Gemini Notebook Full Course: Master “NotebookLM 2.0” in 45 Minutes

0:00Gemini Notebook, formerly Notebook LM,

0:02has become one of the most powerful free

0:04AI tools you can use. But Google has

0:07packed so much into it that it's

0:09actually gotten pretty difficult to know

0:11where to start and how to get the most

0:12out of it. The newest version can do

0:14deeper research, analyze your own data,

0:17create PowerPoints and Excel files right

0:19from the chat, and turn those same

0:21sources into podcasts, videos,

0:23infographics, and more. That's a lot.

0:26And when you first open Gemini Notebook,

0:28it's not always obvious which features

0:30matter or how they all fit together. So

0:33this video will be a complete course on

0:35how to use Gemini Notebook. My goal is

0:38to show you every single feature inside

0:40of Gemini Notebook and to walk you step

0:42by step from how to get started with it

0:44as a complete beginner to how to use its

0:46most advanced capabilities. This is

0:48going to be a longer video, so feel free

0:50to skip around using the timestamps down

0:53below. But let's jump in now and I'll

0:55show you how to master everything you

0:57get with Gemini notebook. To get

0:59started, go to notebooklm.google.com.

1:03This is included with your Google

1:05account. So, as long as you open it in

1:07the same browser you use for Gmail or

1:09Gemini, it should open right up under

1:12that account. This is the main

1:14dashboard. This is where you'll find all

1:16of your notebooks you've already

1:18created. If you're brand new to this,

1:19you won't have any notebooks yet, except

1:22for the ones up here that are supplied

1:24by Google. Here you can see a notebook I

1:27recently created. Let me show you what

1:29this looks like, a completed notebook,

1:31so you know where we're headed with

1:32this. I can click on this notebook to

1:34open it up. This is a single notebook.

1:37Up here at the top, we have the title of

1:39the notebook. And here is a brief

1:42description of it. This is a notebook

1:44all about how to start a garden in

1:46Colorado. Each notebook is broken up

1:48into three columns. The column on the

1:51left are all of the sources. This is

1:54what makes up the knowledge base for the

1:57notebook. What makes Gemini notebook so

2:00unique is that all of the AI knowledge

2:04that is used when you are chatting with

2:06the notebook or creating things with the

2:08notebook are grounded in the sources

2:11that you provide. Here are all the

2:13sources for this notebook. So what that

2:15means is as I use the AI, it only pulls

2:19in information from these sources and

2:21from nowhere else. That's what grounded

2:24means. So this is really helpful for

2:26situations where you want an AI to only

2:30know certain information. As for the

2:32sources themselves, these can be

2:34websites, YouTube videos, anything from

2:37Google Drive, or you can even paste in

2:40some text. Over here in the middle

2:42column, we have the AI chat. This is

2:45where you can ask the AI questions about

2:48the information in these sources. If you

2:51ever use chat GBT or Gemini, it's very

2:54similar, but instead of pulling

2:56information from its own training or

2:59from the web, it's only using the

3:01information from the sources that you

3:03provided. And then over here on the

3:04right is studio. This is where you can

3:07create things with Gemini notebook. For

3:11instance, you can create audio

3:12overviews, slide decks, video overviews,

3:15reports, flashcards, infographics, and

3:17data tables. Let me show you what some

3:19of those look like. So, right here we

3:22have an infographic that was created. It

3:24pulled in the information from those

3:26sources and created for us an

3:28infographic based on that information.

3:30Here is a slide deck. It goes through

3:33how to start gardening in Colorado. And

3:36here's an example of one of the videos

3:38you can make with Gemini Notebook.

3:40>> These conditions you can yield massive

3:42healthy tomato plants. Survival here

3:45relies on building.

3:46>> So there's a lot you can do with Gemini

3:48Notebook. But before you feel

3:50overwhelmed, let's start easy. I'll

3:53click on the top left here to return

3:55back to my dashboard and let's start a

3:58new notebook together. To do that, you

4:01want to click right here where it says

4:02create new notebook. Each notebook is

4:05basically its own separate workspace for

4:07one topic or project. And the first

4:10thing it'll ask you to do when you

4:12create a notebook is to add in the

4:14sources. These are simply the

4:16information you want the notebook to use

4:18as its source of truth. And there's a

4:21lot of options for what you choose as a

4:24source. You can upload files, add links

4:27to websites or YouTube videos, add

4:30things for Drive, or even paste in text.

4:32Here, for instance, I have an article on

4:35this website that's all about how to

4:37garden in Colorado. So, I'm going to

4:39grab this. All you have to do is copy

4:41down the URL, come over to Gemini

4:43Notebook, and click on this button right

4:46here that says websites, and you can

4:48paste in that link. And as long as you

4:50separate it with a space, you can add

4:52some more. So, for instance, right here,

4:54there are some YouTube videos I want to

4:56add. I will right click on these uh

4:58these dots and click on share to get a

5:01link to this YouTube video. And then I

5:04can paste that one in there. So, that's

5:06my second source. Let's add another

5:09YouTube video. I will copy down this

5:13link and paste that one in. And you can

5:16do this with several other websites as

5:18well. We'll just use these three. And

5:20then I'll click on insert. And you'll

5:21notice that over here on the left, those

5:23are now being loaded in. Now, you can

5:26always add more sources after that

5:28initial setup by clicking right here

5:30where it says add sources. And this

5:32time, I'm going to upload a file cuz I

5:35have one on my computer that's all about

5:37local vegetables. There it is. So, I

5:40will select that one. Click on open. And

5:43now you'll see that one's being added.

