Google has expanded its Notebook LM AI podcast feature, Audio Overviews, to support over 50 languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Maithili, and Konkani. The tool uses Gemini’s multimodal AI to convert complex texts into podcast-style conversations, making learning more accessible.

More languages are now supported by Google’s Audio Overviews function in Notebook LM, the AI-powered note-taking and research tool.  More than 50 other languages are currently supported by the feature, including major Indian languages like Hindi, Maithili, Konkani, Urdu, and Marathi.  According to the business, this multilingual capability is made possible by multimodal Gemini’s inbuilt audio support.

The change was revealed in a blog post by the US-based software corporation.  The whole public can now use the functionality.

 Overviews of Google Notebook LM Audio: How it Operates

Imagine a scenario in which a user comes across a complicated paper or article and finds it challenging to understand.  In this scenario, the user can utilise the Audio Overviews capability and submit the content to Google Notebook LM.

The uploaded content will be converted by the AI into a dialogue between two AI-generated hosts, like a podcast.  Rather than reading the material out loud, the hosts engage the audience in conversation while breaking down complex ideas as needed.  This method makes learning more approachable and helps to simplify complex information.

The resulting audio transformed a four-minute read into a nine-minute podcast when Business Standard tested the function with one of its articles on direct-to-mobile (D2M) phones.  The audio sounded human because the two AI hosts spoke naturally, pausing and stuttering realistically.  In order to customise the podcast to their requirements, customers could also designate the topic of the discussion.

Audio Overviews are now accessible in over 50 languages thanks to this upgrade.  Google first expanded Notebook LM to more than 200 countries last year.

Overviews of Google Notebook LM Audio: How to Use

Go to the Google Notebook LM official website.

Select “Create New.”

You can use Google Drive to upload your work by copying and pasting text or by pasting a link.

Select “Generate” from the “Audio Overview” menu.

Listen to the podcast that the AI created using your content.