Google introduced plenty of major changes to NotebookLM last year, making the productivity tool a lot more useful. And it looks like the Mountain View tech giant has some exciting NotebookLM features in the pipeline for this year, too. We have already seen a glimpse of some of what it has been working on when it rolled out new customization features for the NotebookLM mobile app.
A few days ago, we also learned how Google is currently working on a Personal Intelligence option in NotebookLM to allow the tool to learn from users’ chats and give responses that are more acceptable to them. In addition to this, Google has one more in its store, and that is more customization for Infographics, which is one of the best NotebookLM features.
Bold new customization styles are in the works for NotebookLM’s Infographics
As first spotted by famed leaker TestingCatalog, Google is testing as many as nine customization styles for Infographics, including Sketch, Kawaii, Professional, Anime, 3D Clay, Editorial, Storyboard, Bento Grid, and Bricks. The visual style will also include an “Auto select” option, which will likely automatically pick the style based on the content in the sources.
Currently, Infographics in NotebookLM allows users to choose language, orientation, level of detail, and enter a prompt to customize it. The above styles will add one more layer to the customization of Infographics. The summaries created from the source files using Inforgraphics will adapt to the layout and visual tone based on your selections.
We couldn’t get our hands on these styles because they aren’t available to the public. But since it has been leaked before its official release, we got a glimpse of how each of these styles could impact the output generated by Infographics, courtesy of TestingCatalog.
If you want the summaries to appear more like a handwritten visual, the Sketch Note could be the right option for you. Select Bento Grid if you want the summaries to give you a card-based overview of the information that appears in the sources. The Storyboard option is perhaps the best choice when you need step-by-step clarity on a topic.
We’ll know how well it works and whether it’ll have any bearing on the overall time it takes to generate the output when the feature is out for everyone to try. In the meantime, it’s worth learning about tricks that can turn NotebookLM into a personal research assistant.
