Google Prepares 3 NotebookLM Features as Canvas Expands Document Outputs
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Updated · TestingCatalog · May 30
Google Prepares 3 NotebookLM Features as Canvas Expands Document Outputs
7 articles · Updated · TestingCatalog · May 30
Recent NotebookLM builds show three pending additions—Personal Preferences, Connectors and Canvas—signaling a broader upgrade that Google has not yet formally dated.
Personal Preferences would let NotebookLM learn from notebook activity and chats to create editable personas, tailoring tone and technical depth for repeated research workflows.
Connectors would pull external data into notebooks, likely starting with Google services such as Gmail, Drive and Calendar, though the feature is not yet operational.
Canvas, surfaced in the Studio panel, would turn source material into prompt-driven artifacts such as timelines, explainer pages, lightweight games and visualizers.
With NotebookLM now inside Gemini and already moved to Gemini 3, the package points to Google pushing the app from a source-grounded reader toward a fuller workspace.
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