After a week with Gemini Notebook on my Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, I can’t imagine using it on a slab phone
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 This story is part of our Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 coverage Updated less than 17 minutes ago Gemini Notebook has become one of the apps I use more than almost anything else. Whether I’m researching for a feature, studying for hours, or trying to make sense of a stack of PDFs, it’s almost always open somewhere on my phone. Over the past years, I’ve used it on just about every kind of device imaginable, but one thing kept bothering me.
- ▪Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 This story is part of our Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 coverage Updated less than 17 minutes ago Gemini Notebook has become one of the apps I use more than almost anything else.
- ▪Whether I’m researching for a feature, studying for hours, or trying to make sense of a stack of PDFs, it’s almost always open somewhere on my phone.
- ▪Over the past years, I’ve used it on just about every kind of device imaginable, but one thing kept bothering me.
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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 This story is part of our Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 coverage Updated less than 17 minutes ago Gemini Notebook has become one of the apps I use more than almost anything else. Whether I’m researching for a feature, studying for hours, or trying to make sense of a stack of PDFs, it’s almost always open somewhere on my phone. Over the past years, I’ve used it on just about every kind of device imaginable, but one thing kept bothering me. It never really felt like a notebook. Don’t get me wrong — it worked perfectly well on a regular phone. All the features were there, and I never felt like I was missing anything.
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