5:45Now, if you're completely at a loss as

5:47to where to start because you don't have

5:49any sources, then that is when you want

5:52to use the research tool. So, right here

5:55on the left, you'll see that there's an

5:57option to either do fast research or

6:00deep research. And this can find

6:03information and sources from the web to

6:06bring them into the notebook as sources.

6:09I will use fast research for this one.

6:12And I will type in here what I'm going

6:14to use this notebook for, what the topic

6:16of the notebook is, which is gardening

6:19in Colorado. And if I click on search

6:22there, you can see that it found these

6:24websites. Now, if you click right here

6:27where it says seven more sources, it's

6:29going to be different depending on how

6:30many sources it found for you. You can

6:32see the names of all the websites, and

6:34you can actually click on them to open

6:35them to see if they are sources that you

6:38want to use. here. Actually, I already

6:41had one of those in there,

6:42coincidentally, but this one's new, and

6:44this one's new. And as long as you're

6:46happy with them, you can check off the

6:48ones you want to bring in as sources,

6:50and then click on import. And you'll see

6:52all of those are now being added here on

6:54the left. It is important that you're

6:56careful about what sources you add to

6:59your notebooks because the notebooks are

7:01grounded in that information. So, only

7:03use reputable websites and websites that

7:06you trust. over here. Now you see all of

7:09them are added but two of them are

7:11highlighted in red and that's because

7:13Gemini Notebook can't use every website

7:17as a source. Some are behind a payw wall

7:21or there's other reasons they can't be

7:23added. Whenever that happens, instead of

7:26trying to fight it, usually the best

7:28thing to do is just to click on more

7:30here and click on remove all failed

7:32sources. that will then delete all the

7:35sources that weren't able to be uploaded

7:37and only keep the ones that actually

7:39worked. As time goes on, your list of

7:42sources is going to grow and grow and

7:44grow and it can at times become a little

7:47bit unwieldly and that's when you want

7:49to use the auto label feature. You can

7:51find that right here. And if you click

7:53on this, that will use AI to

7:56automatically group your sources

7:57together. So you can see right here we

8:00have a section now for fruit

8:02cultivation, a section for general

8:04gardening, and a section for soil and

8:07pests. And do note that one source can

8:10be inside multiple of these labels if

8:14multiple labels apply to the same

8:16source. But this is a nice way just to

8:18keep it all nice and organized. If you

8:20need to make any changes, you can open

8:22up the label, click on these three dots,

8:25and either remove the source entirely

8:27from your notebook, rename it, or give

8:29it a different label. With our sources

8:32now dialed in, let's look at what was

8:34automatically set up for us. Up here at

8:37the top, you'll notice that it

8:38automatically created a title for this

8:41notebook. Here's a name, Cultivating

8:43Success: A Guide to Colorado Vegetable

8:45Gardening. I think that title is okay.

8:48Certainly clever, but I don't think it's

8:51that great for when I'm quickly glancing

8:53at the dashboard and want to easily find

8:55this notebook. So, I'm going to rename

8:58it. You can easily do that just by

9:00highlighting the text up here and typing

9:02in a new name. So, I will call this one

9:04vegetable gardening in Colorado. And it

9:07also updates the title here as well.

9:10Under that, we have a summary of the

9:12information in this notebook. To

9:15customize any of this, you can click on

9:17this button right here that says

9:19customize. This is another spot where

9:21you can change the title. And you can

9:23also set a custom notebook summary that

9:26will replace this summary right here.

9:29So, if we click again on customize, I

9:31can toggle that on and just say

9:33something simple like this notebook is

9:35all about how to create a vegetable

9:37garden in Colorado. And if I click on

9:40done, you'll see that the summary here

9:42has now been updated to that much

9:44shorter summary. Opening customize back

9:47up, you'll see up here is a place where

9:51you can upload an image. If we return

9:53back to my notebook dashboard, you'll

9:56see the notebook right here that we just

9:58started. And this is the one that I

10:00showed you earlier. And if you'll

10:01notice, there's a nice image here, so

10:03it's easier to find. So, if you want to

10:06create a background image like that, you

10:08can do that inside the customize

10:10section. What I usually do is go over to

10:12Gemini and ask it to create an image for

10:15me. I then download that image by

10:17clicking right here. And then returning

10:19back to Gemini notebook, I can click on

10:21upload and select that image. There we

10:23go. Now, clicking on done, you'll see

10:26that image back here. And it makes it a

10:29lot nicer, especially on the dashboard.

10:31It makes it easier to find this notebook

10:33in the future.

10:35Let's go back into it though. I think we

10:37are done setting up the notebook and we

10:39can start using it. The two sections for

10:42using the notebook are the middle column

10:44and the column on the right. We'll start

10:46with the middle one. This is the chat.

10:48This is where you can chat with the AI

10:51that has access to all of the knowledge

10:54you have in your sources. So it's very

10:56similar to using Gemini directly except

10:59it is locked in and only using these

11:02sources as its knowledge base. So here

11:05for instance I can ask it a simple

11:07question like what are the best type of

11:11vegetables to grow in Colorado for

11:16beginners?

