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Gemini Notebook

by GoogleAppResearch something

Answers questions about your own documents and turns them into audio and study aids

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The problem it solves

You have a folder of PDFs and links to get through before Friday, and no time to read them all twice.

For StudentsResearchersTeams working from shared documents

Before
You read every source end to end, copy quotes into notes and lose track of where each point came from.
After
You add the sources once, ask questions, get answers with citations, and turn the notebook into audio, flashcards or a report.
Stars
—
License
Closed source
Cost
Free
Platforms
Web
Runs
Cloud

Overview

Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, is Google's research and learning tool. You add sources such as PDFs, Google Docs and Slides, web pages, YouTube videos, audio files or pasted text; it answers questions with citations to those sources and can make Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, reports, slide decks, flashcards, quizzes and infographics from them. It runs in the browser and in mobile apps for Android and iOS. It suits students, researchers and anyone working through a stack of reading.

Answers stay tied to the sources you add, with citations, and the same notebook can become a podcast-style audio summary you listen to on the go.

Try these first

Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.

  1. Add one article you know well and ask: What are the three main points? Then open each citation.First try · uploads to Google

  2. Compare what [source A] and [source B] say about [topic], with citations.

  3. Make an Audio Overview of these sources that I can listen to on my commute.

  4. Make flashcards and a quiz from [chapter or source name].

Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.

Features

From the creator's documentation.

FeatureWhat it doesRuns
Source-grounded chatAnswers questions about your sources with citations to the passages usedGoogle cloud
Many source typesPDFs, Google Docs and Slides, web pages, YouTube videos, audio files and pasted textGoogle cloud
Audio and Video OverviewsPodcast-style audio summaries and short narrated videos made from your sourcesGoogle cloud
Study aidsReports, slide decks, flashcards, quizzes, infographics and mind mapsGoogle cloud
SharingShare a notebook with chosen people, or make it publicGoogle account
Code on your sourcesA cloud computer that writes and runs code for data analysis, on some paid plansPaid plans

Good to know

Collect the documents, links and videos for one topic in a notebook, then ask questions whose answers cite those sources. The same notebook can produce an audio summary, flashcards or a report.

Limits

  • Answers come from the sources you add, but a summary can still miss or misread a point; open the cited passage before relying on it.
  • Some features arrive by plan first. The cloud computer that runs code on your sources launched for Google AI Ultra; check the plans page for what your plan includes.

Notes by (original project name: Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook (Google blog) · Learn about Gemini Notebook's plans

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