
Google is giving its AI note-taking app a new name. The company announced on Thursday that NotebookLM is becoming Gemini Notebook, but will remain a standalone app even as it integrates more deeply across Gemini and Google Search. Google first revealed Gemini Notebook - then called Project Tailwind - in May 2023 before widely releasing the app just months later. Over the past few years, Google has been adding new features to the app to help organize and make sense of your notes
Google is renaming its AI note-taking app NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook while keeping it as a standalone application. The app will integrate more deeply with Google's broader AI products, including connections to the Gemini app and plans to bring notebooks to AI Mode within Search. Along with the name change, Google is rolling out a feature that allows Gemini Notebook to connect to a secure cloud computer for writing and executing code, with availability expanding from AI Ultra and Workspace business customers to Pro users on the web in the coming weeks.
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