Whether you’re new to internet radio or have been listening on your computer for years, getting Pandora on your car stereo is easy. Some cars now come equipped with Pandora functionality. You can also purchase aftermarket car stereos that include Pandora, or you can use a smartphone to add Pandora to any car stereo system.

The method you use to listen to Pandora in your car will depend on the hardware you’re going with and how much money you want to spend. Depending on how your mobile data plan is structured, you may also need to consider bandwidth and audio quality.

Pandora is an Internet radio service that uses an algorithm to create customized stations based on your tastes. You select one or more songs to use as the basis for a new station, and the algorithm automatically chooses other songs it thinks you’ll like. You can then provide feedback on whether a song is a good fit, which helps the algorithm fine-tune the station.

While Pandora’s basic service is free, there are limitations to free accounts. For example, a free Pandora account can only stream a limited number of hours of music per month. Free accounts are also limited in other ways, such as only being able to skip a handful of songs per hour.