Google introduced on Tuesday that itβs rolling out Video Overviews to NotebookLM, its AI-based note-taking and analysis assistant. First launched at Google I/O in Could, Video Overviews enable customers toΒ flip dense multimedia, resembling uncooked notes, PDFs, and pictures, into digestible visible shows.
Beforehand, the service took an audio method to serving to customers perceive supplies with Audio Overviews, a function that offers customers the power to generate a podcast with AI digital hosts primarily based on paperwork they’ve shared with NotebookLM, resembling course readings or authorized briefs.
With this new functionality, NotebookLM is taking a extra visible method to serving to customers perceive totally different subjects and concepts.
Google says customers can consider Video Overviews as a visible various to Audio Overviews. The function creates new visuals whereas pulling in photographs, diagrams, quotes, and numbers from uploaded paperwork to clarify the content material. Google says the function is sweet for explaining information, demonstrating processes, and making summary ideas simpler to know.
Customers can customise their Video Overviews, simply as they do with Audio Overviews. They’ll specify subjects to deal with, point out their studying targets, describe the audience, and extra.
They’ll ask easy questions like, βI do know nothing about this subject; assist me perceive the diagrams within the paper,β or particular ones like, βIβm already an skilled on X and my crew works on Y; deal with Z.β
Video Overviews at the moment are rolling out to all customers in English, with assist for extra languages coming quickly, Google says.
Google additionally introduced that itβs rolling out updates to NotebookLMβs Studio panel. Customers can nowΒ create and retailer a number of studio outputs of the identical kind in a single pocket book. Plus, customers will now see 4 tiles on the high of the Studio panel for creating Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, Thoughts Maps, and Stories with a single click on.
As well as, customers can now multitask throughout the Studio panel. For instance, they will hearken to an Audio Overview whereas concurrently exploring a Thoughts Map or reviewing a Research Information.





