Google expands Gemini capabilities with notebook integration for better productivity

Google has introduced notebooks in the Gemini app, enabling users to organise chats, files and sources in one place. The feature syncs with NotebookLM, enhancing productivity through streamlined workflows and improved access to contextual information across platforms.

Hyderabad: As users increasingly rely on the Gemini app for complex tasks—from exam preparation to exploring new hobbies managing information efficiently has become a growing challenge.

To address this, Google has expanded its integration with NotebookLM by introducing a new feature: notebooks.

Designed as personal knowledge bases, notebooks allow users to organise chats, documents and other resources in a single space within the Gemini app. The feature builds on last year’s update, which enabled NotebookLM as a source, and now offers deeper cross-platform functionality.

Users can create notebooks via the app’s side panel, move previous conversations into them, add custom instructions and upload files such as PDFs and documents to provide better context. Gemini then uses these curated inputs alongside its built-in tools and web search to generate more relevant and accurate responses.

A key advantage of the feature is seamless synchronisation between Gemini and NotebookLM. Any content added in one platform is automatically reflected in the other, enabling continuity in workflows. This also allows users to leverage advanced NotebookLM features—such as video overviews and infographics—regardless of where the notebook was initially created.

For instance, students can compile class notes into a notebook, generate a visual overview using NotebookLM, and later return to Gemini to draft essays based on the same material.

According to Google, notebooks will support a larger number of sources depending on subscription tiers, making them suitable for more extensive and long-term projects.

The rollout of notebooks in Gemini has begun this week for Google AI Ultra, Pro and Plus subscribers on the web. The company plans to expand the feature to mobile devices, additional regions, including parts of Europe, and free users in the coming weeks.

Google described the update as an initial step, adding that further enhancements to notebooks are already in development.