Google News will soon start providing free access to content behind paywall

Through its newest feature, Google will allow readers skip their most-dreaded obstacle: paywalls.

The tech giant on Wednesday announced it will offer free access to premium content of select news publishers. This will be available for the users of its new platform, News Showcase.

In October, the search engine giant launched News Showcase as a news curation platform where publishers can post news in form of story panels. Google has acquired licenses from these publishers to show their content for this new format. This was part of a $1 billion investment Google made in its news vertical.