NotebookLM makes its Android debut, complete with Audio Overviews
NotebookLM just hit the Play Store early — here's what it can do right now.
- NotebookLM debuted in 2023 as an experimental research tool.
- Last year Google upgraded the tool with its “virtual podcast” Audio Overviews.
- We’ve been expecting NotebookLM apps for a couple months now, and today the Android release arrives early.
If you’re trying to make a convert out of an AI nay-sayer, look no further than Google’s NotebookLM. The research assistant can easily digest all the source materials you throw at it, from product manuals to textbooks, and respond to your questions about them like a seasoned pro, making for a quick and impressive demo. And if that doesn’t blow their mind, just tap into Audio Overviews to hear a couple virtual podcast hosts get into an enthusiastic discussion on the subject. So far, though, NotebookLM has only existed as a web service. Now that’s finally changing.
We heard last month that NotebookLM was getting its own Android app, and a few weeks back Google confirmed plans to release the software for both Android and iOS on May 20, corresponding with the start of this year’s Google I/O developer conference.
