NotebookLM has quickly evolved from a light AI note-taking application to a highly flexible research and creation platform. With the latest mobile updates, NotebookLM now supports direct uploads of images, automated information graphics, and slide deck generation, revolutionising how users record, organise, present, and store information on the go.
These improvements make NotebookLM especially useful for educators, students, and researchers, and for professionals who use mobile devices for rapid documentation, summarisation, and visually stimulating outputs. By allowing users to convert photographs or documents into organised visuals and presentations, NotebookLM bridges the gap between raw data and polished outputs in just a few minutes.
In this article, you’ll learn about NotebookLM Mobile updates and the ways they improve images, infographics, and slide-deck design.
What’s New With NotebookLM’s Mobile Experience?
The AI-powered research assistant, which was initially known as Project Tailwind and later evolved into NotebookLM, is now a user-friendly, mobile-friendly experience. In the year 2025, NotebookLM provides a broader array of capabilities, including direct uploads of images from your device, automatic infographic design, and slide-deck generation.
These changes enable you to transform raw documents, such as photos of whiteboards, handouts, or textbooks, into presentation-ready, structured outputs all via your phone.
NotebookLM Mobile Updates: Uploading Images Directly From Mobile
One of the most valuable enhancements is the capability to upload pictures directly via the NotebookLM mobile application. If you select an existing photo from the camera roll, or snap new photos with the app’s camera, they can be used as sources. That means handwritten notes, textbook pages, whiteboard scribbles, and charting can all be an integral part of the notebook you keep. This feature allows you to integrate non-digital resources into NotebookLM’s AI-powered workflow.
Once the files are uploaded, NotebookLM can reference text and images in them (depending on their clarity), allowing summaries, Q&A, and conversion to different formats, such as slide decks. Mobile is a good option for research on the move and note-taking, particularly for professionals and students looking to collect information on the go.
NotebookLM mobile updates: Infographics Visual Summaries in One Click
NotebookLM is now offering an integrated infographic generator. Based on a variety of information sources- images, PDFs, Web content, uploaded images, and other web content. It is possible to request the AI to convert data into a visual overview. The result is an infographic that lets you visualise concepts, data timelines, statistics, and relationships in one place.
In the mobile application, infographics are designed with a straightforward layout and a portrait orientation. This makes them ideal for quickly referencing information and for social sharing. It is also helpful for embedding images in documents.
The underside of this function is powered by Nano Banana Pro, an AI image model that generates images from the content of your source, rather than generic images.
Since AI creates graphics, it is essential to double-check the accuracy of the information or interpretation, especially when infographics present complex arguments or data.
Slide Decks: From Notes to Presentations
In addition to infographics, NotebookLM will now automatically generate slides from all of the sources you upload. In just a few clicks, you can transform your notes and research papers, articles, or images into a coherent presentation with no need to design each slide manually.
The mobile app’s slide decks are designed in a standard format (suitable for sharing or reading) and provide a simple way to assemble and present details.
For more flexibility (layout length, layout, and style presentation slides, in contrast to more detailed decks), users might need to use the desktop version, which has the “Studio” panel that offers complete control over formatting before saving to either PDF or PowerPoint.
Combined with the infographic and image-upload features, slide decks round out NotebookLM’s transformation from a simple note-taking aid to a full research-to-presentation pipeline.
Practical Uses: Who Benefits? and When
These capabilities are new and are what make NotebookLM especially valuable for:
- Students: Convert quickly notes from lectures (handwritten or typed) into information graphics, summaries, or presentations for assignments.
- Professions & Researchers: Consolidate whitepapers, reports, and slides into briefing decks or internal presentations.
- Educators and Trainers: Convert teaching materials into visual formats, such as slides, for workshops or classes.
- Content Creators and Authors: Produce visually-rich, structured summary slides, blog posts, proposals, as well as other social media content.
The ability to upload mobile photos directly is beneficial when the sources are offline, such as whiteboards in classrooms or notebooks. They can also be physical handouts, notebooks, or printed documents, creating NotebookLM an adaptable tool for hybrid workflows.
