Google Renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook
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- Google renamed its AI note-taking app from NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, announced Thursday, while keeping it a standalone app.
- Google plans to extend notebooks into AI Mode in Search, its chatbot-like experience, even as the app deepens its connection to the Gemini app.
- The updated Gemini Notebook connects to a secure cloud computer to write and execute code natively — an update Google first announced last month.
- Cloud-based code execution is available to Google AI Ultra and Workspace business customers, with web Pro users gaining access "over the coming weeks."
- Originally revealed as Project Tailwind in May 2023, the app has since added AI podcast summaries, narrated slideshows, and TikTok-style clips, and can now link directly to the Gemini app.
Why it matters: Google is consolidating its AI tools under the Gemini brand by folding NotebookLM into Search's AI Mode and the Gemini app, while its most powerful new capability — native code execution via a secure cloud computer — launches as a premium-tier feature for AI Ultra and Workspace customers first, with Pro web users waiting weeks.
