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Google Rebrands NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook, Adds Expanded AI Research Tools

July 17, 2026 at 23:59 EDT

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Google is renaming its AI-powered research and note-taking tool NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, folding the product more tightly into its Gemini brand while broadening its research capabilities.

Product Rebrand · Google AI

NotebookLM Becomes Gemini Notebook

Google folds its AI research and note-taking tool under the flagship Gemini brand — broadening research features while keeping the core experience intact.

Before

NotebookLM

experimental service

→

After

Gemini Notebook

unified Gemini brand

Same Core Function

Upload your own documents, then query, summarize and reason over them.

Expanded Research

New AI research tooling layered on top of the existing workspace.

Grounded Answers

Citation-backed replies tied to your sources — reducing hallucinations.

One brand, deeper across the ecosystem

Gemini

→

Search Workspace Assistant Gemini Notebook

Upside

A more recognizable banner, continuity of function, and easier communication of updates as the Gemini models iterate.

The Catch

Frequent AI rebranding can confuse users tracking which tool does what — and differentiation from rivals remains to be seen.

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