Google Updates NotebookLM App with AI Flashcards, Quizzes

Google announced significant updates to its NotebookLM mobile app on November 6, enhancing its capabilities as a learning and study tool for iOS and Android users. The changes, rolling out this week, introduce AI-generated flashcards and quizzes, along with improvements to the app's chat functionality, bringing mobile features closer to those available on the web version.

NotebookLM, Google's AI-powered platform designed to process and transform user-uploaded materials into digestible formats, now allows mobile users to create customized flashcards and quizzes directly from sources such as documents, YouTube videos, and web links. These tools aim to help users memorize key terms, dates, and concepts while testing comprehension on the go. In the app's Studio tab, users can select a topic, adjust the difficulty level from easy to hard, and specify the number of cards or questions, ranging from fewer to more extensive sets. A prompt box enables further customization to focus the AI's output. Once generated, flashcards display in a fullscreen interface with tappable answers, while quizzes offer multiple-choice options with hints and explanations for correct or incorrect responses.