Notebooks in Gemini: a dedicated workspace for focused, organized work, now for schools and organizations

Ashwani Kumar — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:19:52 +0000

Notebooks in Gemini: a dedicated workspace for focused, organized work, now for schools and organizations

In April, we announced notebooks in Gemini as a dedicated, focused space for individual users to organize their projects and conversations. Now, students of all ages, educators, and professionals can access notebooks to keep conversations about a topic organized in one place. For example:

Students can upload all of their materials for a specific course into a single notebook to turn Gemini into a personalized, course-aware study partner that can generate custom practice quizzes and simplify complex topics.
Educators can upload their curriculum standards, assignment rubrics, and lesson templates to rapidly generate aligned coursework, differentiated learning materials, and targeted student feedback.
Professionals can upload product information, project details, research reports, and strategy notes for a specific topic into a notebook to synthesize key insights and draft deliverables.

This tool also combines two of Google’s most powerful AI tools, the Gemini app and Gemini Notebook, to unlock new ways of working and studying. For example, if you’re a student, try adding class notes to a notebook and using Gemini Notebook to create a Cinematic Video Overview. The next day, open the notebook in the Gemini app and ask it to create a study guide based on that same material.

Getting started

Admins: Access to Notebooks in Gemini is on by default, and is controlled using the Gemini App and Gemini Notebook access settings. As an administrator of your organization’s Google Accounts, you can control who can use Notebooks in Gemini. Notebooks in Gemini are available to users who are in a group or OU with both Gemini Notebook and Gemini set to On. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Gemini and Gemini Notebook on or off for users.
End users: Open the left side panel in the Gemini app and click “New notebook” to start adding your sources and focus area. You can add up to 10 sources to your notebook. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) started on September 14, 2026

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual subscribers outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), as well as users with personal Google accounts globally

Resources

News from Google: Try notebooks in Gemini to easily keep track of projects
Gemini Notebooks Help: Notebooks in Gemini Apps
Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn the Gemini App on or off

Notebooks in Gemini is a dedicated, focused AI workspace within the Gemini app designed to organize project files and conversations by specific topics. Google has expanded this feature—which was previously only available for personal Google accounts—to Google Workspace and Education accounts, making it available for students, educators, and professionals. [1, 2, 3]

Key Features of Notebooks in Gemini

Centralised Workspaces: Instead of using a single, continuous chat stream where older prompts get buried, you can curate distinct notebooks for specific projects, courses, or subjects. [2]
Source Grounding: Each notebook allows you to upload up to 10 sources (such as course materials, strategy papers, or rubrics) to ground Gemini’s context, significantly reducing repetitive prompting. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Integration with Gemini Notebook: Notebooks created within the Gemini app sync automatically with the standalone Gemini Notebook (formerly known as NotebookLM), unlocking advanced features like Audio Overviews and Cinematic Video Overviews. [4, 5, 6]
Interactive Study Notebooks: Built specifically for learning, students can utilize a “Study and learn” tile to generate personalized, bite-sized lessons, track progress, and take automated diagnostic quizzes based entirely on their uploaded materials. [7, 8, 9]

Admin and Rollout Requirements

For users on school or organization-issued accounts to use this feature, Google Workspace administrators must enable both the Gemini app and Gemini Notebook in the Google Workspace Admin Console. Furthermore, study features are only functional when the account’s “Keep activity” setting is turned on. [3, 7, 8]