Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
Google's AI research notebook, renamed Gemini Notebook in July 2026 (formerly NotebookLM). You add documents, and it answers questions, writes reports and study guides, and produces audio and video overviews, mind maps and slide decks, all grounded in the sources you provided.
● Use Cases
- →Summarising long reports and legislation
- →Asking questions across a set of documents
- →Creating audio briefings from documents
- →Preparing study guides and FAQs
- →Comparing tender or policy documents
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About Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
What is Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)?
Google's AI research notebook, renamed Gemini Notebook in July 2026 (formerly NotebookLM). You add documents, and it answers questions, writes reports and study guides, and produces audio and video overviews, mind maps and slide decks, all grounded in the sources you provided. Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) is a specialised AI tool in the Research/Study category that applies machine learning to automate, enhance, or augment tasks in this domain.
Australian consultants, lawyers and analysts use Gemini Notebook to work through long reports, legislation and tender documents. Because answers cite passages from your uploaded sources, it is easier to check than a general chatbot. For client material, use a Workspace account so your organisation's data protections apply. Remove personal information from documents first where you can.
How Australian Businesses Use Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
Australian businesses use Research/Study AI tools to reduce manual workload, improve output quality, and operate more efficiently. The specific applications vary by organisation but typically focus on the most time-intensive processes in this category.
Key Features
- ✓Source-grounded chat with inline citations to uploaded passages
- ✓Audio and video overviews that turn sources into spoken briefings
- ✓Mind maps, reports, flashcards and quizzes generated from sources
- ✓Slide deck generation based on notebook content
- ✓Discover feature that finds web sources to add to a notebook
- ✓Code execution for analysing data held in uploaded sources
Best For
- →Consultants and analysts working through long reports
- →Students and trainers preparing study material from set readings
- →Lawyers and policy teams comparing legislation and submissions
Pros & Cons of Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
✓ Strengths
- +Answers are grounded in and cite your uploaded sources
- +Handles PDFs, Google Docs, websites and YouTube videos
- +Audio and video overviews turn documents into a briefing
- +Free to start with a Google account
- +Good for comparing several long documents at once
⚠ Limitations
- –Answers only cover the sources you add, so gaps in them carry through
- –Audio overviews are casual in tone and not always suitable for clients
- –Limits on sources per notebook
- –Sharing options are more limited outside Workspace
Pricing
Free with a Google account. Higher limits on notebooks, sources and daily questions, plus team sharing and admin features, are available through Google's paid AI plans and Google Workspace business editions. Check Google's plan pages for what each tier includes.
Details checked against the vendor's website in October 2026. Pricing changes often, so confirm current plans at notebook.google.
Data Residency & Privacy in Australia
For Workspace and education accounts, Google states that uploads, queries and responses are not reviewed by humans or used to train models. Gemini Notebook Enterprise, sold through Google Cloud, carries data residency commitments, including an Australian multi-region available on request through your Google account team. The standard Workspace version does not let you pin data to Australia.
Need AI that keeps client data onshore? See private AI hosted in Australia.
Integrations & Compatibility
Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) integrates with the tools and platforms your team already uses:
Getting Started with Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) in Australia
Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) is available directly at notebook.google. Sign up for a trial or free tier to evaluate the tool for your specific use case. Identify one clear workflow to start with, measure results over 30 days, and expand from there. Reach out to the vendor's support team for onboarding guidance.
Outside help is most useful when the tool has to connect to existing systems, handle personal information, or be rolled out to a whole team. AI Lab Australia works with businesses across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide on that setup.
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Is NotebookLM still available?
Yes. Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook in July 2026. It is the same research tool run by the same team, existing notebooks were kept, and the old notebooklm.google address redirects to the new site. Some help pages and integrations still use the old name.
Is Gemini Notebook free?
Yes, anyone with a Google account can use it with limits on notebooks, sources and daily queries. Google's paid AI plans and Workspace business editions raise those limits and add sharing and admin features. Larger organisations can buy the Enterprise version through Google Cloud.
Can I upload confidential client documents?
Use a Workspace or Enterprise account, where your organisation's data protection terms apply, rather than a personal Gmail account. Remove personal information that is not needed, and remember the Australian Privacy Principles still govern how you use and disclose what you upload.
Ready to Implement Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)?
AI Lab Australia helps Australian businesses choose, set up and connect tools like Gemini Notebook to the systems they already run, with privacy and data handling sorted before rollout.