Gemini Notebook News
Interactive Learning Overviews for Everyone
September 21, 2026
Gemini Notebook made Interactive Learning Overviews available to all users. Under Reports, they bring source summaries and Studio artifacts together in an interactive hub for studying or exploring a topic.
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Live Chat on Mobile for All Ultra Users
September 21, 2026
Gemini Notebook has fully rolled out Live Chat to Ultra users on mobile. Have real-time voice conversations with your notebooks in around 100 languages, ask questions about your sources, and get step-by-step guidance with minimal hands-on interaction.
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Flexible Usage Limits in Gemini Notebook
September 2, 2026
Gemini Notebook is introducing flexible usage limits for more control over your workflow, rolling out deferred artifact generation, and moving limit resets to every 5 hours instead of daily so you can keep creating throughout the day.
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Short Video Overviews in 70+ Languages
September 1, 2026
Short Video Overviews are now available in 70+ languages, plus three new English variants. Turn sources into roughly 60-second vertical videos in your preferred language. Rolling out on web and mobile for Ultra and Pro.
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Expert Intelligence
August 27, 2026
Expert Intelligence is a cross-Google initiative for working with sources you already trust, starting with eligible Google Play ebooks in Gemini Notebook. Books can be combined with your other sources rather than read on their own.
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Meet Collections
July 20, 2026
We heard you loud and clear: you want a way to organize your notebooks. Meet Collections — a brand new tab that works like photo albums or playlists: zero rigid folder structures with maximum flexibility. Add notebooks to as many collections as you want, or skip them entirely.
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NotebookLM Is Now Gemini Notebook
July 16, 2026
NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook. Three years after starting as a tiny experiment (Project Tailwind), the app grew from a passive workspace into a research companion with audio, video, and interactivity, and an ecosystem reaching the Gemini app and soon Google Search. Same app, same mission (helping you learn faster), updated name reflecting its role in Google's AI portfolio. Big things to come, including folders.
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Drive Sync, Pinning, and Slide Deck Editing
July 13, 2026
Gemini Notebook shipped a batch of features: sources uploaded from Google Drive now auto-sync when you edit them, you can pin notebooks to the top of your homepage (web), reorder or delete slides in Slide Decks (web), share specific artifacts from phone or web, download slide decks on mobile, and search for notebooks on mobile. More is on the way.
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Short Video Overviews
June 30, 2026
NotebookLM introduced Short Video Overviews — turn your most complex sources into 60-second vertical videos that deep dive into any concept. Rolling out to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers on mobile and web, with free users coming soon.
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