11:18And then here is the answer. It says,

11:19"Colorado's sunshine makes it fantastic

11:22for gardening, but the climate can be

11:24quite dry, which creates some

11:26difficulties. So, in the warm seasons,

11:29you want to grow tomatoes and peppers,

11:31and in the cooler seasons, you can grow

11:33radishes, lettuce, beets, peas, and

11:35cabbage." And it gives some beginner

11:37tips. Of course, you can then ask some

11:39follow questions. So, okay, let's say I

11:43only want to grow one to get started.

11:45Which would be the easiest? And here you

11:48can see it gave me a new response and

11:50narrowed down the list for me to

11:52radishes and tells me why radishes are

11:54one of the easiest to grow. If at any

11:56point you're stuck and you're not quite

11:58sure what to ask, Gemini Notebook always

12:01gives you suggestions right here as for

12:04prompts you can start with or prompts

12:06you can follow up with. And you can

12:08click on any of these and it will

12:09automatically send it. As you're working

12:12inside chat, what I want you to notice

12:14is right here, it tells you how many

12:17sources are being used to answer your

12:20query. And you can change this by coming

12:24over to the sources here on the left and

12:27unselecting any sources that you don't

12:31want the chat to use when answering your

12:34question. So let's say for instance I'm

12:37looking at all of these sources and I

12:40start asking some questions and I decide

12:43that I just want to use one of these as

12:46the source of truth for this notebook at

12:49least temporarily. What I can do is

12:52click on this button which will unselect

12:54all of the sources and then I'll select

12:57this one YouTube video that I want to

12:59use as my source of truth. Coming over

13:02here to the chat now, you'll see there's

13:04only one source listed. So, if I ask a

13:08question now, it's not going to use all

13:10of these sources. It's just going to use

13:11that single one. And of course, you can

13:13do that with as many or as few sources

13:16as you want. To further refine the

13:19responses you get from the chat, you can

13:21come to the top of the chat and click on

13:23this button right here that has these

13:25three lines and you can configure the

13:28chat. So, first you can define the

13:30conversational goal, style, or role. You

13:33can have the default one, which is best

13:35for general purpose research and

13:37brainstorming tasks. Or if you're using

13:39this notebook to learn about something,

13:41you can turn on learning guide, or you

13:44can give it custom instructions. I

13:46usually leave it on default most of the

13:48time. You can also choose your response

13:51length. You can keep it at default,

13:53longer, or shorter. And honestly, when I

13:56remember to do it, I usually switch it

13:58over to shorter because I find that

14:00Gemini Notebook tends to give longer

14:03responses than I need. So, I will select

14:06shorter and click on save. There is more

14:08you can do with chat and we will return

14:10to it in a few moments. But I first want

14:12to show you what you can do inside of

14:14Studio over here on the right. Before we

14:16get to that though, I have a quick favor

14:18to ask you. I release all of my AI

14:20courses for free on YouTube because I

14:22don't think that learning how to use AI

14:24should be locked behind a payw wall. If

14:27you appreciate that, all I ask is that

14:29you give this video a thumbs up and let

14:31me know that you appreciate it in the

14:32comment section down below. I still read

14:35and respond to every single comment

14:37myself and it's what motivates me to

14:39keep making this content. If you leave a

14:41comment, I would really appreciate it.

14:43Now, let's talk about Studio. Studio is

14:46my favorite part of Gemini Notebook and

14:48is arguably the most fun part about

14:50Gemini Notebook. You can use this to

14:52generate these different kinds of

14:54assets. There are currently nine of them

14:56and there may be more by the time you're

14:58watching this video. We have audio

15:00overviews, which are essentially audio

15:03files of podcasts that were generated

15:05with AI. We have slide decks which are

15:08like powerpoints, video overviews, mind

15:11maps, reports, flashcards, quizzes,

15:13infographics, and data tables. So, let

15:16me first show you audio overview. To

15:19create any of these assets, all you have

15:21to do is click on the card and that will

15:24open up the customize menu. For the

15:26audio overviews, there are four

15:28different formats. The first is a deep

15:31dive, which is a lively conversation

15:33between two different hosts. The second

15:34is called brief and that's a shorter

15:37overview about the concept and the core

15:39ideas of your notebook. Then we have

15:42critique where an expert reviews the

15:44sources and offers constructive

15:46feedback. And then we have debate where

15:48the two different hosts will talk

15:50against each other and have a debate

15:53about a topic concerning your notebook.

