Google’s AI-Enhanced NotebookLM Note-Taking App Now Available to Users in the United States

By Brian K. Neal

Google is implementing several minor adjustments to its product. When you add a note now, NotebookLM will generate an independent new note instead of appending it to a single notepad. Clicking on the citation number in a chat response or a saved note will instantly take you to the original quote in the source.

For a more focused notetaking experience, you can now hide the source. Additionally, if you wish to direct NotebookLM’s AI towards specific sources, you can engage in a chat with a specific set of sources by individually selecting them in the source sidebar. Google is also introducing PDF support and copied text support, enabling you to copy and paste text to create a new source and edit the title once it’s generated.

In conjunction with these new features, Google is broadening the product’s capabilities, allowing notebooks to include up to 20 sources, while a source can now encompass up to 200,000 words. This update comes approximately five months after Google initially made NotebookLM accessible to a select group. The tech giant initially showcased its “AI notebook for everyone” as Project Tailwind during Google I/O earlier in the year before rebranding it as NotebookLM. At the time, Google highlighted its applicability for students to organize lecture notes and other documents while completing coursework.