Google NotebookLM
Understand anything
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Turn complexity into clarity with NotebookLM, your brain’s new best friend. Join the millions of students, creators, researchers, professionals, CEOs, and more who are saving time, getting stuff done, and learning in new ways.
“NotebookLM Blew Our Mind” – Hard Fork
“One of the most compelling and completely flabbergasting demonstrations of AI’s potential yet.” – The Wall Street Journal
Now, with the NotebookLM app, you can create and access notebooks, ask questions whenever you think of them, and listen to your podcast-style Audio Overviews on the go with background playback and offline support.
UPLOAD SOURCES
Upload all your long and complex PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, or text into a notebook.
INSIGHTS YOU CAN TRUST
NotebookLM becomes an expert on your sources, summarizing them and making interesting connections. Then, you can ask it questions about, well, anything — and you can trust the answers, since your sources are cited in-line.
LEARN YOUR OWN WAY
Long blocks of text not your preferred way to learn? Transform what you uploaded into something more your speed, like a podcast-style audio discussion with two engaging AI hosts. You can even join the show to ask questions or steer the conversation in a different direction.
more Best application I’ve ever used in my life, it helped me pass all of my exams, and I highly recommend it to medical students and all students in general!
Best application I’ve ever used in my life, it helped me pass all of my exams, and I highly recommend it to medical students and all students in general!
Chat interruptions:
- You can now cancel in progress chat messages before NotebookLM fully responds
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
1.46.7 2 Jul
Home page tab update:
- We removed the “Recent” tab and “Title” tab.
- We added “My notebooks” tab and “Shared” tab
- All notebooks in the tabs are sorted by last reviewed time by default.
Short video overviews
- Now you can create ~60-second, vertical format videos designed to help you quickly grasp single, focused aspects of your sources.
View PDFs in the source panel
- You can now view your PDFs in their native format (including text and images!) in the source panel.
Bug fixes and performance improvements
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
1.46.5 30 Jun
Home page tab update
- We removed the “Recent” tab and “Title” tab.
- We added “My notebooks” tab and “Shared” tab
- All notebooks in the tabs are sorted by last reviewed time by default.
Short video overviews
- Now you can create ~60-second, vertical format videos designed to help you quickly grasp single, focused aspects of your sources.
View PDFs in the source panel
- You can now view your PDFs in their native format (including text and images!) in the source panel.
Bug fixes and performance improvements
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
1.45.7 26 Jun
Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.44.7 20 Jun
Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.43.7 12 Jun
Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.42.7 5 Jun
Notebook search
- You can now find your notebooks instantly by typing their names
Download Slide Decks
- Save any Slide Deck directly to your phone as a PDF
Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.41.7 29 May
Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.40.7 22 May
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Notebook sharing
- You can now share your notebooks with others to collaborate on sources and insights.
Two-click customization
- Tapping on the artifact tile or the chevron arrow both take you to the customization dialogue box, allowing you to adjust settings before the generation begins.
1.39.6 14 May
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Download
You can remove the already downloaded audio overviews
1.38.7 8 May
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Drive Picker
- You can now add a file from your Google Drive as a source to your notebook on the mobile app.
1.37.7 3 May
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Create Reports - You can now officially create Reports on the mobile app! Whether you need a quick Study Guide, a professional Briefing Doc, or a PR-worthy blog post, you can now turn your sources into polished formats on-the-go.
1.36.6 24 Apr
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Access Web-Created Notes on Mobile
- You can now view Notes you’ve created in the web version of NotebookLM directly within the mobile app.
Share and Manage Artifacts
- Share your generated outputs with others directly from your mobile device. You can easily manage access permissions for your shared artifacts, giving you full control over who can view your generated content.
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
1.35.0 17 Apr
Bug fixes and performance improvements
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
1.33.7 10 Apr
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Cinematic Video Overviews expansion.
- In addition to Ultra users, Cinematic Video Overviews are now also available to Google AI Pro subscribers and AI Expanded Workspace accounts in English.
Chat Streaming and Thinking.
- Now, when you Chat with NotebookLM, the response will show up instantly, streaming in so you can read along.
- Additionally, when your response has larger sections or paragraphs, we have a smoother animation experience and, when you ask a more complex question that we need to “think” about, we’ll let you know!
1.32.7 27 Mar
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Deep Links
If you tap on a link to a Notebook or Artifact it will open directly in the mobile app (assuming you have it downloaded!)
