--- title: I replaced Claude Projects with NotebookLM's upgraded... description: A hands-on comparison of NotebookLM (now upgraded to Gemini 3.5) and Claude Projects for research workflows. NotebookLM's new update brings improved reasoning,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-claude-projects-with-notebooklm-s-upgraded-gemini-3-5-but-only-for-half-my-research-zcfjtammm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I replaced Claude Projects with NotebookLM's upgraded Gemini 3.5, but only for half my research | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on comparison of NotebookLM (now upgraded to Gemini 3.5) and Claude Projects for research workflows. NotebookLM's new update brings improved reasoning,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-claude-projects-with-notebooklm-s-upgraded-gemini-3-5-but-only-for-half-my-research-zcfjtammm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zCFjTAmmm.png og:image:alt: I replaced Claude Projects with NotebookLM's upgraded Gemini 3.5, but only for half my research og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I replaced Claude Projects with NotebookLM's upgraded Gemini 3.5, but only for half my research **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on comparison of NotebookLM (now upgraded to Gemini 3.5) and Claude Projects for research workflows. NotebookLM's new update brings improved reasoning, visible chain-of-thought, and a sandboxed cloud computer, making it noticeably more capable. However, it still can't autonomously pull from outside sources mid-answer, which keeps Claude Projects in the workflow for its open-web access and multi-conversation structure around a shared knowledge base. The author's conclusion is to use both tools together, bridged via community MCP servers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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