasts that speak to you.

2. Find something new by simply browse and tap recommended podcasts to find over 1,400 podcasts, including SiriusXM shows, on-demand whether you're on Pandora Premium, Plus or Radio.

3. Pending trial eligibility, charges for Plus ($4.99/month) or Premium ($12.99/month) begin at the end of a free trial unless you cancel 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription month.

4. Download today and get instant access to your favorite artists and podcasts, while staying up to date on the most recent singles and releases.

5. With Podcasts on Pandora, find your favorites and listen to personalized recommendations that actually make sense.

6. From rap and pop to rock and country, play your favorite artists and stay up to date on today’s top hits and releases.

7. Any unused portion of a free Pandora Plus trial period will be forfeited if you upgrade to Pandora Premium.

8. Start streaming all of the current global hits and enjoy your own personalized music experience.

9. The new voice mode lets you search, play, pause, skip, adjust volume & thumb up music with a simple voice command.

10. Meet Pandora Modes - The new way to customize your station experience.

11. Newly Released: Hear the newest releases from station artists.

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Download and install Pandora: Music & Podcasts on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Pandora	Get App ↲	10,390,424 4.79	Pandora Media, Inc.

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Pandora: Music & Podcasts app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Pandora on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Pandora"
The search will reveal the Pandora: Music & Podcasts app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Pandora is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Pandora.
Now enjoy Pandora on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Pandora Media, Inc.	4.79	2408.1

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native Pandora Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:

To get started, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto "Playstore on PC" » click "Configure_Download" button. This will auto-download and install PlayStore on your computer.

To use Pandora,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "Pandora" » then Click "Install".
- Pandora: Music & Podcasts will now be available on your Windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements	Recommended
8GB RAM SSD Storage Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000 Architecture: x64 or ARM64	16GB RAM HDD Storage

Get Pandora on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Pandora Media, Inc.	10390424	4.79

Download on Android: Download Android

Pandora: Music & Podcasts functions

- Create stations based on favorite songs, artists, or genres

- Personalized recommendations for stations based on mood or activity

- Discover and listen to podcasts

- CarPlay integration for on-the-go listening

- Voice mode for hands-free control

- Pandora Modes for customizing station experience

- Pandora Premium subscription for on-demand music and podcasts, offline listening, and higher quality audio

- Pandora Plus subscription for personalized radio with ad-free music, unlimited skips and replays, and higher quality audio

- Manage subscription and account settings through App Store account

- Available only to US customers

- Some advertising exclusions apply

- Skips, replays, and offline features may be limited by licensing restrictions

- Data usage may apply, and Wi-Fi is recommended for best results.

✔ Pros:

- Pandora Premium allows for downloading music to listen to offline

- Personalized music list

- Good service overall

☹ Cons:

- App shuts down in the background after a few minutes if not playing music

- App performance has been poor recently

- App frequently prompts users to sign up for higher service or connect with Facebook

- Too many ads with high frequency, interrupting music listening experience

- Ad frequency is higher compared to other free radio services

- Music played is not always personalized to user's preferences.

Top Pcmac Reviews

App needs so much work

By Waelwulfan (Pcmac user)

The service itself is great. All of my complaints are with the app and not this app itself. 1. App seems to get shut down in the background after only a few minutes if it’s not playing music. Even if you’re not doing anything else with your phone. So when you open it back up, everything needs to reload and whatever song you were listening to is gone. 2. CarPlay issues. OMG, where to begin? CarPlay with this app is a disaster. Keeps going from Now Playing back to the Stations screen. Stations don’t load (blank screen) sometimes, forcing you to use your phone to get started. If you change stations or skip songs, sometimes the Now Playing screen will still show the previous song for a good 10 seconds or more, during which time onscreen controls like Pause will not work. 3. Offline songs are noticeably louder than if they’re streamed. Offline mode also seems hesitant to switch back online despite a strong and solid network connection. 4. Ever since Offline mode was introduced, the streaming cache has been severely reduced. It used to cache 3-4 songs. Now it doesn’t seem to cache the next song until the current one is half way done. If you’re in a spotty area and you skip the current song, you’re out of luck. I would happily trade Offline mode to get back a bigger streaming cache.
Pandora’ Disclaimer

By CrystalNWilliams (Pcmac user)

Allow me start off with how much I utilize this app. I have had a this app account for at least 8 years. But recently I have purchased the this app Premium account. I loved the idea of downloading music to listen to later and I have my own personal music list. I loved the idea of the “Offline” feature as well. But recently I have ran into a few issues. 1 of them being when I switch the offline due to being in an airplane... it only allows me to listen to SOME of the songs even though I have downloaded them. When I go to click on the song it states that it is not allowed for playbacks. 🧐 Sooooo... why was able to download it if I can’t replay it?? 2. Then I was listening to my songs with WiFi and it was telling me that I can’t listen to the songs because they are not allowed for playbacks... so no matter what.... you allowed me to feel like I was given the opportunity to have the song on my playlist BUT I can’t listen to it?? 3. You are able to listen to a lot of songs. You can search for a lot of songs. You can discover new songs.... but you can NOT download a lot of these songs... so my conclusion is... deal with the lack of skips, commercials and keep the free option because it’s not worth what they charge. Very disappointing.
Two stars for what Pandora once was...

By pv15 (Pcmac user)

I’ve been a fairly long time user of this app One. The poor performance of this app is almost making me consider leaving them for online radio. First and foremost, here recently the app has been real garbage. Every time I open it it’s either wanting me to sign into Facebook, or sign up for the higher this app service. To me that’s a bit insulting as a person that already pays for this app One. There aren’t supposed to be ads, and I certainly don’t want to sign into Facebook on this app. Here recently it’s been terrible about audio playback too. For example, the other day if I’d switch to another app or if my phone would go to sleep this app would quit playing music. An uninstall and reinstall of the app did fix this. Another issue I’ve been having is sometime I’ll get a notification from another app, the music volume turns down for said notification, but then it doesn’t turn the music back up after, making me close the app and reopen it. One other complaint I have is if I pause the music, the app sometimes just plain seems to forget once I hit play if I spent too long on pause. In order to get music to play again I have to go and reopen the this app app. Often times whatever song I was enjoying is no longer there. Really discontent with the quality here recently.
Ads, ads, and then more ads

By Combzz (Pcmac user)

Too many ads of course. I spend 1 minute (two 30 second ads) listening to your ads, ok great. Then a song comes on that I don’t like, press skip, instantly 2 more adds. So now 2 minutes have passed and I’m still stuck with listening to the SAME ads over and over and over again. The ad frequency is way too high compared to any other free radio out there. Plus, the music that does get to play isn’t even what I like to listen to. And a lot of time the music isn’t even tailored to the station. And then there’s the issue where after 8-10 songs, it literally LOOPS!!! It will the start playing the same songs you listened to an hour ago, or where you last listened to this app. this app is the WORST out there. Compare that to iHeartRadio who has a way better tailored music experience and less ads that are actually relevant to me. On top of that, the only benefits you receive after paying monthly for their premium is just “more skips” and “less ads”. There are definitely way better services out there that when you pay you get “no ads” and “unlimited skips”. this app is just a major waste of time, they’re only in it for the money and because of that they’ll eventually die off as someone else overtakes them; unless they radically change their business model and put the user listening experience in the spotlight.