# The Gemini app has now launched notebooks to free users.

*genai · news · 2026-04-17 · 9to5Google*

## Key points

- Google has launched Gemini Notebooks to free users, previously only available to AI subscribers.
- Free users can add up to 50 sources per notebook, with higher limits for paid tiers.
- Notebooks allow aggregation of chats and files, and support custom instructions for tone and response.
- Google plans to make these notebooks personal knowledge bases shared across its products in future.
- Notebooks are currently only on web and will roll out to mobile and Mac apps in the coming weeks.

**Companies:** Google
**Countries:** United States

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