NotebookLM's new Video Overviews feature is like YouTube for your notes
Last year, the company introduced a new feature called 'Audio Overviews', which turns notes into a podcast with AI hosts. In a blog post, Google announced that it is rolling out the much-anticipated Video Overviews feature for NotebookLM users, which it says offers 'a helpful visual aid to understand a complex concept.'
Initially announced earlier this year at Google I/O, Video Overviews will appear in the form of narrated slides. The tech giant says users can think of them as a visual alternative to Audio Overviews, where the 'AI host creates visuals to help illustrate points while also pulling in images, diagrams, quotes and numbers' from sources.
Similar to Audio Overviews, Google says users have the option to customise Video Overviews by telling it about topics you want to focus on, mentioning your learning goals and describing the target audience. Moreover, you can also ask questions like 'I know nothing about this topic; help me understand the diagrams in the paper' or 'Ï'm already an expert on X and my team works on Y: focus on Z.' The new feature is currently available in English, but Google says support for more languages is already underway.
Google also announced some new features for NotebookLM Studio, which now allows users to create and store multiple studio outputs of the same type in a single notebook. What it means is that now you will be able to create different sets of Audio Overviews in various languages, tailor them for different roles and even create outputs like Mind Maps and Video Overviews which focus on different chapters and topics.
Another change coming to NotebookLM is that now you will be able to multitask within the app's Studio panel. For example, you can listen to an Audio Overview while working on a Mind Map or reviewing a study guide. However, these updated Studio features will be rolling out to users in the next few weeks, so you might have to wait some time before being able to use them.
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