# Gemini Notebook Adds Outline Review Before Slides and Videos Render Google's new co-creation flow lets users revise the plan for a deck or video before spending time generating the finished artifact. By Paras Madan | 2026-10-20 Google announced a new co-creation flow for Gemini Notebook on October 19. Users can shape Slide Decks and Video Overviews through chat, then review outline or producer notes before generation. Google announces a global rollout over the following week, although its current help pages describe access more narrowly. The useful change is where feedback happens. Instead of waiting for a finished artifact to discover that it has the wrong structure, a user can inspect the plan and revise it before rendering begins. The [official announcement](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-notebook/co-create-slides-videos/) describes this as a source-grounded workflow built around the material in a notebook. ## How the new co-creation flow works Notebook can start by proposing topics based on the user's sources. Through chat, the user can refine what the artifact should cover and guide its style and format. This creates a planning step between supplying documents and producing a polished deck or video. If the user already knows what they want, they can state that in the prompt and move directly into the review flow. There is no need to ask Notebook to brainstorm a topic first. For example, a founder preparing a short product presentation could ask for a deck focused on how an API integration works, using the notebook's product documents. The next useful question would be whether the proposed outline actually gives enough space to setup, limitations and the developer's first successful request. That example illustrates how to use the workflow; it is not a claim that this article tested a generated deck. ## What the Review toggle changes With Review enabled, the studio panel offers “Review outline notes” for slides and “Review producer notes” for video. Users can inspect the proposed plan and request changes before selecting “Proceed” to generate the artifact. Google gives examples such as adding an executive summary or changing the order of a video scene. Its help instructions say to collect the requested changes before proceeding: the plan cannot be further refined after that step. Choosing Generate later also skips the outline or producer-note review. This does not make a planning review equivalent to approving the final output. A user still needs to inspect the generated artifact for accurate wording, appropriate emphasis and faithful use of the sources. A good outline can reduce avoidable rework without guaranteeing that every detail in the final version is correct. ## Slides and videos still support direct generation The new flow is optional. Users who want a quick result can open the studio panel, select the artifact and leave the Review toggle off. Notebook then generates it through the existing direct workflow. That distinction matters for repeated work. Someone who already has a clear prompt and a familiar set of sources may prefer a quick first draft. Someone preparing an unfamiliar topic or a presentation for a specific audience has more reason to review the structure first. Neither route removes the need to decide what the audience should understand. The review step simply gives the user an earlier place to make that decision visible to the system. ## Availability, pricing and what Google has not announced There is an important mismatch in Google's current sources. The October 19 announcement says the rollout will reach all Gemini Notebook users globally over the following week. However, the current [Slide Deck help page](https://support.google.com/gemininotebook/answer/16757456?hl=en) and [Video Overview help page](https://support.google.com/gemininotebook/answer/16454555?hl=en) describe co-creation as available to Google AI Ultra users. Those statements do not establish the same eligibility. This article has not verified access in an authenticated account, so it would be premature to promise the controls to every plan immediately. Check the current help guidance and the controls visible in the account before relying on the feature for a deadline. The announcement does not specify a new price, generation allowance or export format. It is a workflow update to Slide Decks and Video Overviews; existing limits and export behavior should not be assumed to have changed. ## Why reviewing the plan can be more useful than another regenerate button A presentation can be factually grounded and still fail because it answers the wrong question. A technically accurate product deck may spend most of its time describing architecture when the audience needs to understand integration effort. A video may explain every feature but put the most useful example too late. Earlier review gives the user a chance to catch that mismatch before the artifact is produced. It also separates two kinds of feedback: whether the story is organized correctly and whether the finished output executes that story well. For source-based content, that is a practical improvement. The next thing to watch is whether the plan remains a reliable guide to the generated artifact, so users can spend their review time improving the explanation rather than repeatedly repairing its structure. I'm Paras. I work at the intersection of AI, engineering and distribution. I help technical teams turn product knowledge, launches and complex ideas into clear stories that developers and founders can understand and share. [Book a 30-minute call](https://cal.com/paras-madan/30min).