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Google’s NotebookLM can now turn users’ research and notes into fully animated “cinematic” videos, going a step further than the original video overview feature Google introduced last year.
Previously, video overviews could only generate narrated slideshows, but the upgraded video overview feature uses a combination of Google’s AI models, “including Gemini 3, Nano Banana Pro and Veo 3,” to generate animated visuals based on the content of users’ notes. Google says Gemini “determines the best narrative, visual style and format, and even refines its own work to ensure consistency” when generating the videos.
This is the latest in a string of recent AI video updates from Google. Last month, Google upgraded its Veo AI video model and expanded access to Flow, its AI video generating tool. Google also recently demoed a new “Project Genie” AI video generator that Verge reporter Jay Peters was able to use to make short knockoff slices of Nintendo games.
Cinematic video overviews are available in NotebookLM starting today, but are currently only available in English for users over 18 with a Google AI Ultra subscription. Users can also only generate a max of 20 cinematic video overviews per day.
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