Google announced an update on Monday NotebookLM survey tool, which includes new features and moving to Gemini 3.5 as the default model. The company also adds Antigravity-Powered software capabilities to help users research and generate different kinds of results.
This is similar to Google adding bits of coding to its search products to make them more Q&A-friendly.
Google said that with the latest update, you can start a discussion about a project with the app and it will help you build your knowledge base by suggesting different sources using its research skills and Google Search. The feature could help users acquire primary sources in other languages or find new material from relevant authors.
Previously, NotebookLM required you to bring your own sources to start building a knowledge base in order to extract information.
The company added that users can now give detailed instructions to NotebookLM to generate output in different formats. Additionally, they can edit the output once it is generated. The tool now supports exports to formats including data visualizations and graphs (.png, .svg). Documents (PDF, .docx, Markdown, text files). Pictures of nanobanana. Structured data (.csv, .json); and Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Last year, the company introduced a ‘Deep Research’ feature for structured online research. With the release of the new feature, NotebookLM will display detailed steps in the chat on how it arrived at the answers so users can check the output.
Google said the updates are available to Google AI Ultra users and all Workspace business customers with AI Ultra Access and AI Expanded Access starting today, with the goal of rolling them out to others.
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