Google has been hard at work lately, rolling out NotebookLM feature after feature. Interestingly, these aren't minor tweaks (although there have been a bunch of small updates too). Instead, they’re additions that have clearly been carefully thought through, solving pain points NotebookLM users have been expressing for the longest time.

The thing I’ve always liked most about the team behind NotebookLM is that every feature has a purpose. It’s never felt like AI for the sake of AI, which is why it’s managed to replace so many apps I used to rely on. Today, Google just launched two killer features that have made Microsoft PowerPoint and Canva obsolete.

NotebookLM can now create presentation slides for you

As announced via a post on X (formerly Twitter), NotebookLM's team revealed two new outputs you can generate in the Studio panel. First up, let's talk about Slide Decks, which I found super, duper impressive. This feature lets you turn any of the sources you upload to your notebook into a detailed presentation.

Now, you might think, "Hey, there are already tools that can generate presentation slides for you." And while that's a completely valid question, there's a major reason why NotebookLM's Slide Decks feature is miles ahead — it sticks strictly to your sources.

As with other NotebookLM features, the Slide Decks feature only references the sources you feed it. This means that the slides it generates will only consist of the material included in your notebook. While this feature has been rolled out completely to Pro users, it'll be rolled out to free users in the coming weeks.

Given that I'm a Pro subscriber, the first thing I had to do was obviously try it out for myself. And the results were... insane. The presentation slides included a bunch of infographics like clipart, graphs, Venn diagrams, and more.

The slides were all cohesive and didn't look like the basic AI-generated slides you often see elsewhere. Each slide flowed naturally from one to the next, with clear headings, well-organized content, and visuals that actually added context rather than feeling tacked on. With PowerPoint and other presentation software, you need to spend time manually deciding on designs and content.

Using other AI tools is often not the best option, since a lot of the information they include can be generic or pulled from random sources, meaning you still have to spend time editing and fact-checking. So, this feature will genuinely transform your workflow if you frequently create presentations manually. The feature is powered by Google's Nano Banana Pro model, which also just launched today!

NotebookLM generates visual summaries of your sources

Another feature NotebookLM got today is called Infographics. This feature lets you create "high-quality, visual summaries of your sources." For instance, here's what was generated when I created an infographic of my lecture slides for a course I'm taking this semester:

Given that my notebook only consisted of seven sources, it isn't surprising that it wasn't too detailed. However, X users have shared a bunch of infographics they’ve generated, and it’s clear that the feature is incredible.

Similar to other NotebookLM features, both Slide Decks and Infographics are customizable too. You can find both these options in the Studio panel, and clicking the pencil icon on the relevant tile will give you different customization options.

Both Slide Decks and Infographics have been completely rolled out to Pro users, and will be rolling out to free users in the coming weeks.