What is Gemini Notebook?
Gemini Notebook is Google's research and note-taking app that answers questions grounded in sources you upload, such as PDFs, documents and web pages, and turns them into Audio Overviews, slide decks, reports and quizzes. It is NotebookLM under a new name since July 16, 2026, and its notebooks also open in the Gemini app. It is free, with higher limits on Google AI plans.
What can you do with it?
You add sources to a notebook and ask questions; Google's help says answers in Gemini Notebook are grounded exclusively in those sources. Typical input is a stack of reports, lecture notes or contracts, and the output is a cited answer, a mind map, a report or a study aid such as flashcards. The Studio panel creates Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, infographics and slide decks.
Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook on July 16, 2026, describing it as the same standalone product. Notebooks you create also appear in the Gemini app with synced sources and instructions. There the answers may add web search, but Studio outputs are only available in Gemini Notebook. Google says more than 30 million people use it.
Try it on a small task
Suggested workflow: create a notebook with three sources on one topic, for example two PDFs and a web article, and ask for the five points they disagree on, with citations. Click the citations to confirm each claim, then create a short Audio Overview or a slide deck from the same notebook.
Check that every answer cites a source you added and that the notebook says so when the sources do not cover a question. If it does, add more sources rather than relying on general knowledge.
Pricing and access
The standard version is free with a Google account: up to 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook. Google AI Plus raises this to 200 notebooks and 100 sources, Pro to 500 notebooks and 300 sources, and Ultra to 500 or 600 sources depending on the plan; Pro and Ultra remove the watermark on generated outputs, except in India, South Korea and Vietnam, where Google still applies a visible watermark. Google lists these limits as subject to change.
The new secure cloud computer that lets a notebook write and run code for data analysis launched for Google AI Ultra users and Workspace customers with AI Ultra or AI Expanded Access, and Google says it will roll out to all Pro users on the web over the coming weeks. Google says your uploads are not used to train the product unless you send feedback, and Workspace content is not reviewed by humans.
What stands out
- Answers grounded only in your notebook sources, with citations
- Studio outputs: Audio and Video Overviews, slide decks, infographics, reports, flashcards and quizzes
- Notebooks sync with the Gemini app
- Secure cloud computer for code-based analysis on AI Ultra
Before you choose
- Answers stay limited to your sources in Gemini Notebook, so gaps in sources show up as gaps in answers.
- Code execution is available on AI Ultra and certain Workspace plans; Google says it will reach all Pro users on the web over the coming weeks.
- Shared notebooks do not appear in the Gemini app.
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Sources & further reading
Based on the official documentation below. Features and access can change; check the provider before making a decision.
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