Google Adds Video Overviews and Studio Upgrades to NotebookLM
Google says the rollout is happening now in English, with support for more languages coming soon.
Google has rolled out two major updates to NotebookLM, the AI-powered research assistant from Google Labs: Video Overviews and a redesigned Studio tab—bringing more versatility, visualization, and efficiency to information discovery and learning.
Today, we’re introducing Video Overviews in @NotebookLM — a visual alternative to Audio Overviews. Dive deeper with short, engaging slide summaries using images, diagrams, quotes and data from your sources, narrated by your AI host. pic.twitter.com/FW6EdLE5CN
— Google (@Google) July 29, 2025
Video Overviews transform dense documents, PDFs, and visual data into narrated slideshows featuring images, diagrams, quotes, and numerical highlights. Users can control playback speed and skip forward or back in 10-second increments—making explanations more dynamic and user-friendly than audio-only formats.
"You can think of these as a visual alternative to Audio Overviews: the AI host creates new visuals to help illustrate points while also pulling in images, diagrams, quotes and numbers from your documents. This makes it uniquely effective for explaining data, demonstrating processes and making abstract concepts more tangible. We'll introduce additional formats as Video Overviews develop further," Google said in a blog post.
Meanwhile, the upgraded Studio tab now presents four creation tiles atop each notebook: Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, Mind Maps, and Reports. Users can generate and store multiple versions of each content type, all within one interface—enhancing multitool workflows and organization.
These enhancements aim to make NotebookLM more intuitive and research-centric: video content adds clarity for visual learners, while Studio’s layout supports streamlined creation and retrieval of insights.
Google says the rollout is happening now in English, with support for more languages coming soon.
As part of broader AI-driven upgrades—including mobile access, public notebooks, and Gemini‑powered reasoning—these new features reinforce Google’s vision of NotebookLM as a multimodal knowledge tool. Whether students, professionals, or creators, users can now consume and share complex ideas in more engaging formats.
Earlier this year, Google launched a mobile application for NotebookLM on Android and iOS, a day ahead of its scheduled rollout and the Google I/O 2025 event.
Previously available only on desktop since its 2023 debut, the app now brings mobile support for on-the-go productivity.
