NotebookLM added a video overview feature several months ago, which uses AI to generate a video summary of the content you added to the notebook. Adding Nano Banana to NotebookLM is much less unlimited. Instead of entering prompts to edit images, NotebookLM offers a new set of video styles powered by Nano Banana, including whiteboard, anime, retro print, and more. The original style is still available as “Classic”.
NotebookLM videos are still somewhat limited, but this update adds a second general format. You can now choose “Brief” in addition to “Explanation,” with the ability to add prompts that point the video in the right direction. However, this is not a guarantee, as it is still generative AI. At least the style should be more consistent with the addition of Nano Banana.
The updated image editor is also coming to Google Photos, but Google doesn’t have a specific timetable. Google says its Nano Banana model is a “major upgrade” over its previous image-editing model. Conversational editing was added to Photos last month, but it wasn’t the Nano Banana model that impressed testers over the summer. Google says Nano Banana will be coming to the Photos app in the coming weeks, which should make these conversational edits a lot less frustrating.
