NotebookLM can now summarize research in ‘cinematic’ video overviews | The Verge
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Google is introducing “cinematic” video overviews in NotebookLM that turn users’ notes and research into personalized, fully animated videos.
AINewsTechNotebookLM can now summarize research in ‘cinematic’ video overviewsUsers with a Google AI Ultra subscription can turn their notes into personalized, fully animated videos.Users with a Google AI Ultra subscription can turn their notes into personalized, fully animated videos.by Stevie BonifieldMar 4, 2026, 8:32 PM UTCLinkShareGiftIllustration: The VergeStevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.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.This is the latest in a string of recent AI video updates from Google. Last month, Google upgraded its Veo AI video model and expanded access to Flow, its AI video generating tool. Google also recently demoed a new “Project Genie” AI video generator that Verge reporter Jay Peters was able to use to make short knockoff slices of Nintendo games.Cinematic video ov...