Overview
- Google began rolling out Notebooks in Gemini on the web this week for AI Ultra, Pro, and Plus subscribers, with expansion to mobile, more countries in Europe, and free users in the coming weeks.
- Notebooks act as project-specific knowledge bases that group chats and files so Gemini can answer using your sources rather than starting from a blank chat each time.
- Users can add context from Docs, PDFs, websites, YouTube links, Drive files, or pasted text and set custom instructions so Gemini responds in a chosen tone or format for that project.
- The integration syncs notebooks both ways with NotebookLM, letting people generate Video Overviews or Infographics in NotebookLM from the same materials they organized in Gemini.
- Gemini now shows a Notebooks panel and an “Add to notebook” option on chats, while coverage also notes early limits such as reported exclusions for under‑18 users and some education accounts and Google’s warning that NotebookLM outputs may contain errors.