Google Adds Notebooks to Gemini, Bringing Source-Backed Projects Into Its AI App

Google has announced Notebooks in Gemini , a new feature that turns the Gemini app into a more persistent, project-oriented workspace. Rather than treating each prompt as an isolated interaction, users can create personal notebooks that collect chats and source material, then synchronize that work with NotebookLM. The feature is a material expansion of Google's existing Gemini and NotebookLM ecosystem. Notebooks are designed as personal knowledge bases for complex projects: users can add sources such as documents, PDFs, and web URLs, customize Gemini's instructions for a notebook, and ask Gemini to work with the resulting context. Google's official Notebooks in Gemini announcement describes the release as a way to organize work in Gemini while retaining access to NotebookLM's distinct capabilities. The announcement resolves earlier anticipation around a possible Gemini "Notebook" product. This is not a standalone hardware product . It is a software feature inside Gemini that formalizes and deepens the connection between Gemini and NotebookLM, with links to broader Google services including Search, Workspace, and Education. How Notebooks in Gemini work A Gemini notebook is a dedicated space for a body of work rather than a single conversation. It can be created from Gemini's side panel, populated with sources, and configured with instructions that shape how Gemini should respond within that project. The model can then use the notebook's material as context while a user continues the conversation. The defining element is synchronization. Sources added in Gemini notebooks automatically sync with NotebookLM, so a project begun in Gemini can continue in Google's source-grounded NotebookLM environment. Google specifically highlights NotebookLM features such as Video Overviews and Infographics as tools users can access through that connected workflow. That design gives the two products distinct roles. Gemini becomes the place to organize a project and conduct AI-assisted w