Pandora for Android: Daily App Pick

Posted By Becket Morgan in App Picks, Lifehacks, Mobile, Music

BreakingModern — If you’re looking for personalized music or comedy stations via your smartphone or traditional web browser then Pandora is for you. Just start with one song, artist or genre you love and Pandora’s Music Genome Project will help create personalized and customizable stations from an always-growing selection of more than a million tracks.

Pandora Accounts Rock

Your personal Pandora stations are available on an ever-growing list of devices. Listen on your mobile phone, tablet, e-reader, at your home or work computer and even in your car. You can create up to 100 unique and adjustable “stations” per Pandora account, and then use the thumbs up or down system to rate each selection.

The more feedback you provide, the more refined your station becomes, which makes the system predict the music you’ll love more accurately. Pandora on mobile fully integrates with Pandora on the web, too. Any changes you make on one of your devices will appear the next time you log in to your account online.

Want to listen at home but don’t want to use your mobile device or computer? You’re in luck: As an industry leader in online radio and music, Pandora has a huge array of compatible devices that will let you listen from any room.

You can even soundtrack your daily commute by setting up and listening to all your stations in the comfort of your car. Some systems even allow you to use your voice to change stations or give feedback on a song. Check the Pandora website for the compatible car makes and models.

Music Genome Project

What sets Pandora apart from other streaming music options is the Music Genome Project. Pandora’s musician-analysts study and collect up to 450 details on every musical track, including melody, harmony, rhythm, lyrics and much more. The continually updated Project is built from over 10 years of analysis by musicologists and does not rely on any machine-listening or other method of automated data collection.

This all means the matching techniques for your music tastes will be spot on.

If you want more of the music you love without the ads, try Pandora One. Available for $4.99 per month, Pandora One allows you more daily skips and fewer timeouts. Premium quality audio at 192K bits per second is available when listening on the web. Other features include the ability to personalize the look of your Pandora web player with unique designs.

Looking for a customized music player for your business? Pandora partnered with Mood Media to offer simple and personal stations for your business with music that’s fully licensed for commercial use. Pandora for Business provides unlimited access to all Pandora artists, tracks and genres, unlimited music streaming with no ads, no interruptions and no timeouts. You can easily share your personalized business stations with customers using your favorite social media or a URL. Pandora for Business is available for $24.95 per month. No long-term contract is required, but the services do require use of the Mood player (available for a $99).

Pandora is available for Android on Google Play, Apple iOS, Kindle Fire, Nook, Windows Phone and Blackberry. You can also visit www.pandora.com from your mobile browser to download Pandora now. And you should, because it’s great!

For BMod, I’m Becket Morgan.

All screenshots: Roya Millard