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Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and expanding its cloud code execution features from Ultra-only to Pro subscribers.
Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, folding one of its most popular AI products into the Gemini brand while keeping it as a standalone tool. The company said on Thursday that the rebrand reflects how deeply the research assistant has been woven into the broader Google ecosystem, including the Gemini app and Google Search. More than 30 million people and over 600,000 organizations now use the tool, which Google first introduced as Project Tailwind at I/O 2023.
The name change arrives alongside a significant expansion of the tool’s most powerful feature. Last month, Google gave every notebook a secure cloud computer capable of writing and running code against a user’s uploaded sources, enabling complex data analysis, charts, and new output formats including spreadsheets and slide decks. That update was limited to Google AI Ultra subscribers and select Workspace business accounts, but with the Gemini Notebook rebrand, Google is rolling it out to AI Pro users on the web over the coming weeks.
The cloud computing environment runs Python scripts inside a secure container, processing tables and generating visualizations directly from the documents a user has uploaded. Digital Trends reported that the June update also moved the tool onto a new reasoning engine and added support for generating PDFs and structured data files. Google has not said when or whether free-tier users will gain access to code execution.
Beyond the rebrand, Google is pushing notebooks into more surfaces across its product line. Users can already create and access notebooks directly within the Gemini app, with full cross-app syncing between the two experiences. Google said it plans to bring notebooks into AI Mode in Search as well, though it did not share a timeline, a move that would place the research tool inside the same AI-driven search interface that now serves more than one billion monthly users.
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The rebrand continues a pattern Google has followed across its AI lineup, absorbing experimental products into the Gemini brand once they prove successful. NotebookLM’s core proposition, grounding AI responses exclusively in user-provided sources rather than the open web, remains unchanged. Josh Woodward, VP of Google Labs, the Gemini app, and AI Studio, oversees the product and outlined Google’s broader AI integration strategy at I/O 2026 in May.
Whether the Gemini Notebook name helps or hurts the product’s identity is an open question. NotebookLM built its reputation precisely because it felt distinct from the chatbot-style Gemini experience, and some users may see the rebrand as a sign that Google is prioritizing brand consistency over the product’s independent character. The tool itself is better than it has ever been, but the name now carries the weight of an AI brand that Google has applied to everything from laptops to smart glasses.