Google Renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook

Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, but will keep it a standalone app even as it ties more closely into Gemini and Google Search. "Google says it plans to bring notebooks to AI Mode, its chatbot-like experience in Search, too," reports The Verge. From the report: Along with the name change, Google is rolling out an update announced last month that allows Gemini Notebook to connect to a secure cloud computer to write and execute code. This feature is available to Google AI Ultra and Workspace business customers, but will come to Pro users on the web "over the coming weeks."

But no Apps Script integration

[TomR teh Pirate]

If you invoke Apps Script from a Google app like Sheets, Docs, etc. you can go to Extensions --> Apps Script. At this point, the user is confronted by a barebones IDE that has no Gemini window ready to assist, unlike the apps themselves. So you want to vibe-code some solution for the Google app? No problem! Just talk to the prompt in the app itself, then copy its code outputs into your clipboard, context-switch back into Apps Script, and paste. It's the 21st century version of sneaker-net. One migh

Good.

[MachineShedFred]

I was wondering if they were going to do this super-obvious improvement.

I want to sic AI on my own collection of documents specific to the context. This change seems to allow for that without having to set up a billion different MCP connections and having the AI stumble it's way through tool use.

Kind of a redundant product now

[Tony Isaac]

It lets you upload Acrobat files and ask questions about the documents. Yes, a year or two ago, that was cool. But now you can just open an Acrobat file in any browser, and ask questions about it in the browser's integrated AI. No need to upload into Google's Notebook.