Notion, the workspace popular for note-taking and task management, just unveiled its biggest update yet: Notion 3.0, a full-featured upgrade centered around autonomous AI agents that can plan, build and complete multi-step tasks across documents, databases and tools.
From my testing, these agents remind me a lot of Gemini features, though they are uniquely different. These agents are collaboration tools that can automate and execute multi-step workflows to enhance user productivity.
With the power of AI, the agents are capable of executing large amounts of work in a short amount of time such as research, proposals and more with zero input. It's no wonder this update was released as a solution for enterprise teams.
Many Notion 3.0 features are already available to individual users, which makes me believe it’s likely that even more upgrades will roll out to personal workspaces soon.
As Notion competes with tech giants like Google and Microsoft for dominance in the productivity space, extending advanced AI capabilities to solo users makes strategic sense. In fact, there are several signs that personal plans could be next in line. Here’s why:
Powerful tools designed with individual users in mind, too.
Notion 3.0 is full of personalized AI features that can be useful outside of the office. This makes me think of a recent study showing how people use ChatGPT. It highlights that most users turn to the AI for personal projects more often than professional ones. I could see Notion being perfect for hobby-focused projects with the custom agents providing support for individual users.
Notion already has a strong solo user base. Before it became a business staple, Notion earned its following among students, creators, freelancers and general users interested in productivity.
The Agents themselves can already be personalized. Users can assign their Agent a memory page, instructions for formatting and even aesthetic preferences. That’s not something you’d need in an enterprise setting; it’s a hint that personal workflows are very much in mind.
Notion is showcasing personal use cases. In its announcement, Notion’s own team shared how they’re using Agents for things like movie tracking, café planning, and hobby organization. These aren’t enterprise examples; they’re everyday life examples.
Custom Agents are coming next. Soon, users will be able to create multiple specialized agents with specific workflows. This could look like one for daily planning, another for budgeting a third for wellness, and so on. There’s no reason this kind of modular setup wouldn’t benefit individual users as much as businesses.
So while the spotlight is currently on enterprise integration, the underlying infrastructure — personalization, automation and memory — makes it easy to believe Notion agents could be coming soon in a bigger way for personal use.
What is available for personal users
Notion’s free tier (“Notion for everyone”) still exists and you can use Notion for personal projects, notes, websites, journaling, etc. The Personal Pro plan (formerly Personal) includes more features, like unlimited file uploads, more guest collaborators, version history, etc.
Notion 3.0 “Agents” are described in the release as doing things like taking on multi‑step tasks, working across pages and databases, pulling in context, and more.
Final thoughts
Advanced features (e.g. database row permissions, enterprise‑scale AI connectors) are limited to Business and Enterprise plans, with Custom Agents (specialized agents for workflows, triggers, etc.) coming soon and limited to larger customers.
But, based on Notion's track record for user-focused upgrades, I think individual users could see these powerful features become standard in personal subscription tiers. And when they do, Tom's Guide will be among the first to report on the news.
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