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Create insightful notebooks that combine digital resources and online information to output meaningful conclusions. Your sources can produce responses from NotebookLM which help drive research, reports and summaries.
Are you looking to supercharge your notetaking in 2025? Google Notebook LM is an AI-powered tool designed to revolutionize how you take, organize, and interact with your notes. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the basics of getting started with Notebook LM and explore five innovative ways you can use it to boost productivity and efficiency.
The key difference is that you can handpick and curate exclusive resources with NotebookLM, which really isn't possible with Gemini alone. You can also use it to generate audio podcasts from interpreting multiple sources. You can aggregate and query from up to 50 sources to find exact answers.
To start using Notebook LM, all you need is a Google account. The tool is available in two versions: a standard package with essential features and a Plus version that integrates Google Gemini for enhanced capabilities and faster processing.
Simply go to the web address https://notebooklm.google.com to launch the app in your browser.
Once logged in, you can create a new notebook and add various sources, including:
PDFs
Markdown files
Audio files
Google Docs & Slides
Websites & YouTube videos
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You can store up to 50 sources per notebook, making it a powerful knowledge hub. The interface allows seamless communication with your sources, providing AI-generated insights and recommendations based on your content.
If you journal daily, Notebook LM can help analyze and summarize your emotions. By uploading multiple journal entries, the AI extracts key themes and emotional patterns, helping you gain deeper insights into your thoughts. You can even generate AI-powered conversations or podcasts that reflect on your journal entries for an interactive self-reflection experience.
Turn your LinkedIn profile into a PDF and upload it to Notebook LM to get an AI-driven career analysis. You can ask questions like, “What potential career moves should I consider?” The AI will analyze your experience and suggest career development strategies. Additionally, the podcast feature can simulate an interactive discussion about how to enhance your professional presence.
For those traveling to new destinations, Notebook LM can combine travel guides with language-learning materials. For instance, if you’re heading to the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, you can upload a travel guide and a beginner’s Italian course. The AI will extract relevant phrases and cultural tips, helping you communicate effectively during your trip.
Notebook LM is an excellent tool for students and researchers. By uploading multiple academic sources (e.g., PDFs, research papers, and YouTube lectures), you can create interactive study guides, generate quizzes, and engage in AI-driven discussions about the material. This makes learning more dynamic and engaging.
If you’re managing a team or a business, you can improve processes by uploading documentation and training materials. For example, if your onboarding process needs improvement, Notebook LM can analyze your current workflow and suggest enhancements based on best practices from external sources like YouTube videos and articles. This streamlines operations and boosts efficiency.
Google is heavily investing in Notebook LM, and its capabilities will only grow over time. Whether you're journaling, planning your career, studying, traveling, or optimizing business processes, this AI-powered tool offers immense value.
Ready to enhance your notetaking experience? Try Google Notebook LM today and see how AI can revolutionize the way you capture and interact with information!
Ditch the traditional search method by prompting NotebookLM to find specific answers, concepts and conclusions
Make a podcast to learn from resources that makes your learning more enjoyable, especially when you want a summary. This is called generating audio overviews through the notebook guide.
You can create FAQ, study guides, table of contents, timelines, briefings.
Customize an audio overview to handle an aspect you are interested in and the podcast format places the information is a conversation. Adjust to a type of listening audience from student to expert levels of knowledge.
Use suggested questions when you don't know what you really should be asking.
Identify trends and commonalities between resources or anomalies.
Study guides can help you study for exams and generate sample quizzes with answer keys.
NotebookLM is an AI-powered research and content organization tool by Google that helps users streamline their workflow, enhance learning, and boost creativity by integrating multiple sources like PDFs, websites, and videos.
With the Gemini 2.0 upgrade, NotebookLM now features enhanced AI capabilities, including better summarization, interactive conversations, study guide creation, podcast-style discussions, and multimodal support for deeper engagement.
You can access NotebookLM through the official website. There are two versions available: a free version with essential features and a Plus version with additional capabilities.
Users can upload various content types, including PDFs, website links, YouTube videos, Google Drive documents, and manually pasted text to create a centralized research hub.
Yes! You can ask AI-driven questions related to your sources, receive summarized insights, and navigate citations to verify information.
You can use NotebookLM to plan an itinerary by adding travel-related sources like blogs, videos, and guides. The AI can then generate customized itineraries based on the provided information.
NotebookLM offers study guides, briefing documents, FAQs, and timelines, automatically generated from your selected sources to simplify learning and project planning.
Yes! You can define the AI’s conversational style, response length, and focus areas, making it adaptable to different research needs.
NotebookLM can generate AI-driven podcasts based on your uploaded sources, allowing you to listen and even join the conversation by asking questions in real-time.
Yes, you can share notebooks with others and choose between full notebook access or chat-only access for collaboration on projects.
Yes, you can save important insights as notes within NotebookLM, making it easy to organize and reference key information later.
By uploading study materials, users can generate study guides, FAQs, and deep-dive discussions, making it an effective tool for students and professionals alike.
Yes, NotebookLM allows users to copy, save, and even download audio discussions for offline access.
Every AI-generated response includes citations with links to the original sources, ensuring accuracy and credibility.
Simply sign up or log in, create a new notebook, upload your sources, and start interacting with the AI to generate insights, summaries, and more!
Currently, any Google account can use NotebookLM for free, including all tiers of Google Workspace. However, usage limits are in place and advanced features are not available in free versions of the product.
NotebookLM has a pro plan, which is bundled in the Google AI Pro subscription for $19.99/month. It states: "NotebookLM: Research and writing assistant with 5x more Audio Overviews, notebooks, and more". Premium features also include chat0nly notebooks, advanced chat settings and analytics capability.
June, 2025
NotebookLM has introduced a new feature that allows users to share their notebooks publicly via a single link. While viewers cannot edit the original content, they can still interact with the notebook by asking questions and exploring generated material like audio summaries and FAQs. This update is designed to make it easier for users to share their work, such as project overviews, product manuals, or study guides, with a wider audience. To enable public sharing, users can select the "Share" button and change the access setting to "Anyone with a link."
May, 2025
Google has launched a mobile app for its AI-powered research tool, NotebookLM, now available on both Android and iOS. The release addresses a top user request, allowing for on-the-go access to the tool's core features.
Key features of the new app include Offline Audio Overviews, Interactive Chat.
April, 2025
Automatically create a visual, interactive mind map. Explore topics visually by clicking on different nodes. Dive deeper into specific concepts, which expands to show sub-topics. Read AI-generated summaries for each topic within the mind map. Ask questions directly within the context of a specific node to further query the source material.
