
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.
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