Google’s AI note-taking app is now available to all users in the United States and is packed with new features. The app, called NotebookLM, uses Gemini Pro, Google’s new large language model, to help understand and reason through documents. When users upload documents to the app, it can automatically generate summaries and suggest follow-up questions related to the content. Unlike generic chatbots, NotebookLM focuses solely on the documents provided.
In addition to generating summaries and questions, the app now has new tools to help users organize their notes into structured writing projects. Users can select a set of notes and ask NotebookLM to create something new, such as a script outline, email newsletter, or a marketing plan draft. The app can also suggest actions based on what the user is currently doing, such as summarizing a selected passage or refining a user’s prose.
Google has also added a new noteboard space to easily pin quotes from the chat or written notes, as per requests from users. The app now supports PDF and copied text, allowing users to copy and paste text to create a new source and edit the title. Notebooks can now include up to 20 sources, and sources can include up to 200,000 words.
NotebookLM was first demoed as Project Tailwind during Google I/O earlier this year and was made available to a select few before its recent release to all users in the United States. While the app shows promise, some are hopeful that it does not end up in the Google Graveyard like many of the tech giant’s other experimental projects.