Google Play Music gets free ad-supported radio stations and playlists curated by Songza

For a long time it wasn’t possible to use Google Play Music for free for anything other than uploading your own tracks, but that’s about to change. Google has announced a new ad-supported service that’ll allow you to get some tunes going without having to pay a dime.

First up are free playlists of songs curated by the music experts at Songza, which Google acquired last year. They have playlists for specific genres, decades and moods, so it shouldn’t be hard to find something you like. You can also create dynamic radio stations based on songs, artists and albums, sort of like Pandora.

Of course, you won’t be able to get full on-demand, ad-free access to whatever tracks you want whenever you want without having to pay, but this is a nice alternative if you can’t stand to spend per month for all-you-can-eat music. The service is US only for now (Google’s working on spreading it to more regions over time), and you can check it out today by heading to Google Play Music on the web ahead of the app’s update later this week.

[via Google]