Google is bringing free WiFi to NYC by converting old phone booths into Wifi hotspots, complete with charging stations and a Media hub.

Google are gonna make it happen, folks (Picture: AP)

No longer will we have to buy an overpriced coffee to get a rubbish wireless internet connection. *Fist pump*

Google is rolling out free wifi in New York as part of a trial the company hopes will eventually span across the whole of the world.

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The internet giant has even gone as far as to set up a company specifically dedicated to the task, called Sidewalk Labs.

How will they do this you ask – through turning 10,000 of the big apple's old phone booths into ad-supported 'Wi-Fi pylons'.

New York (Picture: Getty Images)

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These converted booths are also intended to provide cell-phone charging, free domestic phone calls and a touch screen information hub about the city and transit directions.

According to Bloomberg News, these 'pylons' will be rolled out across New York this autumn.

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