Our early version of the NotebookLM mobile app includes many core features of NotebookLM and is designed to help you understand anything, anywhere. With the app, you can:
- Get insights in the moment by asking questions about your sources.
- Listen to Audio Overviews on the go and download them for offline playback.
- Share content directly to NotebookLM when viewing a website, PDF, or YouTube video on your device.
Device Requirements
The NotebookLM mobile app is available on iPhones and iPads with iOS 17 and higher.
How to download the NotebookLM mobile app
- On your iPhone or iPad, go to the App Store.
- You can also open the App Store on your mobile device and search for "NotebookLM."
- Select the official NotebookLM app.
- Tap Get.
Note: Learn how to manage iOS app downloads.
Supported countries & territories
Important: The NotebookLM mobile app is rolling out gradually, so it may not be available in all countries and territories yet. Android
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Supported Languages in App
Currently Supported
Important: The NotebookLM mobile app is rolling out gradually, so your language might not be available yet.
- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Amharic
- Arabic (Colloquial Egyptian)
- Arabic (Modern Standard)
- Armenian
- Azerbaijani
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Bengali
- Bulgarian
- Burmese (Myanmar)
- Catalan
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Estonian
- Filipino
- Finnish
- French (Canada)
- French (European)
- Galician
- Georgian
- German
- Greek
- Gujarati
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Kannada
- Korean
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Macedonian
- Malay
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Nepali
- Norwegian (Bokmål)
- Norwegian (Nynorsk)
- Odia
- Persian
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Portuguese (Portugal)
- Punjabi
- Romanian
- Russian
- Serbian (Cyrillic)
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Spanish (European)
- Spanish (Latin America)
- Spanish (Mexico)
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
How to use the NotebookLM mobile app
- On your device, open the NotebookLM mobile app.
- Open a notebook.
- To create a new notebook, select
Create New.
- You can also select an existing notebook under Recent, Shared, Title, or Downloaded.
- To create a new notebook, select
- Add a source:
- Select PDF, Website, YouTube, Audio File, or Copied Text.
- While browsing a website, PDF, or YouTube video, you can tap the share icon and select NotebookLM to add it as a new source to an existing notebook.
- Find Sources from the web by entering a search query in the prompt box.
- To start chatting with NotebookLM:
- Visit the “Chat” panel, which will display a generated summary of all your sources.
- Ask questions about your sources or give instructions to perform actions.
- Use the source selector within the prompt box to select and unselect sources.
- Chat history is retained, unless you choose to “Delete Chat History”. Learn more about chats.
- To engage more deeply with your sources, visit the “Studio” panel.
Create New.Important:
- Chat responses and artifacts, including voices, videos, flashcards, and quizzes, are AI-generated and may contain inaccuracies or audio glitches.
- NotebookLM may take a couple of minutes to generate or load artifacts.
Discover Sources in Mobile:
- In a new or existing notebook, add a source
- Within the Discover Sources prompt box, enter a query and search the web for relevant sources.
- Review results: The most relevant search results are presented in a list and include:
- The title
- A brief description on how the source relates to your original query
- A link to open the full webpage in a new window
- Select sources and import: Select one or multiple sources from the search results to import into your notebook.
Audio Overviews in Mobile:
- Generate or play Audio Overviews in the “Studio” panel. To customize, you can select the pencil icon next to “audio overviews.” Choose a preferred language, adjust the length, select or unselect sources, and add prompts to tailor your audio generations. Learn more about Audio Overviews.
- When the Audio Overview is playing, you can play or pause the audio, skip forwards or backwards, or change the playback speed. You can also listen to Audio Overviews in the background by navigating to other apps or turning off your phone display.
- Select Download
to download the audio for offline access. You can find your downloaded audios in the Downloaded section on the main page of the app. You can also swipe left on an Audio Overview in the studio tab to download or delete.
- Join a conversation and interact with the AI hosts with Interactive Mode (Beta, English Only). Learn about Interactive Mode.
Flashcards and Quizzes in Mobile:
- You can use flashcards and quizzes to memorize key terms, important dates and core concepts from your sources on the go!
- Generate or review flashcards and quizzes in the “Studio” panel. To customize, you can select the pencil icon. Choose a preferred language, adjust the number and the level of difficulty, select or unselect sources, and add prompts to tailor your generations.
- Tap on flashcards to flip them and see answers. After you finish going through your quizzes, you can review your results or retake it again.
Limited features in the NotebookLM mobile app
Tip: For the full NotebookLM experience, it's recommended you use the desktop version. If you have any feedback or feature requests, please report feedback or join our Discord.
- Only PDF, Website, YouTube, Audio, or Copied Text are supported as source types. We’ll be adding new input types over time.
- Chat configurations and chat analytics are not supported.
- Generating and viewing notes, mind maps, FAQs, study guides, timelines, or briefing documents is not yet available and may be added over time.
- You won't be able to share notebooks publicly or privately from the app.
- The “featured notebooks” tab is not available in mobile yet; however, you can access featured notebooks through URLs, and they will show up on your home page.
- Audio overviews can be downloaded for offline access but cannot be downloaded as a file to your device.
- Light and dark modes are available. At this time, the color scheme will match your device settings.
- At times, syncing between devices may be delayed. If you are experiencing syncing issues, quit the mobile app and relaunch.