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Google Rolls Out Gemini Audio Overviews in Drive to Summarize PDFs

Users can generate podcast-style recaps from the Drive PDF viewer with files saved to a dedicated folder.

Overview

  • The rollout is live for Google Workspace Business Standard and Plus, Enterprise Standard and Plus, and Google One AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers.
  • A new Audio Overview button in the web PDF viewer opens a Gemini panel that creates the summary in a few minutes, with an email alert when it is ready and immediate playback available.
  • Summaries run two to ten minutes and are aimed at long, text-heavy documents such as industry reports, contracts, and meeting transcripts.
  • Each audio file is automatically stored in a new “Audio overviews” folder in Drive and can be accessed on mobile or desktop, which 9to5Google notes improves centralization compared with Gemini chats.
  • At launch the feature supports English only and uses the same underlying technology that powers NotebookLM’s audio capabilities.