15:56We're just going to stick with deep dive

15:57for this one. You can then choose the

15:59language and the length, short, default

16:03or long. And then you can choose which

16:05sources you want to be used in the

16:08creation process for this asset, which

16:10in this case is the audio overview. So

16:13you can select all of them or you can

16:15just select some of them. And then

16:17finally, you can tell the AI hosts what

16:19to focus on in this episode. You can

16:22either leave this blank and just leave

16:24it up to the AI or you can type in a

16:27response or use one of these

16:28suggestions. So, I will select this one

16:31that says planning the layout for the

16:33garden. Once you have everything

16:34selected, you can click on generate. And

16:37then you'll see right here that it's

16:39starting that generation. Some of these

16:41assets like the audio overviews and the

16:44video overviews do take a little bit

16:46longer to generate. So, you have to be a

16:48little bit patient. So while we're

16:49waiting for that, we will move on and

16:51generate a slide deck. I'll click on

16:53slide deck here and that will open up

16:55the customize slide deck menu. There are

16:58two formats here. A detail deck and a

17:00presenter deck. To give you an idea of

17:02the difference, let me come back to the

17:05other notebook I had started before. And

17:07right here, this is a detailed deck. So

17:12it has all of the information in it. You

17:14see there's a lot of images, but there's

17:16also a lot of text in here as well. This

17:18is really nice when you just need to

17:20send it to someone because it stands on

17:23its own. You don't need someone talking

17:25and like giving a presentation here. All

17:27the information is in the slides. But if

17:31we look at a presenter deck, which is

17:34what we have right here, this one's a

17:36lot more sparse. You need someone who's

17:39actually explaining what's going on. and

17:42there's information that's intentionally

17:43left out so that the presenter can talk

17:47about the information while using this

17:49as a presentation. So that's really the

17:52difference between a detailed deck and

17:53presenter slide. So use whichever one

17:55that you want. Again, you'll see the

17:58same choice for different lengths,

17:59short, default or long. And then

18:02sources. I should also spend this moment

18:05to clarify one point. There are going to

18:08be some features that I have in my

18:10Gemini Notebook account that you're not

18:12going to have, and that depends on the

18:15pricing plan. You can use Gemini

18:17Notebook completely for free, but some

18:20capabilities will only be unlocked with

18:23a paid subscription. So, you may not see

18:26these unless you have a pro or even an

18:28Ultra subscription. Just keep that in

18:30mind. Once again, you can select how

18:32many sources and which sources you want

18:34to use or Oops, accidentally closed it.

18:35Let me open it back up. And you can, of

18:38course, describe what you want the slide

18:39deck to be about. So, in this case, I

18:42might say all of the vegetables that

18:44thrive in Colorado.

18:47And then I'll click on generate for that

18:49one. And that will start working. So now

18:51we have two generations running. And we

18:54can try a third one. So for this one,

18:56we're going to do the video overview.

18:58Clicking on this, we have the menu that

19:00now pops up. And you'll see we have

19:03three different choices here. cinematic

19:05videos, explainer, and shorts. And this

19:08is one of those cases where you may not

19:09see cinematic videos because you're not

19:12on one of the paid plans. But I will

19:14show you what all three of these types

19:16of videos look like. So, this is a

19:18cinematic video, and you'll notice as I

19:21play this, it's really rich in its

19:24imagery. It uses Gemini behind the

19:27scenes to plan out the video before it's

19:31generated. So it has a whole story arc

19:34to it and all the images and videos that

19:37are used are planned out along with

19:39that. So it really comes together quite

19:42nicely.

19:43>> Intense UV radiation, heavy clay, short

19:46growing windows, and sudden severe than

19:49our short frostfree window. Looking at

19:51this anatomical diagram, you can see the

19:54difference. On the left, a healthy plant

19:56has a thick main stem and dense bright

19:59roots. on the right, a compromised plant

20:02is rootbound.

20:03>> So quite nice. They are very impressive.

20:06The second type are the explainer

20:09videos. So here's an example of that

20:11one.

20:11>> Let's jump right into this explainer and

20:13demystify defending your hard-earned

20:15harvest and finally joining the local

20:17gardening community. We're going to make

20:19sure you conquer this rugged terrain

20:20without making those classic rookie

20:22mistakes. You know, the sheer scale of

20:24our well battle. So, these are more like

20:27a PowerPoint presentation with an AI

20:30voice over over the top. They're really

20:32nice, just maybe not as rich as those

20:34cinematic ones. And then finally, we

20:37have the shorts. Here's an example of

20:39that one right here.

20:40>> Just root in the stem actually work. A

20:42larger root mass absorbs more water,

20:45which prevents drought stress and stops

20:47your fruit from cracking. Take a

20:49standard 10-in tomato transplant sitting

20:51in a small nursery pot. So, obviously

20:53that's better for something like

20:55Instagram or a YouTube short, but

20:58honestly, I sometimes love the way the

21:00shorts come out better than the other

21:01two. It's just really whatever is going

21:04on behind the scenes is really, really

21:06done well. So, anyway, returning back to

21:08the notebook we're using together, you

21:10can choose whichever one you want to

21:12use. And for the explainer one, because

21:15they are like basically a PowerPoint,

21:18you can choose the style of that

21:21PowerPoint, that slide deck. You have

21:22all those choices right here. So, if you

21:25wanted to do for like a retrop paint

21:28style, you can choose that or

21:29watercolor, whichever one you want. And

21:31again, I'm not going to walk you through

21:32the same settings where you can choose

21:34the sources, a language, or the topic,

21:36but you'll fill all those in and then

21:38click on generate. Next, we will look at

21:40mind maps. These you can find right

21:43here. And there's not much to mind maps.

21:46Not a lot of settings to change. Of

21:48course, you can give it the topic. And

21:49this is what they look like. It's a way

21:51to basically structure and visually see

21:54the information from your notebook. I

21:57admittedly don't use these that much,

21:59but I think there are some fans of it.

22:01So, if you want to generate those, you

22:03can do that right here. And then we have

22:05reports. Reports are text reports. And

22:08there's a few different options here.

22:10You can create your own. You can create

22:12a brief document or briefing document,

22:15which is an overview of your sources, a

22:17study guide, or a blog post. Here's an

22:20example of what one of those looks like.

22:21For this one, I chose blog posts. So, it

22:24just takes all the information in the

22:26sources and creates for you a blog post.

