Google seems to be lining up a batch of NotebookLM options which have been within the works for months, surfacing quietly in current builds even because the workforce drops hints that an announcement is probably not far off. Three additions stand out, and collectively they sketch a transparent route.
as is custom, NotebookLM’s large replace is just not on IO day…
Group has cooked.
— Simon (@tokumin) May 24, 2026
The primary is Personal Preferences, which debuted in Gemini and is now set to succeed in NotebookLM. It might let the instrument be taught out of your exercise and construct editable personas, adjusting tone and technical depth to how you’re employed. Whereas Gemini’s model reaches into Gmail, Drive, Images, and Calendar, the NotebookLM indicators to this point lean towards in-app personalization drawn out of your notebooks and chats, which is helpful for anybody doing repeated, deep-context analysis.
Permit NotebookLM to make use of your previous interactions (e.g., conversations, artifacts, and customization directions) to know your preferences and tailor the expertise to your wants.
Connectors, sitting alongside it in settings, would shut that hole. Working very like MCP, it might pull outdoors information right into a pocket book, more than likely beginning with Google’s personal companies similar to Calendar, Gmail, and Drive. The piece is just not but operational, and the roster of supported sources stays open.
Canvas is arguably the headline. Discovered within the Studio panel, it might flip sources right into a customized artifact — an interactive timeline, an explainer internet web page, a light-weight sport, or a visualizer, guided by a immediate describing what you need and the way. It extends the outputs that NotebookLM already provides, together with infographics, slide decks, information tables, and thoughts maps.
The mix is the place it will get compelling. With NotebookLM now residing inside Gemini, the three would let individuals work throughout their sources with out copying materials between instruments, matching Google’s push to show a source-grounded reader right into a workspace for constructing structured, visible experiences on prime of paperwork.
On fashions, NotebookLM moved to Gemini 3 late final 12 months; with Gemini 3.5 Flash now the worldwide default after I/O 2026, the Flash department of that household is the pure subsequent base. A agency timeline continues to be lacking, so the open query is when, not whether or not.