Google extends notebooklm plus to individual users
Google has extended NoteBooklm PlusA paid version of its AI -based notes and research assistant assistant, individual users subscribed to the premium Google One AI plan – almost two months after its beginnings for companies on Google Cloud and via Google Workspace.
First of all announcement in December after an anterior pilotNoteBooklm Plus offers Higher use limits and premium characteristics. This includes 5 times more use than the free version of notebooklm, or 500 laptops and 300 sources per notebook as well as up to 500 cat questions, and 20 audio generations per day.
Individual subscribers can now access all these features with the Premium Google One AI level, which costs $ 20 per month. In addition, Google has introduced a 50% discount for students over 18 in the United States – offering an AI bonus to a monthly charge of $ 9.99.
“We have always wanted to obtain a Plus notebook from companies and consumers, and we have really seen a ton of interest from consumers, and in particular students from the start,” said Kelly Schaefer, Products Director and Products and Products and From the field to Google Labs, in an interview.
Launched as a project In 2023, notebooklm Attracted a wider attention After the beginnings of his Audio overview function in September of last year. The service, which allows users to generate podcast audio conversations according to the content they download, LED companies like Elevenlabs And Meta To copy the idea.
Meanwhile, Google’s offer has remained relevant with regular updates, including the possibility of Guide audio conversations generated by AI-Ai.
Schaefer told Techcrunch that Google planned to improve audio previews in Notebooklm with the support of other languages beyond English.
“We are thinking about how to prioritize languages and, above all, how to make sure they feel really authentic and just as transparent and natural as our current audio previews,” she said.
Schaefer did not disclose the Gemini AI models that Google uses for notebooklm, but said that the underlying model is currently the same for more and non-pre-premium users. Google Labs experiences different variants of Gemini and always uses “the most recent and the best gemini models for the specific task at hand,” she noted.
The team also strives to bring a delivery man on mobile devices via a dedicated application, Schaefer told us, but did not share a specific calendar.
“We want the mobile to feel in many respects similar to the office experience, but also adapts it for the most common use cases for mobile,” said Schaefer.
In addition, the company explores how notebooklm could take advantage of the emergence of reasoning models And work on experiences of reflection and reasoning.
While Notebooklm Plus is now extended to individual subscribers on the premium Google One AI level, which provides access to Gemini Advanced, Gemini to Gmail, Docs and 2 TB of cloud storage, Schaefer said that the team will continue to take care of non -paying users.
“We want people to get an excellent experience on notebooklm, whether they are free or paid, and it is very important to use that the free notebooklm experience is excellent. So, we are thinking more about how we offer positive users even more compared to the degradation of any experience for free users, “she said.
Google has not disclosed the actual number of users on notebooklm or the size of its team, only saying that it has grown over time.
However, data from the market intelligence Similar suggests that the AI assistant has seen 28.18 million visits in the last three months, with almost 9 million in January only.
