Google Launches Themed Notebooks Collection for NotebookLM Users
Google is stepping up its game in the world of AI-powered research tools with a new feature in NotebookLM — Featured Notebooks . This latest update is designed to help users easily access high-quality, expert-curated content across a variety of topics, from science and finance to life advice and travel planning.
🔍 A New Way to Discover High-Quality Content
With the introduction of Featured Notebooks , Google aims to make it easier for users to find reliable sources and well-structured information. The notebooks are carefully selected and cover a wide range of interests, including scientific deep dives, practical travel guides, and even thought-provoking insights into life and longevity.
💻 Rolling Out to Desktop Users with Global Partnerships
As announced in a recent blog post, the feature is now gradually rolling out to desktop users. To ensure depth and variety, Google has partnered with experts, authors, academic institutions, and nonprofits from around the world.
Some of the notebooks already available include:
- A financial tracker for Q1 earnings of the top 50 public companies
- A life advice notebook on building purpose and meaning
- Predictions for the year 2025
- A deep exploration into the science of living longer
- An overview of long-term trends in human well-being by Our World in Data , a research initiative affiliated with Oxford University
🌐 Building on the Public Sharing Feature
The new Featured Notebooks collection expands on a recent feature that allows users to share their own NotebookLM notes publicly. Since the launch of this sharing option just four weeks ago, more than 140,000 notebooks have been shared by users worldwide.
🧠 From Project Tailwind to NotebookLM: A Growing AI Tool
NotebookLM started as an internal experiment known as Project Tailwind , and officially launched in 2023 as a research and note-taking tool powered by AI. Since then, it has seen continuous improvements and the addition of several useful features.
Recent updates include:
- Support for YouTube videos
- Web search functionality
- Availability in multiple languages
- Video Overviews to enrich AI summaries with visual elements
- Mobile apps for Android and iOS released earlier this year
📁 Explore and Share Expert Insights with Featured Notebooks
Google plans to keep expanding the Featured Notebooks library in the coming months. As the company explained:
“With featured notebooks and public sharing, NotebookLM gives you the ability to explore and share expertise, commentary, and public domain information.”
Each notebook supports all of NotebookLM’s powerful tools, including:
- Listening to AI-generated audio summaries
- Creating mind maps for visual thinking
- Referencing original sources for deeper research
- Exploring specific topics in detail