Cinematic Video Overviews
The next evolution of the NotebookLM Studio. Unlike standard templates, these are powered by a novel combination of our most advanced models to create bespoke, immersive videos from your sources. Available now for AI Ultra users in English.
LaTex
LaTex rendering is now available in the mobile app. Now when you ask NotebookLM a question, your equations will be perfectly rendered in the Chat.
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
1.31.8 20 Mar
Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.30.10 12 Mar
Push Notifications
When you start generating an artifact (audio overviews, video overviews, slide decks, etc) feel free to exit the app. NotebookLM will now send you a notification when the generation is complete!
1.29.8 5 Mar
Slide Deck Revisions
Prompt-Based Revisions: Tweak, tailor, and tune your slides by prompting the revisions you want
1.28.10 26 Feb
Customize Video Overviews
• Choose between the Explainer (default) or Brief formats
• Select or de-select which sources you want to use
• Choose from one of our 8 preset visual styles or customize your own
• Write a prompt encouraging NotebookLM to focus on a certain topic area or tailor the content to a specific audience or difficulty level
Open Sources directly in Drive
• You can now open sources directly in their corresponding app (Google Docs, Sheets, Slices, Drive)
• If you do not have the app installed, it will open the source in a new browser tab
Chat Suggestions
• To get the conversation going, you will now see suggested questions appear in your Chat
• These questions will continue to customize based on your conversation with NotebookLM
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
1.26.0 19 Feb
Customize Video Overviews
• Choose between the Explainer (default) or Brief formats
• Select or de-select which sources you want to use
• Choose from one of our 8 preset visual styles or customize your own
• Write a prompt encouraging NotebookLM to focus on a certain topic area or tailor the content to a specific audience or difficulty level
Open Sources directly in Drive
• You can now open sources directly in their corresponding app (Google Docs, Sheets, Slices, Drive)
• If you do not have the app installed, it will open the source in a new browser tab
Chat Suggestions
• To get the conversation going, you will now see suggested questions appear in your Chat
• These questions will continue to customize based on your conversation with NotebookLM
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
1.25.8 13 Feb
Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.23.3 2 Feb
Create Video Overviews
• In one tap, make a helpful visual aid to understand a complex concept, pulling in images, diagrams, quotes, and numbers from your sources
• Great at explaining data, demonstrating processes, and making abstract concepts more tangible
Customize Infographics
• Choose between Landscape, Portrait, or Square orientation
• Change the output language
• Add a custom prompt to guide the style, color, or focus (“use a blue color theme and highlight the 3 key stats”)
Customize Slides
• Choose between two formats: Detailed (full details on the slide, meant for reading on their own) or Presenter (clean slides with just the key talking points, meant for supporting while you speak)
• Change the output language
• Change the slide deck to be shorter or longer
• Add a custom prompt to give it a high-level outline or guide the audience, style, and focus (“create a deck for beginners using a bold and playful style with a focus on step-by-step instructions”)
New Ultra plan available
• 50x more content generations, the most access to Google’s best Gemini models, priority access to new features, and up to 600 sources per notebook
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
1.22.0 22 Jan
Create Video Overviews
• In one tap, make a helpful visual aid to understand a complex concept, pulling in images, diagrams, quotes, and numbers from your sources
• Great at explaining data, demonstrating processes, and making abstract concepts more tangible
Customize Infographics
• Choose between Landscape, Portrait, or Square orientation
• Change the output language
• Add a custom prompt to guide the style, color, or focus (“use a blue color theme and highlight the 3 key stats”)
Customize Slides
• Choose between two formats: Detailed (full details on the slide, meant for reading on their own) or Presenter (clean slides with just the key talking points, meant for supporting while you speak)
• Change the output language
• Change the slide deck to be shorter or longer
• Add a custom prompt to give it a high-level outline or guide the audience, style, and focus (“create a deck for beginners using a bold and playful style with a focus on step-by-step instructions”)
New Ultra plan available
• 50x more content generations, the most access to Google’s best Gemini models, priority access to new features, and up to 600 sources per notebook
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
1.21.0 19 Jan
Bug fixes and performance improvements
1.20.1 14 Jan
Chat interruptions:
- You can now cancel in progress chat messages before NotebookLM fully responds
As always, submit feedback in the app or tag us on social to share your thoughts!
more Version 1.46.7 2 Jul
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