Turn Research Tabs Into a Checkable Brief with Gemini Notebook

Turn a handful of documents and links into a brief you can actually verify.

Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook in July 2026. Google says the standalone product keeps its research focus and can sync notebooks across the Gemini app and the standalone Gemini Notebook experience. 1

For wider web research, choose Web and then Deep Research. Google says Deep Research creates a research plan, searches hundreds of websites, and lets you add the report and its sources to your notebook. 2

The practical loop is simple: add your source set, ask one focused question, request a briefing with citations, then open the cited passages before sharing the result. Use it when the source list matters as much as the summary.