22:29And next, we have flashcards. Flashcards

22:33are great for students. I see a lot of

22:36students using Gemini notebook because

22:38you can create a new notebook for each

22:40of your classes or even the subjects in

22:43your classes and then use things like

22:45the flashcards and the quizzes which

22:47I'll show you next to learn that

22:49information. Opening up flash cards, you

22:52can see you can choose between a shorter

22:54deck of flash cards, standard or a

22:56longer deck, and the level of difficulty

22:58and again the sources. And you can

23:00really be specific about what topic you

23:02want for that set of flashcards. And

23:05because with these studio assets, you

23:08can generate them more than once. You

23:10can create multiple decks for each topic

23:14that you're studying. And to give you an

23:16idea of what those flash cards look

23:18like, here's one of the decks. You'll

23:20get the question and then you can

23:22mentally answer it. Click on the card

23:24and it will reveal the answer. If you

23:26need a further explanation, you can

23:28click on explain and then the chat will

23:31explain why that answer is correct and

23:34give you some more information. If you

23:35got it right, you can click on the green

23:37check mark. And if you get it wrong, you

23:39can click on the red X and it'll keep

23:41track of your progress as you move

23:43along. If you're reading one of these

23:46flash cards and you don't like it for

23:48some reason, you can click on these

23:49three dots and delete it or edit it. Or

23:52you can even add new flash cards in

23:54here. You can also shuffle the set or

23:57restart it. So, we've already answered

24:00two of them. I can click on restart.

24:01That restarts the whole thing. After

24:03you're done, it will give you a score.

24:05It will tell you how many you got right

24:07and how many you missed. And you can

24:09click on see full report to see all the

24:11topics that were covered and where you

24:13are struggling. And you can generate

24:16flashc cards from within here based on

24:18any of these topics that you struggled

24:20with. So it says I didn't do very well

24:22with mountain soil chemistry. So I

24:24select that one, click on generate

24:26flashcards, and it will make sure that

24:28this new deck is specific to that topic

24:32that I was having some issues with. So

24:34that is flashcards. really helpful for

24:36learning, as are quizzes. Quizzes are, I

24:40think, are pretty self-explanatory.

24:42That's where it just asks you questions

24:44about the topic. So, here's what one of

24:46those looks like. The question, we get

24:48multiple choices. You can select and

24:51you'll see if you got it right or wrong.

24:53And again, there's an explain button.

24:55You can click on these dots to delete

24:56any of them. So, very similar to what we

24:59saw with flashcards, and it will give

25:00you a score at the end. Moving along, we

25:03also have infographics. Another one of

25:06my favorite features inside of Studio,

25:09these will generate images for you. But

25:11unlike most images that are generated

25:13with AI, these aren't hyper realistic

25:16images. These are images with a specific

25:19purpose of conveying information. That's

25:22what an infographic is. As an example,

25:25here is what an infographic looks like.

25:27You see, it usually has a title at the

25:29top along with a lot of text that

25:32explains information to you. What's

25:35great about Gemini Notebook is that it

25:38gives you all these different really

25:40nicel lookinging visual styles that you

25:42can choose between. And this makes these

25:44generations not only fun, but also keeps

25:48them very engaging. I really encourage

25:50you to spend some time generating

25:53infographics in all these different

25:54styles to see which ones you like the

25:56best. Personally, I really like sketch

25:59notes and I'll admit I also really like

26:01Kauaii quite a bit. So for this one I

26:04will select qui. Up here at the top you

26:06can choose the orientation landscape,

26:08portrait or square. Landscape is 16x9.

26:12That's what you're watching right now.

26:14Portrait is 9 by6. That's the aspect

26:17ratio of a phone for instance. And

26:20square is obviously a square. I'll

26:22choose a landscape for this one. Down

26:24here you can choose the level of detail.

26:27Standard is standard. is what I showed

26:30you right here in terms of the amount of

26:32information in the infographic. Concise

26:35will have less information and then

26:38detailed puts a lot more information in

26:40there. Detailed may not be available on

26:43your plan. Personally, I don't love

26:45using detailed. I find it tries to

26:47squish way too much information inside

26:50of one infographic. So, I usually do

26:52standard or concise. Then you can choose

26:55the sources, describe what the

26:56infographic will have in it, and then

26:58click on generate. And finally, we have

27:01data tables. Data tables look like this.

27:04They're basically Excel files that have

27:08different columns and rows of

27:10information. And so you can come in here

27:13and say what you want the data table to

27:15be about. So for instance, I could say a

27:17data table that details the best time of

27:19the year to plant different vegetables.

27:22and it will create that one for me. So

27:24now we've run through all of those and

27:26you see that some of them are done

27:28generating over here. So let's take a

27:31look at what we can now do inside of

27:33this section. So first we can open up

27:37any of our assets. So this one right

27:39here is our audio overview. Let's give

27:41that one a quick listen. I'll click

27:43right here where it says play

27:45>> slowly suffocating them.

27:47>> I mean it sounds a little dramatic but

27:48it is actually true. Right now, in my

27:51opinion, the best way to listen to these

27:53audio overviews is to download the

27:55Gemini Notebook app on your phone and to

27:58listen to them while you're walking at

27:59the gym or while you're driving, the

28:01same way you would listen to any other

28:03podcast. One other really cool feature

28:06of these is there's the option to

28:09actually interrupt the podcast. It's

28:11called interactive mode. So, if instead

28:13of pressing play, you click on this hand

28:16that's waving, you'll notice it will

28:18play the podcast, but you can actually

28:20interact with it. It's pretty wild. Let

28:22me show you how it works. With this

28:25open, I now click on play audio.

