The included notebooks in NotebookLM enable people to engage in a deep experience of quality material. Every notebook allows reading the original material, asking questions, listening to audio summaries, and visualising themes with the help of the Mind Maps tool. According to Google, this new product is meant to make discovery and learning more comfortable with reliable sources.
Expert content from respected sources
The inaugural edition of the featured notebooks is going to be filled with contributions by notable individuals and organisations. Among them are long-life tips by Eric Topol, author of Super Agers; The Economist World Ahead 2025 report; and How to Build A Life columns by Arthur C. Brooks in The Atlantic. There is also a science-based parenting advice of Jacqueline Nesi’s Techno Sapiens newsletter and a Yellowstone travel guide full of geological and biodiversity information.
Interactive exploration and audio overviews
All the notebooks are compatible with the advanced features of NotebookLM so that the user can freely explore the topic in question, generate detailed questions, and get answers with references to the source material. Key themes are broken down by using audio summaries and mind maps that provide new possibilities of understanding and interaction with complex information.
140,000+ public notebooks created
The update is an extension of the public sharing feature that was launched last month and already has led to over 140,000 notebooks that are now public. Google intends to grow the roster of featured notebooks as time goes by with more contributions by The Economist and The Atlantic, among others, so that expert knowledge would be made accessible to everyone.
NotebookLM users on desktop are now getting the rolloutof the Featured Notebooks tab. With this update, Google is hoping that it can encourage users to read and share reliable, well-sourced global knowledge.