ToolsThe story, in brief
Gemini gets notebooks to help you organize projects
Google just copied ChatGPT's best feature. Here's why notebooks matter for AI workflows.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
Google is shipping Notebooks—a personal knowledge base feature that lets users organize files, conversations, and custom instructions within Gemini. This directly mirrors ChatGPT's Projects and signals a competitive shift toward context-aware, long-form AI work rather than one-off queries.
The key facts
6 to knowGoogle Gemini launches 'Notebooks' feature
Allows users to store files, past conversations, and custom instructions in single workspace
Functions as personal knowledge base across Google products
Direct competitor to ChatGPT's Projects (launched 2024)
Notebooks provide contextual awareness for ongoing Gemini conversations
Announced April 2026
Go to the source
The Verge AItheverge.com
Publisher excerpt: Google's Gemini is getting a feature called "notebooks" to help you organize things about certain topics in a single place while using the AI chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. You can pull in things like files, past conversations, and custom instructions into notebooks that Gemini can…