Gemini has what Copilot needs - Notebooks
MS, please catch up!!!
Notebooks in Gemini are dedicated, persistent workspaces designed to help you organize conversations, files, and custom instructions for specific, long-term projects. Instead of starting a blank, isolated chat that forgets everything once it closes, a Notebook acts as a structured "personal knowledge base" where context builds over time.
Key Features of Gemini Notebooks
Persistent Multi-Chat Context: You can run multiple separate conversations within a single notebook, and Gemini will remember the context, past discussions, and uploaded sources across all of them.
Deep Source Grounding: You can upload a wide variety of reference materials directly into a notebook—including PDFs, Google Drive files, spreadsheets, web URLs, images, and audio files. Gemini uses these materials to ground its answers, ensuring responses are highly accurate and tailored to your specific documentation.
Custom Notebook Instructions: You can set a dedicated set of rules, tone preferences, or project guidelines at the top of a notebook. Gemini will automatically follow these instructions for every chat session within that specific space.
Seamless Sync with NotebookLM: Notebooks automatically sync with NotebookLM (Google’s specialized research and note-taking tool). Any source you add or instruction you change in Gemini will reflect in NotebookLM, allowing you to seamlessly pivot between conversational and advanced research features like generating deep document summaries.