What are Gemini Notebook Video Overviews and Voice Chat?
Last verified: October 27, 2026
As of October 2026, Video Overviews turn your sources into narrated explainer videos, including roughly 60-second Short Video Overviews in 80+ languages. Voice Chat is a live spoken conversation with a notebook in the Android and iOS apps, rolling out to Google AI Ultra first. Both draw heavily on compute-based usage limits.
In more detail
Google announced Short Video Overviews and Voice Chat on 15 September 2026. Video Overviews are among the most expensive outputs under the compute-based limits introduced on 2 September 2026, so near your limit Gemini Notebook may offer to queue one until the next 5-hour reset. Voice Chat lives only in the mobile apps, so a desktop extension cannot reach it. Notebook Toolkit does not download or convert videos or record voice sessions. It helps you assemble the source set those features run on, and keeps your sources exportable as Markdown, LaTeX, JSON or plain text.
| Feature | Where | Notebook Toolkit |
|---|---|---|
| Video Overviews (incl. ~60s short) | Web and mobile; 80+ languages | No video export |
| Voice Chat | Android and iOS apps; Ultra first | Not reachable from desktop |
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