Google rebrands NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook with new coding capabilities
Google's AI research tool is now Gemini Notebook, featuring new cloud computing capabilities that allow users to execute code and perform data analysis.
Google rebrands NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook with new coding capabilities
Google has officially renamed its AI-powered research tool NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook. The rebranding aligns the product with the broader Gemini AI family, replacing a name that referenced a language model
with one tied to the company's primary AI brand.
The service began as a Google Labs experiment in 2023, first unveiled at Google I/O as Project Tailwind. Since its wide release a few months after that debut, the tool has grown to more than 30 million individual users and over 600,000 organizations. These users include students who convert notes into video and audio summaries, as well as business owners creating interactive onboarding materials.
While Gemini Notebook will remain a standalone product focused on research, Google is integrating it more deeply into its existing ecosystem. The tool was fully integrated into the Gemini app in April, allowing for cross-app syncing and chat organization. Google stated that notebooks will soon be accessible within AI Mode, the chatbot-like experience in Google Search.
Native Code Execution and Data Analysis
Accompanying the name change is a technical update that provides every notebook with a secure cloud computer. This infrastructure allows Gemini Notebook to write and execute code natively, enabling users to perform complex data analysis grounded strictly in their own uploaded sources.
Google describes this as part of a Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity upgrade. The company claims the update allows for deeper analysis
and entirely new output formats
.
The rollout of these coding capabilities is tiered by subscription level:
| User Tier | Availability |
|---|---|
| Google AI Ultra / Workspace business customers (with AI Ultra or Expanded Access) | Available today |
| Google AI Pro users on the web | Rolling out over the coming weeks |
These under-the-hood improvements follow previous feature additions designed to help users organize notes, including the ability to summarize content as TikTok-style clips, narrated slideshows, and AI podcasts.
To reflect the new branding, the app's logo will be updated to feature a blue and purple Gemini gradient. Google maintains that the product will continue its core mission as a premier research tool while expanding its utility across Google Search and the Gemini app.
