Google’s Gemini is getting a feature called “notebooks” to help you organize things about certain topics in a single place while using the AI chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. You can pull in things like files, past conversations, and custom instructions into notebooks that Gemini can then use as context while you’re talking with it.

NotebookLM now lives inside Gemini, turning saved notes into active AI context. The update links chats and research in one place, pushing Gemini toward a more persistent, workspace-style experience.

Google is adding a new "Notebooks" feature to Gemini to help users organize chats, files, and projects in sync with NotebookLM.

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You can create new notebooks in Gemini on the web and move your chats to it for better organization. As seen on ChatGPT and Claude, you can also give custom instructions and add relevant files, including PDFs and documents, to provide Gemini with more context about that project.

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Google has introduced Notebooks in the Google Gemini app to help users structure chats, files, and ongoing work in a single space. The feature extends the earlier connection with NotebookLM and is designed to support organized handling of study material,

In most cases, Gemini appears as a small button in the Chrome tab bar in the upper-right corner of your browser. Depending on your version and rollout, it may appear as Ask Gemini, Browse with AI, or the sparkle icon (Gemini logo). Clicking this opens the side panel next to the page you’re on.