28:27>> Welcome to the deep dive. Um, what if I

28:30told you that just simply walking next

28:32to your tomato plant? Hey there. Want to

28:34share your thoughts on this?

28:35>> I don't believe that just walking next

28:37to them can hurt my tomato plants. That

28:39sounds like that's not true. It

28:41definitely sounds like I'm exaggerating.

28:42Feeling every step.

28:44>> It's like you're slowly.

28:45>> So, it's like an interactive podcast.

28:47It's pretty cool. So, those are the two

28:49things you can do. Either just regularly

28:52play it or have that interactive mode.

28:54There's also these three dots right

28:55here. And this is going to be true for

28:57everything that you generate inside of

28:59Studio. This will give you the option of

29:01sharing it. You can also rename it to

29:03easily find it later or download it. So,

29:06that in this case, it will download it

29:08as an MP3 file, I believe. And you can

29:11view the prompt and sources. So if

29:14you've used a custom prompt and you want

29:16to check what it is to use it again or

29:19make some changes to that, you can do

29:21that by clicking on this and this will

29:23show you what the prompt is right here

29:25as well as which sources were used. And

29:28if you want, you can click on this

29:29button and that will iterate on this

29:32prompt. meaning it will automatically

29:35open up the prompt box and fill it in.

29:38And then you can just make any changes

29:39that you want to have a similar podcast

29:42just with those small changes. And then

29:44finally, you could also delete it. So if

29:48we look at the next one, this one is our

29:50slide deck. And you can see that looks

29:52like right here. Now slide decks has

29:55something unique that you don't see for

29:57the other assets you create in studio.

29:59You can actually revise your slide

30:01decks. If you click up here where it

30:03says revise, you can tell it what

30:06changes you want to make to each slide.

30:08So let's say this title slide right

30:10here, I don't love something like maybe

30:12just the text. I can just describe those

30:14changes. In this case, I'll say I don't

30:17like the green.

30:20Make it

30:22blue instead. I actually do like the

30:24green, but we'll just do that for this

30:26example. And then I will click on the

30:28next slide. And this one's okay. So, I'm

30:30not going to ask for any changes here.

30:32This one's okay. So, I won't ask for any

30:34changes. This one, I can say I don't

30:37like the word crop roster or the words

30:42crop roster at the top. Remove those.

30:46So, once you've typed out all the

30:48changes you want to make, click on

30:50generate revised deck and then it will

30:53generate a new slide deck with those

30:56changes. While that's waiting, I'll open

30:58up the old slide deck. And I want to

31:01show you something else in here, which

31:02is this play button right here. That

31:04will start a slideshow that's full

31:06screen. And then to exit, you could just

31:08press press the escape key. Now, I

31:10showed you before those three dots. You

31:12get a little bit more with slideshows or

31:15slide decks. In addition to the other

31:19options, there's also options for again

31:23clicking on slideshow or revise, but you

31:25can also download in different formats.

31:28So there's two different formats you can

31:29download into a PDF or a PowerPoint. And

31:33you'll notice that with a few of the

31:35other assets you generate like for data

31:38tables, you can download those to sheets

31:40or export to sheets which is directly

31:43inside of Google Drive like Google

31:44Sheets. Let me just show you. Click on

31:46that. You can see it's exporting and

31:48then it opens it up inside of Google

31:50Sheets for you right here. And so each

31:52of them is going to be a little bit

31:53different in terms of what export

31:56options are available. Frustratingly, if

31:59we take a look at this infographic, and

32:01remember this is the Quai style just to

32:03give you an idea of what that looks

32:05like. Frustratingly, you cannot revise a

32:09infographic like you can a slide deck.

32:11I'm sure that capability is coming soon

32:13because it seems like it should be

32:15exactly the same, but we don't yet have

32:17that available. One final thing I'll

32:19show you inside of Studio down here is

32:22the option to add a note. Clicking on

32:24this, you can type out any note that you

32:27want. This is helpful if you want to

32:31take notes as you are learning

32:33something. You can just take down those

32:35notes right here and then it will

32:37automatically save. You just collapse it

32:39and you'll see your note here. Okay, at

32:42this point I think you have mastered the

32:44basics on how to use Gemini notebook. I

32:47want to show you some more advanced

32:48capabilities though. For that I want to

32:51start a new notebook. So we'll click on

32:53the top left here to return back to the

32:56Gemini notebook dashboard. Before we

32:58create that notebook though, I want to

33:00show you a little bit more about how to

33:02organize and navigate this dashboard. So

33:06up here at the top are what are called

33:07featured notebooks. These are ones that

33:09have been created by Google Gemini. I

33:13honestly usually ignore those ones. Down

33:15here you have your recent notebooks.

33:18These will be sorted so that the

33:19notebook that you last used will appear

33:23at the top. You'll notice that for all

33:25these notebooks there are these three

33:26little dots here. It can be harder to

33:29see when you have the images, but they

33:31are there. So clicking on that you can

33:33delete these notebooks. You can edit the

33:35title, you can add them to a collection,

33:38or you can pin them. So, if I click on

33:39pin to top, you'll see that it it

33:42appended to the top here so it's easier

33:44to find. Along the top here, there are

33:48some sorting options. So, we have all

33:50selected by default. That shows you all

33:53of the notebooks, both yours and the

33:55ones that were created by Google. My

33:57notebooks will only show you your

33:59notebooks. Featured notebooks will only

34:02show you the ones that were created by

34:03Google. And you can also share

34:06notebooks. So if anyone shares a

34:07notebook with you, that will appear

34:09here. Finally, we have collections.

