After teasing last month, Google today unveiled the design of the native NotebookLM app for Android and iPhone users.
The homepage of the mobile app has top tabs for Recent, Shared, Title, and Downloaded. Below that is a list of your notebooks with each card featuring a prominent play button. That should launch the Audio Overview with Google touting background playback and offline support/download. The fullscreen player offers a fun waveform, while you can join the podcast to ask questions and follow-ups of the AI hosts.
There’s a wide “Create new” FAB (floating action button) at the very bottom. Like on the web, you can upload PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, and paste text. NotebookLM will also appear in the system share sheet to quickly add sources.
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When you open a notebook, there’s a bottom bar layout for Sources, Chat, and Studio (tools). It’s similar to the current mobile website. This native experience will replace the PWA (Progressive Web App) for most users.
Besides the Android and iPhone design, Google today also shared NotebookLM’s tablet interface.
Officially, the NotebookLM app will see a beta launch in the next “few weeks.” The iOS App Store listing says it is expected on May 20, or the first day of I/O 2025. You can pre-register below:
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