The interactive Audio Overviews in NotebookLM are genuinely different from passive listening
The updated guide covers interactive Audio Overviews where you can ask questions and redirect the discussion while the AI hosts are explaining your research material, the expanded context window with Gemini 2.0, multimodal source support, and the NotebookLM Plus tier for heavier research use.
Have you tried NotebookLM's audio features? Whether the interactive mode changes your approach to absorbing research material would be interesting to hear.