What NotebookLM is
NotebookLM is Google's AI research notebook product, renamed Gemini Notebook on 16 July 2026 (tagline 'AI Research Tool & Thinking Partner'). It is built for grounding answers in user-supplied sources and supports Audio Overviews, video overviews, mind maps, flashcards, quizzes, study guides, and briefings across PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs, and Google Slides, in 80+ languages.
Key features
- Source-grounded AI notebook that synthesizes uploaded documents, audio, and video
- Audio Overviews (AI-generated podcast-style summaries)
- Mind Maps, summaries, study guides, and briefing docs
- Now branded 'Gemini Notebook' (renamed from NotebookLM on 16 July 2026); tagline 'AI Research Tool & Thinking Partner'
Where it lives
Web app at notebook.google.com (notebooklm.google.com now 301-redirects here)PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs, and Google Slides as sourcesGoogle account, Google Workspace/Education, and Gemini Notebook for Enterprise via Google Cloud
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