But you can only see it if you subscribe to the paid service Pandora | One. And even if you do that, you may not see it depending where you live. It surprises me that Pandora would hold back this type of update for so long especially in a product segment that is becoming more crowded by the month. Grooveshark released an HTML5 version of there service long ago. Spotify continues to make waves. And other good options like Rdio abound.

I personally use Grooveshark, so no new Pandora is a non-issue for me. It just seems strange to me that Pandora would hide such an improved version of its product, from its biggest section of audience (non-paying subscribers). Plenty of screen shots of the new version exist, and it does seem to be a huge leap forward.

Perhaps delaying the release of the new version is a beta of some sort. I don’t really know the specifics.