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A few weeks ago, Google announced it was rebranding NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook. Initially, this change was purely cosmetic, but we’re already seeing signs that Google has big plans for the future. In fact, we’ve already seen a few new features like Collections, which finally lets you group related notebooks together like a playlist. That’s just the beginning, though, as a recent APK breakdown hints the tool may soon let users add website links as sources directly in the Gemini app, alongside a few other possible changes. This got me thinking about what else I’d like to see from Gemini Notebook in the future. Here are just five relatively modest yet important changes I would personally love to see introduced into the AI tool.
Which potential Gemini Notebook feature is your top choice? 111 votes Multi-notebook merging 27 % The ability to download sources 20 % More ways to learn or recap info 23 % Direct database connectors 19 % Expanded PDF size support 6 % Other (Let us know in the comments) 5 %
Multi-notebook merging
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While one notebook is often enough, certain projects can benefit from multiple workspaces, making it easier to keep things organized during the early planning stages. For example, a graduate student might be working on a thesis with a ton of sources and information to sift through. To make things easier, they might break things down into separate notebooks for each chapter. This is useful early on, but less useful once you know exactly what you’re doing and where you are heading. Imagine if there were an easy way to merge these related notebooks together.
Unfortunately, there is no official way to merge multiple notebooks directly in the Gemini Notebook app. There are workarounds, such as third-party tools. You can even upload or reference multiple notebook links in Google Gemini and then ask it to cross-analyze, synthesize, or combine content across all attached notebooks. All of these methods require additional steps and the use of tools outside the Gemini Notebook workspace. A native merge feature would be a natural fit for the AI-powered tool, but there are some reasons it hasn’t happened yet.
Right now there's no easy way to merge notebooks together, though there are a few third-party methods.
The main reason this feature doesn’t exist yet is that Gemini Notebook is designed around strict source grounding to prevent AI hallucinations. Mixing several independent notebooks greatly increases the odds of hallucinations and other issues. That said, this should become much more achievable in the future as Google continues to improve the underlying AI technology and further expands notebook source caps.
The ability to download sources
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