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Re: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

#11

Post by blfr » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC

I admonish Gemini and demand explanation nearly every day of how it's possible that Google invented the thing, has the best infrastructure for inference, and somehow falls behind Anthropic and even OpenAI.

NotebookLM is pretty cool since it can hold a ton of context but this is so far below my (and frankly just reasonable) expectations of Google.

I downgraded my Gemini subscription and got Claude. Still can't believe how much better it is. Fable is way better, that's a given. But Claude even has a real .deb repo. Something Antigravity had and managed to lose.

Re: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

#12

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC

drusepth wrote: post #6

Very, very, very excited to hopefully stop getting support emails at Notebook.ai for people trying to get help with NotebookLM. Gemini Notebook is a way better name for the masses.

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Re: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

#13

Post by baggachipz » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC

If it's named "Gemini", does that mean it's going to get shoved in your face on every single google-related page/product?

Re: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

#14

Post by aanet » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC

I fear the upcoming changes... It ALWAYS starts with a name change, then more useless features, more ensh*ttification, then users flee, then the product is killed.

Google:

- Hangout

- Chat

- Meets

- Duo

- ...

Re: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

#15

Post by SecretDreams » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

baggachipz wrote: post #13

If it's named "Gemini", does that mean it's going to get shoved in your face on every single google-related page/product?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxYUizQrAg8&t=4s

Re: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

#16

Post by hek2sch » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

abirch wrote: post #5

Are there other tools out there like NotebookLM? Not a replacement but some cool AI tools that help people learn.

Best closest I stumble on is nouswise. Lets you contain an agent with even more sources and generate almost all outputs.

Re: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

#17

Post by hek2sch » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 5:38 PM UTC

petra wrote: post #8

abirch wrote: post #5

Are there other tools out there like NotebookLM? Not a replacement but some cool AI tools that help people learn.

Or maybe just a way to use chatgpt/Claude with files , and get accurate references to the page/paragraph in the source?

It's cumbersome to have llm duplicate all quotes and still get good response. Else you get no visibility into your sources.

Re: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

#18

Post by copperx » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC

blfr wrote: post #11

I admonish Gemini and demand explanation nearly every day of how it's possible that Google invented the thing, has the best infrastructure for inference, and somehow falls behind Anthropic and even OpenAI. NotebookLM is pretty cool since it can hold a ton of context but this is so far below my (and frankly just reasonable) expectations of Google. I downgraded my Gemini subscription and got Claude. Still can't believe…

Yeah, it grinds my gears. They could probably have lightning speed inference and the best model if they were interested in doing so.

Re: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

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Post by dubcrab » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC

NotebookLM is genuinely useful for structured research workflows. My concern is not the name. It's whether the "notebook" metaphor survives the rebrand.

Re: NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

#20

Post by NoImmatureAdHom » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC

I'd like to have audio overviews of scientific papers, so I can "read" them while I drive. NotebookLM/Gemini Notebook sorta does this, but the two-person podcast format is kind of annoying and it can't pronounce math.

Is there something out there that will do this? I'm sure the right harness around frontier models would make it work.