Opening Pandora when phone is locked

[bjybhs8]

Hello,
Before the latest update, I was able to ask Google to open Pandora when the phone is in my pocket and locked. My phone would connect to my car's bluetooth and Pandora is the only music app that I've found so far that will automatically play.

Can anyone else open Pandora when the phone is locked from their Moto360?

I've uninstalled and reinstalled Pandora. I have a Galaxy S6 Edge on Android 5.1.1 Android Wear ver. 1.1.1.2006643 and Google Play ver 7.8.99

 

[bjybhs8]

684 views and no one can even confirm if it's working on their setup.

If I at least no that much, then I can troubleshoot my setup but if everyone is in the same boat, then I don't need to spend too much time researching

 

[Penguwin]

I can confirm that the "open Pandora" voice command does indeed work on my wife's s6 edge with a Moto 360 connected to it... Even with the phone locked (she uses the fingerprint lock). The voice command is issued to the watch and the Pandora app opens on the phone and automatically starts playing music.

The setup information for the S6 edge / Moto 360 is as follows:

--> Samsung S6 Edge (stock) Android version 5.1.1 - build LMY47X
--> Android Wear phone app version 1.3.0.217151
--> Pandora phone app version 6.3
--> Moto 360 version details in pic below:

I also tried this "open Pandora" voice command on my Nexus 6 with a Asus ZenWatch and had no issues there either... Even with the phone locked.

I do subscribe to the Pandora One "premium" service, but I don't see how that would really affect anything here.

Hopefully, this helps you figure out what is going on with your particular setup. Best of luck.

 

[bjybhs8]

Thank you

I will now find out what's wrong with my setup

 

[bjybhs8]

If I have the Pandora app in the background not playing and screenlock off, Moto 360 voice command will open the app, but it will not play. I am still unable to open Pandora from a lockscreen from Moto 360.

Once the screen is on, Moto 360 has can open Pandora and auto play.

I can't figure out what happened...

 

[Penguwin]

If I have the Pandora app in the background not playing and screenlock off, Moto 360 voice command will open the app, but it will not play. I am still unable to open Pandora from a lockscreen from Moto 360.

Once the screen is on, Moto 360 has can open Pandora and auto play.

I can't figure out what happened...

This is quite curious ?!?! Not sure what it could be really... Have you contacted Pandora or Motorola about it? I realize this may not be much help, but worth a shot I guess.

 

[bjybhs8]

It sounds like I'm all by myself on this one. The only thing left to do is to make a backup and restore my phone to factory then restore my backup.

 

[Penguwin]

It sounds like I'm all by myself on this one. The only thing left to do is to make a backup and restore my phone to factory then restore my backup.

Best of luck!