Google is adding a free radio service to its Google Play Music app in the US.

The ad-supported radio service will be powered by the tech behind Songza, the playlist curation site that Google bought last July.

Speaking to re/code, Zahavah Levine (pictured), vice president of content partnerships for Google Play Music, said: “Millions of people open the Google Play app, and many close it immediately, because the first thing they see is a request for ...