Google has launched a free and ad-supported version of its Play Music service ahead of rival Apple launching its own music streaming application. The free version of Play Music is currently available in the United States with roll outs globally planned. The service is available on the net and will be on iOS and Android devices this week, Google said on the official Android blog. The free version of Play Music does not allow users to choose music to play on demand but will have curated playlists according to genres and themes such as "Driving” or “Working Out". The service also has playlists according to artists, or song to create a station of similar music. The playlists are curated by Songza, which it had acquired in October 2014. The paid version, where users have to shell out $9.99 per month, allows users to listen to any of the 30 million songs in Google's library on any device and also get ad-free, offline and background features for music videos on YouTube. Additionally, users on both the free and paid tiers will now have access to remotely store and play up to 50,000 songs in their own collection for free. Competition in India - Apart from Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora Google will have to contend with Times Internet's music service Gaana in India. Gaan earlier this month tied up with The Orchard, an American music film and video distribution company to add 7 million more ‘indie’ songs to its library, taking its total number of…
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