Google Adds Ebook Support to Gemini Notebook, But Only for Google Play Purchases
Summary
Google expands Gemini Notebook with 'Expert Intelligence,' enabling users to load Google Play ebooks to generate flashcards, slide decks, and audio overviews, though the feature currently excludes Kindle and Apple Books purchases, leaving many users frustrated.
Key Points
- Google launches 'Expert Intelligence' for Gemini Notebook, allowing users to load ebooks from Google Play Store alongside existing sources like PDFs, slides, and web pages to create flashcards, slide decks, and audio overviews.
- The feature is currently limited to previously purchased Google Play Store books, frustrating users who buy ebooks on platforms like Amazon Kindle or Apple Books, though Google is offering one free book per person in the US while supplies last.
- Despite its current limitations, the ebook integration strengthens Gemini Notebook's core appeal of sourcing only user-provided content, helping address AI accuracy concerns, with expectations that support for more platforms and publishers will expand over time.