Subj : Can't be bothered to read that PDF? Gemini can now give you an au
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Nov 12 2025 11:30:08

Can't be bothered to read that PDF? Gemini can now give you an audio overview

Date:
Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:26:00 +0000

Description:
You can use Gemini to create audio overviews of long PDFs you dont have time 
to read.

FULL STORY
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Audio Overview will read an AI-generated PDF summary to you Sound clips, 
between 2-10 mins long, will be saved in Drive Google regularly adds more PDF 
power via Gemini 

Google is making it even easier for you to digest the content of that PDF 
youve been putting off reading with new AI-powered audio overviews. 

Rather than simply reading the entire content of the PDF to you, Gemini will 
provide conversational, podcast-style audio summaries of long, text-heavy 
documents, such as contracts. 

For now, its being rolled out across web versions of the PDF viewer in Google 
Drive  its unclear whether this will also come to app version. Google adds 
new PDF audio summaries 

A new Audio Overview button appears in the top bar for eligible accounts, 
which prompts the Gemini side panel to open. Gemini then needs to generate 
the summary before it can be read via the Play button. 

As this can take a few minutes, users can receive an email notification when 
the file is ready. Audio files, generally between two and 10 minutes long, 
are also saved inside a new Audio overviews folder in Google Drive  which can 
then be accessed on any device, including the app. 

This feature is powered by the same underlying technology as NotebookLMs 
popular Audio Overview feature, Google added. 

For now, the feature isnt just limited to English summaries, but it can also 
only digest English-language PDFs. 

Google Workspace Business Standard/Plus and Enterprise Standard/Plus will get 
the feature on the commercial front. The Google One AI Pro/Ultra plan, AI 
Ultra for Business and AI Pro for Education bundles will also being Audio 
Overviews to PDFs. 

More broadly, PDFs have clearly been a big focus area for Google. In August, 
Gemini gained access to a 1M token context window for deciphering even bigger 
PDFs. Just before that in June, Google added summary cards to the Gemini 
sidebar to show relevant information and suggest next steps. 

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