NotebookLM is a Google AI research and note-taking app that summarizes and answers questions about supplied sources.
Google NotebookLM APP: ask questions about your sources and listen to audio overviews
NotebookLM is an AI note-taking and research app from Google. It helps users organize materials into notebooks, ask questions about them, generate summaries and create audio overviews. Students can organize course materials, researchers can review literature and professionals can bring project documents together. AI output can be wrong, so check important claims against the cited material.
Main features
Users can organize sources such as PDFs, web links, YouTube videos and plain text in a notebook and ask questions about those sources. Answers may include citations that help readers return to the relevant material. A citation alone does not guarantee a complete or accurate answer, nor does it establish the quality of the original source.
Audio overviews can turn materials into a podcast-like conversation, useful when reading is inconvenient. Background or offline listening, interactive audio and language options may depend on the device, region, account and current version; check what is available in the app.
Getting started
- Create a notebook and group materials around a topic.
- Add files, links or text you have permission to use through the available input options.
- Ask specific questions and review summaries; follow citations back to the source to check context.
- If you want to listen, try creating an audio overview and review the displayed language, playback and usage limits.
You are responsible for assessing permission, privacy and accuracy. Before uploading sensitive documents, review relevant Google data-handling terms and follow your organization’s rules. Treat generated content as an aid to understanding and verify it further before important decisions.
Frequently asked questions
What can NotebookLM do?
It can summarize notebook materials, answer questions about them and provide audio overviews to support learning.
Is an answer necessarily correct if it has citations?
No. Check whether each cited passage supports the claim and read it in context.
Can audio be played offline?
Offline listening is described in the available information, but support can vary by device and version. Check the options in the app.
Frequently asked questions
What can NotebookLM do?
It can summarize sources, answer questions and provide audio overviews.
Is an answer with citations necessarily correct?
No. Check the cited passages and their context.
Can audio be played offline?
Availability can vary by device and version; check the app.