NotebookLM mobile updates: Boundaries and Current Limitations
Although the new features are highly effective, there are some pitfalls to be aware of:
- The ability to upload images depends on their quality and readability (e.g., crisp handwriting or high-resolution images). Unclear or low-quality photos could result in an inaccurate summary.
- Infographics and slide decks generated by AI may occasionally contain inaccurate facts or visuals and should be carefully reviewed before use.
- Mobile devices allow customization of slide decks, but infographics are limited (automated layout, Standard details). To create a more personalized design, customized layouts, styles, or export formats, Desktop editing is suggested.
- Due to the daily limits for free-tier output (number of audio/video generations and slide decks). Heavy users may need to upgrade to a paid price.
How to Get the Most Out of NotebookLM Mobile?
1. Take Clear Images of the Source. Utilize high-quality lighting and focus when taking photographs of textbook pages, handouts, diagrams, or whiteboards. This improves the precision of the OCR and AI-driven summary.
2. Mix Sources: Don’t depend on just one document. Combine PDFs, images, text, and web pages for richer output (e.g., part-text, part-image, part-weblinks).
3. Strategically utilise the Studio Panel: When creating infographics, start with the default mobile layout. Slide decks can be exported if you’d like to customise them, like speaker notes, slides for presentations, and custom layouts, then export to a desktop to polish.
4. Check and Edit: Double-check all automatically generated images or texts for grammatical errors, mainly when they are used in professional or academic work.
5. You may want to Upgrade if you feel that your Daily Limits are too Restrictive: Upgrading to the Pro version will increase capacity (more notebook sources, higher-level limits, and higher limits) and let you use advanced workflows.
Final Thoughts
The most recent mobile capabilities further strengthen NotebookLM’s position as a comprehensive solution for research and productivity. The ability to upload images directly, instantly create infographics, and design slide decks using any source material makes Mobile workflows more efficient and effective.
While some advanced customisation requires access to a desktop, the mobile experience provides a complete end-to-end process for recording concepts and turning them into outputs ready to use. Anyone looking to streamline the research, summarisation, or presentation workflow will find NotebookLM’s most recent enhancements a must-have, easily tucked away in your pocket.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Can I create slideshows and infographics completely using my mobile device?
Yes, NotebookLM mobile is a good choice. NotebookLM allows both infographic and slide deck generation. On mobile, however, the options aren’t as customizable. Infographics are displayed in portrait mode, while slide decks are based on a standard, elaborate template. To gain more control, you might want to switch to the Desktop interface.
2. What kinds of content from sources are allowed?
NotebookLM supports a range of sources, including PDFs, Google Docs or Slides, websites, text documents, and, in the most recent update, you can upload images directly from your smartphone (e.g., photos of whiteboards or handouts).
3. Are the slides and infographics that have been created true?
They’re usually visually polished; however, because these are artificially generated, they can contain factual or design errors (especially when dealing with complex data or nuanced content). It is recommended to check and verify before publishing or sharing.
4. What is the model that powers the reasoning and visuals in NotebookLM currently?
Visual Generation (infographics or slides) is powered by Nano Banana Pro (the image model used in current AI technology) from November 2025. The reasoning engine, which is the core (used for questions and answers, summarization, and in-depth analysis), is currently built on the text-model line that was previously in use (as of the end of 2025).
5. Can I upload non-text images like photos of whiteboards or hand-written notes and still get meaningful output?
Users can upload images directly from their smartphone’s camera roll. If the photos are clear and high-quality, NotebookLM can process them as sources and incorporate them into slideshows, summarization decks, or infographics.
6. Is there a limit on the number of infographics or slide decks I can create?
Yes, for free users, NotebookLM enforces daily limits on generated artefacts (infographics, slide decks, audio/video overviews, etc.). Please upgrade to a paid version, which raises the limits considerably and makes it better suited for professional or heavy usage.
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NotebookLM Slide Decks: Turn Sources Into Story-Driven Slides
NotebookLM Video Overviews: Full Guide, Features, Tips and FAQs
