Google is making its AI-powered research and note-taking assistant, NotebookLM, a more interactive and informative hub for users. On Monday, July 14th, 2025, the tech giant released a thrilling statement. It will release a new, highlighted set of featured notebooks, which will help improve the quality and variety across the platform. This new effort provides users the opportunity to explore these complex and interrelated topics. These issues are thoughtfully designed, forged through partnerships with high quality partners that you know and admire, like The Economist and The Atlantic.
This curated library of featured notebooks will roll out to the desktop version of NotebookLM starting today. Google hopes to grow this collection in the months ahead. They will feature more contributions by different authors, publications, researchers, and other nonprofits. This intentional decision is all about improving user flow. It gives users the chance to truly explore hands on an amazing depth of subjects with world-class content.
Since launch last month, NotebookLM has seen a phenomenal exchange of over 140,000 public notebooks shared between NotebookLM users. This milestone is a testament to the increasing popularity of this powerful platform, with users looking for more creative ways to collect and manage information. Our recently added Notebooks span a variety of topics. Users can discover holistic health and life advice, easy travel hacks, smart financial analysis, and so much more!
The team shared the exciting news in a blog post titled “NotebookLM Featured Notebooks.” This post will look at those improvements and what’s next in store for the platform. Users can learn more about this change at Google’s own blog here.
With these updates, Google hope to ensure that NotebookLM is the definitive starting point for anyone looking for insights. They aspire to increase knowledge in all areas for all user types. The company is permanently engaged with the nation’s leading yachting publications and influentials. User Experience This ongoing commitment improves on the previous user experience, in research and in note-taking.