A:AnswerNo and you can get a warranty on it which covers it no matter what you do to it. And they’ll replace it for you. That’s what they told us at the store.
A:AnswerIt will play Pandora so if you have Pandora and a favorite radio station set within Pandora then yes. In Pandora settings enable access to home pod and you're all set. Just say "Hey Siri, play pandora (X) radio station" and you're good to go.
A:AnswerAt this time, you can only link one Apple ID to the HomePod. Multiple users is an update that Apple should be working on. This is a limitation.