Following the new Audio Overview formats last week, NotebookLM is rolling out Flashcards, Quizzes, redesigned Reports, and more learning tools today.
From the Studio pane, you’ll see two new options:
- Flashcards: “Memorize key terms, important dates and core concepts from your sources.”
- Quizzes: “Test your comprehension and challenge yourself with custom questions based on your material.”
Tap the pencil icon to customize the number of cards/questions and set the level of difficulty: Easy, Medium, or Hard. A prompt field lets you specify the topic. Both flashcards and quiz questions let you tap “explain” to have NotebookLM “generate a detailed overview, helping you understand a flashcard definition or explaining why you got a quiz question wrong, with citations pointing back to the original source material.” This is rolling out starting today.
Meanwhile, the Reports (also in the Studio tab) have also been redesigned. NotebookLM will now “dynamically suggest options based on the theme, topic or industry mentioned in your sources.”
For example, upload a scholarly article on economic theory and NotebookLM might suggest a glossary of key terms or a magazine-style explainer of the paper’s implications; upload a draft of a short story and NotebookLM might suggest a character analysis or a detailed critique of the plot.
“Blog Post: Insightful takeaways that are distilled into a highly readable article” is a new format alongside Briefing doc, Study Guide, and Create Your Own.
You can now customize the NotebookLM chat with a “Learning Guide” conversational style. Similar to the Gemini app, this “encourages participation with probing, open-ended questions.” This is rolling out starting next week.
Instead of just giving answers, it helps you break down problems step-by-step and adapts explanations to your needs, building a deeper understanding of the subject.
Similar to Featured notebooks, there are now interactive notebooks for popular academic titles from OpenStax, “the leading provider of free, peer-reviewed textbooks.” Aimed at high school and college students, six are available today:
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