Many of Google's AI tools start off as Labs experiments, but the best ones become so popular that they're spun off into standalone apps and features. There's no better example of that than NotebookLM, which initially was a Google Labs test that later earned its own apps and web client. In part, the success of NotebookLM — an AI-powered notebook, learning, and study tool — is due to Audio Overviews.

These are AI-generated, podcast-style audio recordings that help you learn in an engaging format. They're so popular that Audio Overviews are also now available in the Gemini app in addition to NotebookLM.