34:12Collections are how you can organize

34:14your notebooks. So we'll start a new

34:17collection here, and I'll call this one

34:19home. I'm going to use this for any

34:21topics I'm studying about, you know, how

34:24to make my house and my life more homey.

34:27So I selected that one. And then down

34:29here, I can choose which notebooks I

34:31want to add to this collection. So here

34:34I have a notebook about how to bake

34:36chocolate chip cookies. I'll throw that

34:37one in there. And how to sleep better. I

34:39will choose that one in there. And then

34:41I'll select my one about gardening. And

34:43then click on create. So now here is my

34:46home collection. If I click on that, I

34:48see the three notebooks in here.

34:51Notebooks can exist in multiple

34:53collections, by the way. So, if I go

34:55backwards and start a new collection and

34:57maybe call this one outdoors or

35:00something, I can choose that same

35:02gardening notebook and it can exist in

35:05multiple collections. Let me return back

35:08now to the all notebooks section. I

35:11don't need this one pinned, so I'll

35:12click on these three dots and unpin it

35:14so I can see it back down here. Up here

35:17at the top, you can switch between this

35:19grid view to this list view. I prefer

35:22the grid view. And you can choose how

35:25they're sorted, most recent, or you can

35:27sort by title. I think most recent makes

35:30more sense to me. And then there's also

35:31a search button right here. So if you're

35:33having trouble finding one of your

35:34notebooks, you can just use this search

35:37function right here. All right, so for

35:39the dashboard, that's everything you

35:41need to know. Let me now move on and

35:43show you some of those more advanced

35:44capabilities. For this, we will create a

35:46new notebook, of course, by clicking

35:48right here where it says create new

35:49notebook. For this notebook, instead of

35:51uploading the same types of sources I

35:54showed you before, different websites

35:55and such, I'm going to do something a

35:57little bit differently because this

35:58notebook I'm going to use as a way to

36:02analyze different data and information I

36:05have. It's more of a personalized

36:07notebook. So, what I have on my computer

36:10is this folder right here that contains

36:13all of these files that I'm using to

36:16keep track of my family's budget. So, we

36:18have my 2023, 2024, and 2025 family

36:22expenses. We have my financial goals as

36:25well, and a file here with some trips I

36:28have planned for my family. In addition

36:30to that, I have this Google doc that

36:32also has my family trips in here. And

36:35this is something I share with other

36:37members of my family. So, we can keep

36:39this updated as we think of new trip

36:41ideas. So, I want all of that brought in

36:45to this notebook. So I can choose upload

36:48files here. Find the files I want to

36:50upload and select all of them then open

36:53those. So now those are being loaded in.

36:56We also have to add that Google doc. So

36:58I'll click on add source and I will

37:00select drive here and I'll select that

37:02file which is called travel ideas and

37:04click on insert. What's really neat

37:07about adding something from Google Drive

37:10is that that will stay updated. So if

37:14myself or another member of my family

37:16changes this file that will

37:18automatically automatically be reflected

37:21inside the notebook. So I don't have to

37:23refresh it or delete it and then edit

37:26again. Now we will come over to the chat

37:28in the middle cuz I want to show you

37:30some of the newer features of Gemini

37:33notebook. Under the hood, Google has

37:36added a lot more capabilities to Gemini

37:38notebook, a lot more powerful models,

37:40and each notebook also has its own

37:43private cloud compute computer running,

37:46which allows it to do a gentic work for

37:49you. That sounds like a mouthful, but

37:51all that means is that it can do more

37:53and it can analyze more information and

37:56more data. So here, for instance, we

37:58have all of these expenses from the past

38:003 years. I'm going to ask it to

38:02summarize all that information. Create a

38:05PNG file that has a pie chart that

38:07summarizes how my family spends spends

38:10money broken up into different

38:12categories. I should really say broken

38:14down into different categories. For this

38:16one, I don't needed to have access to

38:18all the files, only the ones with my

38:20expenses. So, I've only selected those

38:22three. So, this new capability allows

38:25you to create all these different file

38:28types directly from the chat. Here I'm

38:30demonstrating how it creates a PNG file,

38:32but you can also use this to create Word

38:34documents, PDFs, Excel documents,

38:36PowerPoints, all of that. All right,

38:38check that out. You can now see the PNG

38:40file over here on the right. And it's

38:43kind of walking through exactly what it

38:45found. So, let's just open this up

38:47instead. And you can see that breakdown

38:50right here. So, notice how I'm using

38:52notebooks two different ways. one is for

38:56learning where I'm pulling information

38:58from the web and then we have notebooks

39:00like this where I'm analyzing and it's

39:02analyzing my information my data so we

39:06can create another one in here so I can

39:09say something like create a word

39:10document that contains a breakdown of

39:12this same info and this is what it looks

39:15like so we have this sort of title page

39:17here and then you can see it's quite a

39:20comprehensive report really nicely put

39:23together. Another thing you can always

39:26do inside the chat for any of the

39:28responses that you get, even if you're

39:30not using it to create assets like we

39:32just did, you can click right here where

39:34it says save to note,

39:36and that will save the response as a

39:38note over here on the right if you want.

