Google Workspace users signed into a school or work account can now use study notebooks in Gemini, provided their administrator has turned on both the Gemini app and Gemini Notebook. The feature, which Google describes as a dedicated space that turns Gemini into an interactive learning platform, was previously limited to personal accounts. Rapid Release domains began a gradual rollout on September 17, 2026, with visibility taking up to 15 days.
Study notebooks are available to all Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual subscribers outside the European Economic Area, as well as to personal Google account holders worldwide. Users in the EEA will get the feature in the coming weeks, according to the announcement. Admins control access by organizational unit or group: study notebooks reach only users whose Gemini Notebook and Gemini settings are both set to On, and there is no end user setting for the feature.
Read more: Google Must Open Ad Tools to Rivals Under New Antitrust Ruling
Inside the Gemini app, users start from the left sidebar by selecting "New notebook" and then the "Study and learn" tile, where they describe what they are studying and upload class materials or other sources. From there they can request progress check quizzes to establish a learning baseline, work through short custom lessons with practice quizzes and in-line questions, and follow a dashboard that sorts topics into "Strengths" and "Focus areas" to flag priority lessons. Google says lessons are grounded in the uploaded class materials so they stay consistent with a student's curriculum.
The expansion follows a run of Gemini Notebook announcements. In April, Google introduced notebooks in Gemini as a focused space for individual users to organize projects and conversations, and on September 17 it opened notebooks to students of all ages, educators, and professionals. Google separately added an audio recorder to the Gemini Notebook mobile app for capturing lectures, plus real-time conversation with notebooks for users 18 and older.
Google also recently introduced Expert Intelligence, a cross-Google effort that starts with Gemini Notebook and includes more than 100,000 books from major publishers, and Google says notebooks will accept compatible ebooks bought via Google Play Books. The study notebook rollout rides on existing Gemini access that admins enable for their organizations.
What the notice leaves open is timing for European Economic Area users, which Google puts only at "the coming weeks" rather than a fixed date. For now, the practical gate for most workplaces and schools is administrative rather than technical, since a user in an organizational unit with either Gemini or Gemini Notebook switched off will not see the feature at all.
