Google Renames NotebookLM, Adds Cloud Coding Tools

Google is expanding its AI note-taking service, Gemini Notebook, beyond uploaded documents by connecting it with books purchased through Google Play Books. The integration is designed to turn long-form reading into an interactive research and learning experience, allowing users to question source material, organize ideas and produce new formats without manually copying passages into the app.

The latest rollout makes an initial catalog of about 100,000 ebooks available as sources for Gemini Notebook. Users can import eligible titles from their Google Play Books libraries, ask the AI questions grounded in the text, and generate derivative materials such as action plans, infographics and AI-produced podcasts. The update deepens the link between Google’s digital-book storefront and its generative-AI productivity tools.

NotebookLM is Google’s AI research tool for organizing documents, generating summaries and answering questions based on user-uploaded materials. The addition of Gemini 3.5 Flash and Antigravity turns the previously question-and-answer-focused service into an agentic research assistant capable of planning tasks, writing code and conducting analysis.

Google announced NotebookLM’s largest-ever upgrade in July 2026, fully migrating the service to Gemini 3.5 Flash and adding the Antigravity AI agent runtime. Users can have the system write and execute code, analyze data in an isolated, secure cloud computer, and produce research findings in multiple formats. This reduces the risks of running unfamiliar code locally.

Google’s Gemini App and NotebookLM previously served separate purposes: generative AI conversations and source-based research notes, respectively. The new Notebooks feature allows subscribers to organize chats and files by topic in one place. The integration reduces fragmentation across services, creating a continuous workflow for gathering and organizing information and asking follow-up questions.

Google recently launched Notebooks in the Gemini App with two-way NotebookLM synchronization. Users can bring existing notebooks into Gemini conversations and send chats and files back into their research workflows. Google has not disclosed the exact launch date, subscription price or capacity limits. The key development is that the two tools can now carry the same research topic across services for the first time.