There are two ways that Pandora would work on your car radio. One is a built-in car radio application and the other is via a smartphone using an auxiliary jack of some kind. In both circumstances, the main control lies with your smartphone which must have an active internet connection to stream the music.
If your car radio already came with a built-in Pandora app, then the only thing for you to do is opening that app, downloading the linking app on your phone, and logging in to your account. This way, you can connect the radio app to the phone app and you will be able to stream music.
Depending on car support, you will also be able to make use of some additional features such as skip, thumbs up and down etc. If your car model is a recent one, it will likely have an integrated application built into it.
If your car radio does not have the app, you can still use Pandora using an auxiliary jack, USB, or a Bluetooth connection. If these options don’t work, you can use an FM transmitter or modulator. This works on pretty much any car radio.
Whatever way you may connect your app to the phone - this method needs you to control the application directly through your phone. Since your car does not have native support for the app, all control lies with your smartphone.
