Smart & Connected Life Smart Home 44 44 people found this article helpful How to Connect Alexa to Pandora Play your Pandora channels with Alexa voice commands by Daniel Nations Writer Daniel Nations has been a tech journalist since 1994. His work has appeared in Computer Currents, The Examiner, The Spruce, and other publications. our editorial process Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Daniel Nations Updated on December 02, 2020 Amazon Smart Home Amazon Smart Home: Alexa & Amazon Echo Your Best Year Ever: College Tech Tips Appliances & Lighting Google Tweet Share Email It's possible to listen to Pandora using your Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, or other Alexa device. You can even rate music as it plays, which helps Pandora cater custom radio stations to your personal tastes. Instructions in this article apply to all Alexa-enabled devices. How to Connect Alexa to Pandora Using Your Smartphone Before you begin, you must set up your Alexa device using the Amazon Alexa app, which you can download from the Apple App Store or Google Play. You will also need to set up a Pandora account. To connect to Pandora from your Alexa device with a smartphone or tablet, follow these steps: Launch the Amazon Alexa app and select the Menu icon in the upper-left corner. Choose Settings. Scroll down and select Music under Alexa Preferences. Tap the plus sign (+) to the right of Link New Service. Choose Pandora. Select Enable to Use. Choose I have a Pandora account. Log in using your Pandora account's email and password. Select Approve access, then tap the X in the top-left corner to return to the Amazon Alexa app. How to Play Pandora Stations With Alexa Now you can use Alexa voice commands to play Pandora stations. For example: "Alexa, Play [station] on Pandora.""Alexa, Play [song or artist] on Pandora.""Alexa, create a [artist or song] station on Pandora." Adding "on Pandora" to your command tells Alexa that you want to use Pandora instead of the default music service. It's also possible to make Pandora the default player so that you can omit "on Pandora." Pandora stations are usually named after the band, genre, song, or artist used to create them, but if you added a custom name to the radio station, you can use that as well. Alexa Commands for Pandora A few other generic music commands that work with Pandora include: "Alexa, pause.""Alexa, play.""Alexa, stop.""Alexa, skip.""Alexa, volume up.""Alexa, volume down.""Alexa, what song is this?""Alexa, thumbs up!" The "Alexa, thumbs up" command tells Pandora to play more songs similar to what's currently playing. How to Set Pandora as Your Default Music Player on Alexa To make Pandora your default music player, follow these steps: Launch the Amazon Alexa app and select the Menu icon in the upper-left corner. Choose Settings. Scroll down and select Music under Alexa Preferences. Scroll down and tap Default Services. Scroll down and tap Pandora under Default Station. You will still need to add "station" to your commands (e.g. "Alexa, play Beatles station"). Otherwise, if you say "Alexa, play Beatles," she will shuffle Beatles songs using Amazon Music. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up. Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit