Is NotebookLM Down?

NEW FEATURE (2026-07-01): NotebookLM added **Short Video Overviews** -- it generates ~60-second vertical (Shorts/Reels/TikTok-style) videos from your uploaded documents, extending the two-host Audio/Video Overview format into a social-native short clip. Pairs with the June Gemini 3.5 upgrade and the longer Cinematic Video Overviews already in the product. Practical use: turn a source doc into a shareable short without a separate video tool.

MAJOR UPDATE (2026-06-08): NotebookLM became an agentic analysis surface -- **Gemini 3.5 is now the default model**, each workspace gets a **virtual machine where NotebookLM writes and RUNS code** for data analysis (powered by Antigravity, with 100+ pre-packaged 'software skills'), chat-driven source building (it suggests and gathers sources via research skills + Google Search instead of manual-upload-only), and custom output formats (.png/.svg charts, PDF/.docx/Markdown, .csv/.json, Excel, PowerPoint -- editable after generation). ROLLOUT CAVEAT: Google AI **Ultra** subscribers + Workspace AI Ultra/Expanded Access tiers FIRST, broader rollout later -- most free/Plus users don't have this yet. PRICING CONTEXT (Google AI plans, reshuffled at I/O 5/19, verified on one.google.com 6/10): AI Plus $4.99/mo, AI Pro $19.99/mo, AI Ultra 5x from $99.99/mo, AI Ultra 20x $199.99/mo -- NotebookLM capability scales with these plans; there is no NotebookLM-specific price list

Notebooks-in-Gemini integration shipped April 2026: Google merged the NotebookLM workflow into the Gemini app under a new 'Notebooks' surface that cross-syncs with notebooklm.google.com. If you live in Gemini, you can now build and query source-grounded notebooks without leaving the app -- same source ingestion, same Audio Overviews, shared library across both surfaces

EPUB file support added in Q1-Q2 2026 alongside the prior PDF / DOCX / Google Docs / web-URL ingestion paths -- ebooks finally drop in cleanly. Useful if you're synthesizing across long-form non-fiction without first ripping epubs to text

Cinematic Video Overviews (2026-Q2 rollout) extends the 'two-AI-hosts-discussing-your-source' Audio Overview format to a video format -- generated visuals, on-screen citations, and the same banter cadence. Treat as a beta-quality feature, but the UX upgrade for visual learners is real

Education Plus tier (and Teaching & Learning add-on) got expanded NotebookLM limits in 2026-04 -- higher per-notebook source caps and audio-generation quotas than the standalone free tier. The 'restrictive 50-source limit' caveat applies to free-tier users only; institutional Workspace customers should reference the Education Plus quota sheet