Gemini Notebook

Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, is Google's AI research tool that answers from uploaded sources and turns them into audio overviews.

Gemini Notebook is Google's source-grounded research and study tool, renamed from NotebookLM in 2026. Users add PDFs, Google Docs and Slides, Word files, websites, YouTube videos, audio files and pasted text to a notebook, and the AI answers questions with citations to those sources. It can turn the material into Audio Overviews, in which two AI hosts discuss it like a podcast, as well as Video Overviews, mind maps, reports, flashcards, quizzes, slide decks and infographics, with overviews in more than 80 languages. Notebooks sync with the Gemini app, and higher plans add a secure cloud computer that writes and runs code to analyse data in the sources. The free tier allows 100 notebooks with 50 sources each, and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions raise those limits.

Gemini Notebook at a glance

Best for: Researcher, Student, Writer, Director
Runs on: Web, iOS, Android
Pricing: Free: 100 notebooks, 50 sources each; higher limits with Google AI Pro ($19.99/month) and Ultra (from $100/month)
Released: July 2023
Category: AI research tool
Website: notebook.google

Key features

Answers with citations to the uploaded sources
Sources: PDFs, Docs, Slides, websites, YouTube, audio and text
Audio Overviews: podcast-style discussions of the sources
Video Overviews, mind maps, reports and slide decks
Flashcards and quizzes for studying
Code execution for data analysis on higher plans
Sync with the Gemini app

Use it for

Study lecture notes and readings with quizzes and flashcards
Turn a long report into a short audio summary
Research across many papers with cited answers

Companions

Tools that articles about Gemini Notebook recommend using with it, each with its job.

Perplexity — Cited web research to feed into your notebooks.
Claude — Explains and builds on what your sources can't cover.
Gemini — Gemini Deep Research reports become notebook sources.
Quizlet — Turns NotebookLM output into spaced-repetition flashcards.
Obsidian — Long-term home for the notes NotebookLM analyses.

Companion to

Tools whose articles name Gemini Notebook as a companion, each with its job for them.

Consensus — Gemini Notebook: Grounded synthesis
Elicit — Gemini Notebook: Grounded synthesis
Quillbot — Gemini Notebook: Source notes
Scite — Gemini Notebook: Grounded synthesis
Synthesia — Gemini Notebook: Source material

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Paper Digest — Generates literature reviews with citations and no LLM dependency.
Keryx — Compensates verified creators directly in USDC for cited sources
Gauth — It connects solving steps with detailed explanations and 24/7 access to real tutors.
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Scholar Labs — Ask a research question in plain language instead of keyword strings.
Lune — Accesses trusted knowledge from top conference papers for AI agents.
Scholarcy — Skim a paper in minutes with structured summary flashcards
Wenlan — It keeps your AI-maintained wiki current and flags pages when sources or code lines change.
Flash Papers — Generates interactive sites with charts and diagrams from paper links.

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