New NotebookLM Video Update is INSANE!

**Julian Goldie** (0:00)
We have a brand new update from NotebookLM for short video overviews. So this is basically a way that you can generate short videos with NotebookLM. We've already plugged it into our agent operating system, and I'll show you exactly how this works in a second. Bear in mind, it's rolling out right now to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers. But just to be 100% clear here, it's going to be coming to free users soon. So you can see that it will be coming to free users soon. This is always the way that NotebookLM rolls out. They roll out new features to the premium members first, and then it comes out to other members second. Now, if you're wondering what does it look like, what's the quality like, etc. Let me show you a couple of examples right here. So basically what these are is 60 second vertical videos.
So they're designed for social media, for example, like quick, short videos. And the good thing about this is previously, you only really had a choice of using longer videos, which would take longer to generate. And also, if you wanted these style videos where they're portrait and vertical, you didn't previously have that. So this is what to do with this new update. So if we have a look at this video, for example, playing both side by side, to be fair, these are a couple of examples we've made. And you can see here the whole video was put together with NotebookLM. Let me show you some more inside our Agent Operating System. So what we actually did here is we have plugged in NotebookLM as an MCP into our Agent Operating System, because I think that's like a much nicer way to use it. Now, if we want to see the new short videos that we've created, once we select a relevant notebook, so bear in mind like each video is related to an individual notebook custom trained on a specific topic, then we can play the video itself, as you can see right here, and it's not bad at all. It does have sound over the top as well, bear in mind, so it has a voiceover. Then what it's doing is basically it's creating images and then putting them all together inside the video. So it's fully AI generated, fully hands-off as well, and then the video itself is created with AI. And bear in mind, this is coming to free users as well. So you can now generate vertical AI videos using NotebookLM for free. And it's all based on the automated research that NotebookLM does as well. So it's a pretty powerful and useful system, as you can see, and also has all of this put together. So it's kind of like you've got a video team, but in one, because the script, the research, the generation of the video, the editing, the voiceover, it's all plugged together inside one system. Now, what I will say is when I look at this video, I'm like, well, is it as good as a human video? No, of course not. Is it as interesting as a human video or like a video you create yourself? Not really. I mean, for example, if we put this side by side, so this is the NotebookLM setup that we've got. We've actually plugged in something called Open Montage, which is an amazing, amazing way of creating like film style videos.
And if we compare that short style video here versus the outputs from Open Montage, these are way nicer, right? Like these look absolutely, especially this one and this one. These two look amazing, right? So if I had a choice between using NotebookLM or using Open Montage for generating these videos, I'd probably go with Open Montage. Honestly, I think like it's a better style. But bear in mind, these are educational videos. So they're more based on the research that you plug into your notebook. So for example, we have all these different notebooks, like one on, you know, let's say, for example, Meta by Maltbook, we've got AISCO, Agent OS over here, Mastery Notebook, et cetera. These are all custom trained pieces of research that we've created with NotebookLM.
And so when we generate a video, that's based on the research. Whereas, for example, if you create a film like this, it's more cinematic, it's more interesting to watch, but it's not going to be that educational. So bear in mind as well, if you create an educational content, then you'd go with NotebookLM if you're just interested in films or something that's a bit more visual and beautiful, but not that educational, then you'd go with something like Open Montage. That's the difference between them. Also got something else that I think might be more interesting or better. So we actually have a Video Agent, and this is like an educational video, as you can see. Basically, the B-roll, the AI avatar, the voiceover, the editing is all put together in one single prompt. I think honestly, if I had a choice between this system, a NotebookLM for educational videos, I would go with this system. But if you want to use and generate in the future, free short videos, then you can use NotebookLM as well. The other benefit of using NotebookLM, of course, is that you can do research as well. So you can do deep dives into the Notebooks you use. You can create Notebooks and new research about any topic that you choose. Everything is linked with an MCP, so you can plug it into your Agent OS as well. And then also, you can generate literally like one click of a button, audio, overviews, videos, slide decks, time maps, infographics, flashcards, quizzes, data tables and reports using NotebookLM with just like one click as well. And I think that is pretty powerful. So the videos themselves wouldn't say that they're that great, but when you combine it with the whole system and what you can do for free with NotebookLM, it's actually pretty unbelievable. And then what we actually have here is a system where we can plug in all of the stuff we've created with NotebookLM. So for example, if you look at this, we've got like this beautiful infographic that we created with NotebookLM. We've got like really detailed research reports. We have, for example, podcasts and audio views, and then we have like the videos themselves. Now, actually, one thing to note here as well is like, if you look at the videos directly from NotebookLM, so these are the long form videos that you can generate with NotebookLM, I would say these kind of feel more like a slideshow presentation, right? Whereas, for example, if you look at the outputs from the outputs, they're more kind of like a bit more animated, a bit more interesting. So it depends what you prefer to use. I also think these look a lot cleaner, though, when you look at the video themselves, it's just a bit boring to watch.