Standard
$0
Free with a Google Account
- 100 notebooks
- 50 sources per notebook
- Audio Overviews
- Chat with citations
Gemini Notebook
Editor reviewedGoogle's Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, answers questions and builds summaries from your own sources
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About Gemini Notebook
Gemini Notebook, known as NotebookLM until Google renamed it on July 16, 2026, is an AI research assistant from Google. You add your own sources, such as PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs and Google Slides, and the tool answers questions about them with inline citations. It can also turn the same material into study guides, briefings, Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, mind maps, flashcards, quizzes, infographics, slide decks and reports.
Best for
- Summarizing and questioning your own documents
- Study guides and revision material
- Turning reports into audio or video overviews
- Research with cited answers
- Academic literature review: Add papers and notes, then ask cited questions across all of them.
- Study material: Create study guides, flashcards and quizzes from lecture notes and readings.
- Audio and video summaries: Turn long reports into Audio Overviews or Video Overviews for listening on the go.
- Business briefings: Generate reports and slide decks from internal documents and research.
- Data analysis: Use the cloud computer to run code against uploaded data files.
Not ideal for
- Live web news search
- General-purpose chat without source documents
Popular with
- Students
- Researchers
- Educators
- Analysts
- Knowledge workers
- Teams
Screenshots
Key features
- Source-grounded chat
- Audio Overviews
- Video Overviews
- Study tools
- Reports, slide decks and infographics
- Multiple source types
- Cloud computer
- Gemini app sync
- Sharing and public notebooks
Pros and cons
Pros
- Answers cite the uploaded sources, so claims can be checked against the original text
- Free Standard tier with 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook
- Wide range of outputs, including Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, mind maps, flashcards, quizzes and slide decks
- Accepts PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs and Google Slides
- Available on web, iOS and Android, and synced with the Gemini app
Cons
- Works from the sources you add and is not built for live web news search
- Higher limits require a Google AI subscription; Ultra starts at $99.99 per month
- The cloud computer for code execution started with Ultra and Workspace AI Ultra Access customers, with Pro rollout still described as upcoming
- No public API for the consumer product, and the renamed brand can make older guides and app listings confusing
Pricing
Plans as listed by the vendor on . Check their site for current prices.
Plus
$4.99/month
Through the Google AI Plus subscription
- 200 notebooks
- 100 sources per notebook
- Early access to features
- 2x higher usage than Free
Pro
Most popular$19.99/month
Through the Google AI Pro subscription
- 500 notebooks
- 300 sources per notebook
- Higher Gemini model access
- Priority access to new features
- Watermark removal
- 4x higher usage than Free
Ultra 5x
$99.99/month
Through the Google AI Ultra subscription
- 500 notebooks
- 500 sources per notebook
- Highest Gemini model access
- 5x higher usage limits than AI Pro
- Cloud computer for code execution
Ultra 20x
$199.99/month
Through the Google AI Ultra subscription at the higher tier
- 500 notebooks
- 600 sources per notebook
- Highest Gemini model access
- 20x higher usage limits than AI Pro
- Cloud computer for code execution
Our ratings
Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team.
8.7overall
- Grounded Citation Fidelity
- 8.8
- Audio Overview Quality
- 8.7
- Source Handling
- 8.6
- Output Formats
- 8.8
- Value for Money
- 8.5
Platforms and integrations
Available on
- Web
- iOS
- Android
Works with
- Google Docs
- Google Slides
- YouTube
- Gemini app
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Release history
NotebookLM renamed, notebooks added to the Gemini app, and a cloud computer for code execution announced
NotebookLM renamed, notebooks added to the Gemini app, and a cloud computer for code execution announced.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini Notebook the same as NotebookLM?
Yes. Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook on July 16, 2026, and described it as the same standalone product with deeper Google integration.
Is Gemini Notebook free?
Yes. The Standard tier is free with a Google Account and allows 100 notebooks with 50 sources each. Paid tiers come with Google AI Plus ($4.99 per month), AI Pro ($19.99 per month) and AI Ultra (from $99.99 per month).
What kinds of sources can I add?
PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs and Google Slides. Each source can be up to 500,000 words or 200MB for local uploads.
Does Google train its models on my uploads?
Google says your data is not used to train Gemini Notebook unless you give feedback, in which case Google may review that interaction. For Workspace accounts, uploads, queries and responses are not reviewed by human reviewers or used to train AI models.
Is there a mobile app?
Yes. There are iOS and Android apps, and the Google Play listing is named Gemini Notebook and published by Google LLC.
Does Gemini Notebook have an API?
Not for the consumer product. Google Cloud documents a notebook API for the enterprise edition, which uses the v1alpha version.
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