39:41Now, with this new functionality, you

39:44can also search for sources using the

39:47chat. What I'll do now is turn on all of

39:50my existing sources. So, we are now

39:53using all of them. And I will ask it, I

39:56want to budget better with my family.

39:58Can you find some reputable sources that

40:00can help with that? And now it will look

40:03at the sources I already have and all

40:06the information in here and find new

40:09sources from the web that would actually

40:12be helpful for my situation. So, here it

40:16looked at my sources and it says, "Your

40:18sources outline your family specific

40:19financial goals, including prioritized

40:22goals, and you need to have a monthly

40:24savings sequence and internal house

40:26rules. Would you like me to do some web

40:28research to find highly recommended,

40:30reputable external sources?" I'll say,

40:32"Yes, please do that." So, this is

40:35different from using the research tool

40:37right here like I showed you before

40:39because this one doesn't take into

40:41consideration the sources you already

40:43have or the things you've already

40:45chatted about. But this search tool is

40:48is looking at the full picture when it's

40:51going out and finding and doing research

40:54for you. This can also be helpful in the

40:56other notebook I showed you before that

40:58we started together, the one about

41:01gardening. Because this one I could ask

41:03it for instance, look at all the

41:05sources. Is there anything that I'm

41:08missing? And if there is, can you find

41:10some sources to fill in those gaps? And

41:12it's really good at doing that as well.

41:15But returning back to our new financial

41:18family planning notebook, you can see

41:20here that it went out, did the research,

41:23and it found some things for us and

41:25actually broke it down into these

41:26different key themes. And here are the

41:29sources that it recommends importing. So

41:32if you want to import these, you can now

41:34click on import and those will be added

41:36here on the left. Since this is a family

41:40financial report notebook, I want to

41:42share this with other members of my

41:43family. To do that, you can click on the

41:45top right here where it says share and

41:48you can put in the other user's email

41:50address and they will have access to

41:52this notebook. You can change the access

41:54settings. So with this, it can be anyone

41:57with the that you put in here. That's

41:59what restricted means. Or you can change

42:01it to anyone with the link or you can

42:03make it public. Notebooks that you

42:05create inside of Gemini notebook don't

42:07just exist inside of Gemini notebook.

42:10You can also access them to some degree

42:13inside of Gemini directly. So here I've

42:16come over to gemini.google.com.

42:18This is Google Gemini. If you open up

42:20the sidebar, you'll see right here

42:23notebooks. And if I click on all

42:24notebooks, you can see all of my Gemini

42:27notebook notebooks. And here is the one

42:30that we created together about

42:31gardening. Here is the one with the

42:33family financial records. Let's look at

42:35the gardening one. I'll click on that.

42:38And you'll see right here the name of

42:39the notebook and I can see all the

42:42sources right here. I can even add new

42:45sources directly from Gemini. Closing

42:47this out, you'll then see the Gemini

42:50chat. This is very similar to how

42:53regular Gemini chat works, but it's

42:55going to have access to all of these

42:57sources, and it's going to prioritize

43:00these sources when answering your

43:02questions. So, if I were to ask the same

43:04question with regular Gemini Chat or

43:07with Gemini Chat inside the notebook,

43:09I'm going to get slightly different

43:10answers. If you click on the three dots

43:13on the top right, you can find your

43:14notebook settings. There's not much in

43:17here, but what I want to point out is

43:18that you can use notebook memory. With

43:21this toggled on, then anytime you start

43:24a chat from within this notebook, it

43:26will remember the prior chats from this

43:29notebook. Let me start a few chats and

43:31show you an example. So, I'll ask it,

43:33can I grow any fruit in Colorado? So,

43:36here is the answer that it's giving me.

43:38And now, if I return back to that

43:40notebook, which you can see right here,

43:43then down here we can see the past

43:45chats. And you see that chat that I just

43:47started. So, inside of Gemini, notebooks

43:51are in part a folder system. It will

43:54organize all of your chats to keep them

43:57nice and tidy, and you'll know and be

43:59able to return back to them pretty

44:01easily. Another interesting feature

44:03about this is that if we now return back

44:06to Gemini notebook and I come over to

44:09that notebook, you'll now see as a

44:12source on the side the chats from

44:14Gemini. And if I open this up, I can see

44:18all the chats that I started in Gemini.

44:21In this case, it's only one. So, it goes

44:24both way. Gemini can pull the

44:27information from Gemini notebook and

44:30Gemini notebook can pull the chats from

44:32Gemini as long as it was started from

44:34within the notebook in Gemini. So that

44:37is literally everything you can do with

44:38Gemini notebook. You now know how to

44:40create notebooks, fill them with the

44:42right sources, create infographics,

44:44slide decks, and audio overviews, and

44:46how to use this more advanced

44:48capabilities. If you made it this far,

44:50I'm willing to bet that you got some

44:52value out of this video. If you did,

44:54again, the best way to show your

44:55appreciation is to give this video a

44:57thumbs up and to leave a comment. But if

45:00you're not done learning about how to

45:01use AI, then check out this video right

45:04here. This is my in-depth course on how

45:06to master Google Gemini. If you want to

45:09learn all my best tips for Google

45:10Gemini, click on this video right here.

45:13And I'll see you over there in 1 second.

45:15Bye for now.