Google launched Video Overviews in NotebookLM, its AI note-taking and research tool. The new feature turns dense materials—notes, PDFs, images—into visual presentations.
Before this, NotebookLM offered Audio Overviews. This let users create AI-hosted podcasts from documents like course readings or legal briefs.
Video Overviews serve as a visual alternative. They generate images, diagrams, quotes, and stats from uploaded docs. Google says it helps explain data, show processes, and clarify abstract ideas. 
Users can customize Video Overviews. They pick topics, learning goals, and audiences. They can ask simple questions like, “Help me understand the diagrams,” or detailed ones, “Focus on Z for my expert team.”
Video Overviews are out now for all English users. More languages are coming soon.
Google also updated NotebookLM’s Studio panel. Now you can create and store multiple outputs of the same type in one notebook. The panel shows four tiles for Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, Mind Maps, and Reports—all with one click.
Plus, multitasking is live inside the Studio panel. For example, listen to an Audio Overview while checking a Mind Map or Study Guide.
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