NotebookLM rolls out Video Overviews and Studio redesign

Following the announcement last week, Google has finished rolling out Video Overviews and a redesign of the Studio interface to all NotebookLM users.

Video Overviews use your sources to essentially create a slide deck accompanied by narration. NotebookLM will use “images, diagrams, quotes and numbers from your documents” in the presentation. You can have it focus on certain topics, cater to a specific audience, and more.

These narrated slides, starting in English, are the first format for Video Overviews, with the NotebookLM team teasing more in the future.

Meanwhile, the NotebookLM web app has rolled out a redesign of the Studio interface. The right-most column (after Sources and Chat) now starts with a grid of tiles for Audio Overview, Video Overview, Mind Map, and Reports. The latter includes Briefing doc, Study guide, FAQ, and Timeline. A three-dot menu for the first two lets you customize before generating. 

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Below the colorful grid, you’ll see a list of everything that has been created, including active generations, in your notebook, with an “Add note” FAB (floating action button) rounding things out. 

NotebookLM now lets you have multiple outputs of the same type, like creating many Audio Overviews based on different sources. Other use cases include:

• Have a public notebook to share with the world? Create a set of Audio Overviews in different languages to make your content globally accessible.
• Managing a team notebook full of notes and documentation? Create Audio and Video Overviews tailored to different roles, significantly saving time and effort.
• Studying for a big exam? You can also create any outputs, like Mind Maps, or Video Overviews, each focusing on a different chapter of your course notes.

Finally, you can now listen to an Audio Overview while browsing a Study Guide or Mind Map with the player at the bottom of the Studio UI. 

NotebookLM has also rolled out the ability to add multiple links at a time. Just make sure URLs are separated by a new line or space.