Google's NotebookLM can now spit out 60-second vertical videos from whatever documents, notes, and links you feed it. The feature, called Short Video Overviews, landed June 30. Google's own pitch on its X account was blunt: "doom scrolling but make it educational." Read into that what you will.
Each clip stitches AI-generated images, animations, and narration into a portrait-format summary of a single concept. You pick the source, open the Studio panel, set the format to Short, and NotebookLM drafts the script and voiceover itself. It's the tool's third video format, sitting alongside the older landscape overviews and the Cinematic option added in March.
The visuals run on Nano Banana 2 Lite, Google's new speed-focused image model that also shipped the same day. Google claims it generates an image in roughly four seconds. That speed is the whole point here, since the short format only works if people churn out a lot of them.
Access is gated. It's live now for Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers on web and mobile, English only, users 18 and up. Free-tier access is promised "in the coming weeks," with no firm date. Sixty seconds also isn't much room for nuance, so treat the output as an index card, not the syllabus, and check the animated claims against your actual sources.
Bottom Line
Short Video Overviews are limited to English and paid AI Pro and Ultra plans at launch, with free access coming in the following weeks.
Quick Facts
- Launched June 30, 2026
- Clips run roughly 60 seconds, vertical format
- Available to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers first
- English only at launch, users 18+
- Powered by Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image)
