Google is continuing to enhance its AI-powered research and note-taking platform, NotebookLM, with new features aimed at improving productivity for students and professionals. The latest update brings customisation options for infographics and slide decks to the NotebookLM mobile apps, making it easier for users to create presentation-ready content directly from their notes.
This update builds on a major feature rollout that took place in November 2025, when Google introduced AI-generated infographics and slide decks to NotebookLM. Powered by Nano Banana and Gemini models, these tools were designed to help users transform research notes into polished visual content. Until now, however, customisation options were limited to the web version of the platform.
Customisation Comes to Mobile Apps
Google announced the new feature through a post on X (formerly Twitter), confirming that mobile users can now personalise infographics and slide decks directly within the NotebookLM app. This move makes NotebookLM significantly more versatile, especially for users who rely on smartphones or tablets for work and study.
With the update, users will notice a new pencil icon next to the Infographics and Slide Decks options inside the notebook tool menu. Tapping this icon opens a dedicated customisation interface, allowing users to adjust the presentation style of the AI-generated output without needing to switch to a desktop browser.
This enhancement reflects Google’s broader goal of making NotebookLM a full-featured research and presentation tool across devices.
What Can Be Customised—and What Cannot
The new customisation interface focuses on presentation style rather than content changes. The core information in infographics and slide decks remains locked to the sources added to the notebook, ensuring factual accuracy and consistency with the user’s research material.
While users cannot directly edit the content generated by the AI, they can control how that content is presented. This includes selecting different formats, adjusting slide length, and making stylistic requests through a prompt box.
This approach strikes a balance between flexibility and reliability, ensuring the AI output stays aligned with verified source material.
Two New Slide Deck Formats Explained
One of the most useful additions in this update is the ability to choose between two different slide deck formats: Detailed Deck and Presenter Slides.
The Detailed Deck option generates a comprehensive slide deck with full text and detailed explanations. This format is ideal for personal study, internal sharing, or sending via email, where readers may want to go through the content independently without a live presentation.
On the other hand, Presenter Slides are designed specifically for live presentations. These slides focus on visual clarity and concise talking points, making them suitable for classrooms, office meetings, and professional presentations. Instead of long paragraphs, this format highlights key ideas that presenters can expand upon verbally.
This distinction makes NotebookLM more adaptable to different use cases, from academic research to business communication.
Flexible Slide Length and Prompt-Based Requests
Beyond choosing the slide type, users can also adjust the length of their slide decks. This allows them to generate shorter summaries or more extensive presentations depending on their needs.
Additionally, the customisation interface includes a prompt box where users can make personalised requests. For example, they can ask the AI to focus on high-level concepts, simplify explanations, or emphasise specific themes from the source material.
These prompt-based adjustments give users greater creative control while still benefiting from NotebookLM’s AI-driven structure.
Why This Update Matters
Bringing customisation features to mobile apps significantly improves NotebookLM’s usability. Students can now create and tweak presentations on the go, while professionals can quickly generate slide decks for meetings without opening a laptop.
This update also highlights Google’s commitment to integrating AI more deeply into everyday productivity tools. By combining research, note-taking, and presentation creation in a single app, NotebookLM positions itself as a powerful alternative to traditional workflows involving multiple apps.
As AI-generated content becomes more common, features like these help users save time while maintaining a professional and polished output.
The Future of AI-Powered Presentations
With this update, Google’s NotebookLM continues to evolve from a research assistant into a comprehensive productivity platform. The addition of mobile customisation for infographics and slide decks suggests that Google is focused on making AI-generated content more flexible, accessible, and practical for real-world use.
As more users adopt NotebookLM for academic and professional work, these enhancements could set a new standard for AI-assisted presentations across platforms.
