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lksdiwne
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December 2, 2025
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Pandora Modes (deep cuts, etc.) missing in iOS works on Mac desktop

  • December 2, 2025
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Has anyone figured out how to get Pandora Modes (e.g. Deep Cuts, Discovery, Energy, etc.) working in the new Sonos iOS app?   I’ve found several year-old locked conversations on this topic.  None have any real solutions.  Some blame Pandora for the problem - which I’m not buying because I also use the Sonos app for Mac and Pandora Modes work just fine. (See below.)  So Pandora’s APIs work.

 

While we are at it - I’ve closed the “Alexa AWS October 20 Outage” notification banner 15 times while writing the few sentences above.  Way to go Sonos: keep reminding us of how your software is constantly broken - and how you focus on your needs instead of your customers…. but I digress. 
 

 

 

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Best answer by Jamie A

Hi ​@lksdiwne, welcome to the Sonos Community!

I’m sorry to hear that Pandora isn’t working as you’d expect in the Sonos app.

I’ve had a look and found that the team are investigating this issue and have raised this with Pandora. While I don’t have any ETA to share on when this will be resolved, I’ve tagged this thread with the issue and will reply if I have more information to share.

For now, the suggested workarounds to use the Pandora Modes feature will be to play from the Pandora app via Bluetooth, Line-In, or Airplay. The Desktop controller for Windows and Mac also work for using Modes.

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Jamie A
Jamie AAnswer
Sonos Staff
December 3, 2025

Hi ​@lksdiwne, welcome to the Sonos Community!

I’m sorry to hear that Pandora isn’t working as you’d expect in the Sonos app.

I’ve had a look and found that the team are investigating this issue and have raised this with Pandora. While I don’t have any ETA to share on when this will be resolved, I’ve tagged this thread with the issue and will reply if I have more information to share.

For now, the suggested workarounds to use the Pandora Modes feature will be to play from the Pandora app via Bluetooth, Line-In, or Airplay. The Desktop controller for Windows and Mac also work for using Modes.

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