Gemini Notebook

Gemini Notebook is Google's AI research assistant, previously known as NotebookLM. It works like a notebook where you add your own sources, such as PDFs, documents, web pages or videos, and it answers questions using only that material, with citations that jump to the original passage.

What is Gemini Notebook used for?

It helps you study, research and make sense of long documentation. You can ask about any detail, compare sources or generate custom reports. Because answers are grounded in your sources, it is easier to check where each fact comes from than with a general chatbot.

What can it create from your sources?

• Audio Overviews: a podcast-style conversation between two voices that walks through the material.
• Video Overviews and infographics that explain processes visually.
• Mind maps that organize key concepts.
• Flashcards and quizzes for exam prep.
• Slide decks and written reports.

How does it find new information?

Beyond your uploads, it can suggest material through Source Discovery or run Deep Research to gather web information inside the notebook. Notebooks can be shared or made public so others can ask questions about them.

Who gets the most out of Gemini Notebook?

Students and teachers working with notes and readings, researchers doing literature reviews, product and support teams who need quick answers from their docs, and creators who turn long text into audio or video.

Gemini Notebook pros and cons

• Pro: cited answers based on your own sources, which reduces made-up facts.
• Pro: Audio and Video Overviews are great for reviewing material.
• Pro: on work and school accounts, data is not used for model training.
• Con: there is a cap on sources per notebook depending on the account.
• Con: some new features reach English or certain countries first.