NotebookLM’s Gemini 3.5 upgrade adds cloud computing and helps find sources

Google is rolling out ‘comprehensive’ updates for NotebookLM. The AI-powered note-taking app is now using Google’s upgrade Gemini 3.5 modelsThis will allow it to respond with “more accurate and reliable information,” according to what Reuters reported On to Monday’s blog post.

It was launched in 2023NotebookLM lets you interact with your notes and sources using artificial intelligence, as well as ask questions about the material. With this update, Google says you can start a research project by simply asking NotebookLM questions about a topic, instead of importing notes or YouTube videos. NotebookLM will use Google search to help you find relevant resources, Based on its “Discovery” feature To help you find useful resources on the web.

Additionally, NotebookLM now runs on Google’s crypto platform, Antigravity. Each in-app notebook is connected to a “secure cloud computer,” enabling NotebookLM to write and run code to aid your research. NotebookLM can also output information in new formats and file types, including PDF documents, data visualizations (PNG, SVG), images created with Nano Banana (PNG, JPG, GIF), Excel and PowerPoint files, CSV sheets, and more.

This update is coming to users on the Google AI Ultra plan and Workspace customers, but the company plans to expand it to more plans in the future.