Google LLC today announced that its popular NotebookLM, the company’s artificial intelligence-powered research assistant, is being rebranded as Gemini Notebook and is getting upgrades aimed at providing secure cloud computing for every notebook.

Launched globally in 2023, NotebookLM, began as an AI note-taking and source understanding application that allowed people to upload large amounts of documentary content in order to have it organize information. As time went on, Google Labs experimented with and added audio and video overviews, infographics, slides, flashcards and more.

Notebook will remain a standalone app, even as it is being incorporated within the Gemini app, the web interface for the company’s flagship AI models. The company said it also has plans to incorporate its capabilities into AI Mode in Google Search.

In addition to the rebrand, the company is expanding the previously announced updates for Pro subscription users, introducing new agentic capabilities and more advanced reasoning. The platform now runs in Gemini 3.5, the company’s most powerful model series, and Antigravity, an agentic coding platform.

These updates will allow the notebook and thought organization system to generate more reliable and accurate information by tapping into scripting, allowing it to curate large data sources and visualize them, and use the model’s built-in reasoning capabilities.

Each notebook will also run on a secure cloud computer, allowing Notebook to write and run code for running deeper research and more complex analysis. The company said the system now includes over 100 curated software skills, which will enable it to provide a wider variety of analysis and output formats.

The cloud computer update is rolling out to Ultra users, the $100-per-month subscription, and Workspace enterprise customers with Ultra Access and Expanded Access. It will become available to Pro users on the web over the coming weeks.

Perplexity AI Inc., a company that began as an AI-enabled search engine, also announced that its AI research agents will receive secure cloud computers this week to increase efficiency and speed. By incorporating the technology, users will be able to tap into coding and analysis capabilities safely without revealing sensitive information such as passwords and access tokens.

With the rebrand and new secure cloud computers, Google said Notebook will be more broadly connected to the rest of the company’s ecosystem. This includes broader cross-app synchronization between the Gemini app and the standalone Notebook. This will expand even further when the company brings Notebook into AI Mode in Search.

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